Graduate Certificate in Bilingual Education

Are you an educator with an initial or professional license who wants to teach academic content in a dual-language or bilingual setting?  

The Graduate Certificate in Bilingual Education at Salem State is designed to meet the requirements for PreK through 12 teachers who wish to earn the DESE . The program provides a strong grounding in the research and practices to teach emerging bilingual students, including foundations of programming, language acquisition and biliteracy development, and the multicultural facets of teaching students and interacting with parents and the community.   

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Program Features

  • Modality: Synchronous and asynchronous online courses, plus district-based programming (Contact Graduate Program Coordinator for more information on current partnerships). 

  • Faculty: Faculty teaching in the certificate courses are often practitioners with hands-on experience in bilingual teaching and programming. 

  • Concurrent Enrollment Opportunities: Graduate courses in the certificate may align with other graduate degrees (e.g., MAT in English to Speakers of Other Languages), allowing for credits to count toward the certificate and a master’s degree simultaneously. 

  • Graduate Assistantships: Apply for graduate assistantships, grants and scholarships to support you during your educational journey. 

 

Highlights

  • College student sitting in the classroom

    Advance Your Understanding

    Expand your knowledge of bilingual education with a 4-course certificate
  • A student teacher smiling with an elementary student in the classroom

    Gain Practical Experience

    Apply your skills in bilingual schools via a 1-credit, 75-hour practicum
  • Teacher meeting with a student and parent

    Impact Your Community

    Learn to engage parents and the community to support bilingual education

Curriculum

This certificate program includes a 4-course (12-credit) foundation sequence plus an additional 1-credit practicum course with a 75-hour field experience in a bilingual school setting such as a transitional bilingual, two-way immersion or other bilingual school setting.

Course Requirements*

  • EDS 771 - Sociolinguistics
  • EDS 793 - Language Acquisition
  • EDS 799 - Teaching Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary to Multilingual Learners
  • EDU 780 - Practicum in Bilingual Education
  • WLC 711 - Foundations of Bilingual Education

*Accurate for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Careers

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that Elementary and Secondary School Teachers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton region earn an average annual salary of $85,910 and $88,890, respectively, as of May 2024. 

 

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Contact Us

For admissions-related questions, please contact graduate admissions. 

Graduate Admissions

978.542.6200
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-5 pm
331 Lafayette St.
Second Floor,
Salem, MA 01970
Mailing Address:
352 Lafayette St.
Salem, MA 01970
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