In some cases, a school or district has several teachers who need their 45-hour SEI Endorsement class. If that is the case at your school or organization, our interactive onsite training is an excellent choice. You’ll enjoy the same benefits as the Public SEI Course – excellent instruction, improved student achieve, and more rapid English acquisition – on your schedule.
In 2005, Educational Training Specialists was approved by the Arizona Department of Education to provide teachers with the 45-Hour SEI Endorsement course they needed to get their certificate or keep it current.
Busy schedule? Out of state? Our 45-hour online SEI course is a great option for you. You’ll learn interactive, research-proven strategies that can be used the next day with your ELLs – and all students – to increase both student engagement and motivation. When used consistently, you will notice that your students are learning English much more quickly and achieving at much higher rates than in the past.
Teachers who have taken courses by our excellent, highly-trained presenters rave about how interactive, relevant and fun they are. You’ll walk away with 45+ research-driven strategies that will raise student achievement and increase student engagement for your ELLs and regular education classroom.
As an Arizona educator, you are required to have 45 hours of SEI instruction. And, we have a course that fits your busy educator needs! Yes! Our SEI course is specifically tailored for administrators, K-12 teachers, and classified personnel.
Yes, you can complete the module work first and pay at the end! Cost for SEI Endorsement Course: $175. SEI Instructor Suzanne Kaplan, Ph.D. Suzanne is certified by the state of Arizona to provide the Arizona SEI course.
Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) is an approach to teaching academic content in English to ELLs. Generally, but not always, ELLs are in the same classrooms as native English-speaking students.
Yes. You must apply for the endorsement via the Educator Licensure And Renewal ( ELAR) system. Log into your ELAR account and apply for the endorsement following the same steps used to apply for your license. ELAR: How Apply for the SEI Endorsement.
The unendorsed core academic teacher who is assigned an EL is informed that, upon assignment, he or she must obtain the SEI Endorsement within one year from the date of the assignment.
Taking a course through an approved provider and applying for the SEI Endorsement : A list of currently approved providers can be found on the RETELL For-Cost Courses page. Districts may apply to the Department to become approved providers of SEI Endorsement courses. In order to be approved, the district must meet all of the requirements listed in this RFR.
To request a transcript review, an educator must apply for the SEI Endorsement and select path 2, which is a transcript review based on a related degree or graduate level training. Instructions for applying for the SEI Endorsement can be found on our website .
Since July 1, 2016, school districts (including charter schools) have had a basic responsibility to assign ELs only to those core academic teachers who have the SEI Endorsement. If circumstances arise that make it necessary for a district to assign an EL to an unendorsed core academic teacher, that teacher must earn the SEI Endorsement "within one year from the date of the assignment." 603 CMR 14.07 (3). In those cases, the district also needs to take all reasonable steps so that:
On May 31, 2018 , the Department released in EDWIN, four SEI Endorsement Reports. 2 The reports are available for school districts and charter schools under the "District & School Unsuppressed" tab, and for collaboratives under the "Reports" tab. Reports are made available for districts and collaboratives to monitor whether core academic teachers who have been assigned to ELs and principals who supervise or evaluate such teachers have the SEI Endorsement. Reports will reflect SEI Endorsement status using the latest EPIMS collection. Please see section II of this memo for a description of these data reports.
Information about licensing can be found on the Executive Office of Education website . Requesting a transcript review: Educators who have previously completed graduate-level coursework that they believe may qualify them for the SEI Endorsement may request a transcript review from the Licensure Office.
Life Insurance Continuing Education. If you have an Arizona Life Insurance License, you will need to take 48 hours of insurance CE. Most education companies offer a package of courses directed specifically to life insurance, but if you have to select courses, these subjects will satisfy the credit requirements: Traditional life insurance policies.
Health Insurance Continuing Education. If you have an Arizona Health Insurance License, you will need to take 48 hours of insurance CE. Most education companies offer a package of courses directed specifically to health insurance, but if you have to select courses, these subjects will satisfy the credit requirements: Health insurance policies.
Self-paced Course – The most common method of continuing education today. These CE courses allow you to log in to an online platform any time of day to complete your credit hours. Most of these courses are a mixture of video and text combined with a short knowledge exam at the end. Some platforms even allow you to take the course from your phone, which could save you time.
The State of Arizona requires that all insurance producers and agents complete:
You should aim to complete all of your CE thirty (30) days prior to your expiration date. You can’t take the same course twice during one renewal period. If your continuing education course requires you to take an exam, this is not like the initial license test that you took.
Most courses certify completion by taking either a knowledge exam at the end or by counting attendance to all of the scheduled classes. If you want to save time, it’s best to go with a self-paced course. If you want no exam, try an in-person class or an online webinar.
Scheduled Online Webinar – This is essentially the same as an in-person class, except you don’t have to travel away from your home or office. You will be taught by an instructor who will deliver the lesson at a specified time. Many webinars even allow you to interact with the instructor if you have specific questions.
Per DESE regulations, there are three SEI Endorsement Courses. You must register the correct course to receive an SEI Endorsement. See http://www.doe.mass.edu/retell/ for details.
Other non-CAT educators, including those in private schools or who teach special courses such as art, music, health, etc. , who wish to obtain the SEI endorsement may enroll in the course.
Participants in the SEI Teachers and SEI CVTE Teacher course must attend all 12 synchronous online or face-to-face course sessions (including any make up dates) plus one capstone presentation session and must complete all 8 online independent learning modules.
The SEI Teacher course teaches participants to use specific strategies to support English learners in the content areas. In order to successfully complete the course assignments, participants are required to implement these strategies with English learners in a classroom context.
You must register online with FSU for a course no later than either (1) up to the second class meeting or (2) fourteen [14] days following the first day of class whichever occurs sooner.
Please allow 2 months processing time from the last meeting date of your course (usually the last Capstone date) for your status to be updated in ELAR. If your status is still not updated after this time, contact [email protected] to inquire about your endorsement.
Please allow 1 month processing time from the last meeting date of your course (usually the last Capstone date) to receive your PDPs. If you do not receive your PDPs by this time, be sure to check your spam folder (at the email address you entered on the end-of-course survey). If you still cannot locate your PDPs, contact [email protected].
Upon the expiration of your initial teaching certificate, which is valid for three years, you may either apply for an extension or apply for a standard teaching certificate in Arizona.
To qualify as an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher in Arizona, you must earn , at a minimum, a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. This must include a teacher preparation program that has been approved by the Arizona State Board of Education.
Among Arizona’s State Board approved teacher preparation programs, there is one bachelor’s degree in elementary education: Bilingual Education/English as a Second Language. You may choose to complete this teacher preparation program or a program in elementary education to qualify for elementary ESL licensure.
and internationally, gives you the option to pursue a teaching credential, and can be completed in 12 months.
The year 2019 was big for Arizona’s English Language Learners (ELLs), thanks to the passage (long overdue, many say) of ELL reform legislation. Senate Bill 1014 allows the state’s ELLs to enjoy more time with their native peers instead of keeping them largely separated for the majority of the day. This new model of learning translates into a highly immersive educational experience which, combined with a two-hour daily language block, means a more natural learning experience for Arizona’s ELLs.
If you qualify for the Alternative Path to Certification program, you will complete all necessary pedagogy and educational requirements while teaching with a teaching intern certificate.
To qualify for the standard teaching certification in Arizona, you must show proof of the completion of at least three years of full-time teaching experience.