Languages and Cultures

West Chester University

Dr. Jerome Williams
109 Main Hall
West Chester, PA 19383
Phone: 610-436-2700
Fax: 610-436-3048
JWilliams2@wcupa.edu


Spanish Graduate Certification

Admission to the Graduate Certification program in Spanish is through the Office of Graduate Studies. Candidates who have the appropriate required undergraduate degree and/or major in Spanish, or native fluency and a related undergraduate degree from a Spanish-speaking university, may enroll directly in the graduate courses required for Pennsylvania State Certification K-12.

There are new requirements being put in place by the state of PA for students entering after January 2011. The new requirements include the following courses:

EDA 542 Foundations of Special Education

EDT 500 Educational Technology (or EDM 349 1 credit Technology Tools Teacher/Learning)

EDP 531 Assessment for Learning 7-12

EDP 550 Advanced Educational Pyschology

EDP 569 Adolescent Development and Learning

EDR 550 Literacy Development and Secondary Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Classroom

Formal Admission to Teacher Education EDF 030 must be obtained before enrollling in the following courses:

EDA 511 Inclusion and Collaboration

EDS 505 Field Observation

LAN 503 Techniques of Second Language Teaching (prereq if never had linguistics: LIN 501)

EDS 411-412 Student Teaching (not for graduate credit but required for certification)

NOTE: you must register a year ahead of time for student teaching with or without an internship.

Information about Post baccalaureat undergraduate-level K-12 Certification in various languages is also available through the Office of Graduate Studies (610) 436-2943 or the Secondary Education Advisement Center at 251 Greene Library, (610) 436-3063. Contact Dr. Charles Grove, cgrove@wcupa.edu.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Maria Van Liew, Spanish Coordinator
Department of Languages and Cultures
109 Main Hall
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
mvanliew@wcupa.edu