Description

International Year One allows you to begin earning credits toward your degree even if you don’t meet the academic and English requirements for direct entry. You will receive additional support to help you successfully complete your first year and graduate in the same amount of time as direct entry students.
 

UAB offers an Educational Specialist degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). As a post-MA degree, this EdS-TESOL provides advanced training in the teaching and learning of English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Targeted for educators who already hold a master's degree in TESOL or a related area, this program equips TESOL educators with state-of-the-art instructional strategies for meeting the evolving needs of linguistically and culturally diverse learners, with collaborative skills for serving as reflective practitioners to guide change, and with mentoring techniques for positively influencing student achievement and institutional improvement.

This EdS-TESOL prepares educators to assume mentorship and leadership roles to guide other educators in meeting the English-learning needs of their students in P-12 and adult settings. To that end, it prepares educators to become dynamic leaders and effective change agents by developing their capacity to serve as lead teachers, division heads, instructional coaches, professional development facilitators, and program specialists.

At UAB, this EdS-TESOL degree is classified by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) with code 13.1401 Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. In the NCES Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP), this code defines programs that "focus on the principles and practice of teaching English to students who are not proficient in English or who do not speak, read or write English, and that may prepare individuals to function as teachers and administrators in such programs." Within this code, UAB's EdS-TESOL program is unique in how it offers two distinct tracks - the certification track and the non-certification track.