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Program Requirements for Full-Time Graduate Students

tell (teachers english language learners) certificate program

Courses (6 credits)
TELL certificate program students are required to take ED 346 and ED 621.
ED 346 Teaching Bilingual Students
ED 621 Bilingual, Second Lanaguage and Literacy Development
Click here for further course description and current course schedule

MELA-O Training
 TELL certificate program students are also required to take and pass the MELA-O (Massachusetts English Language Assessment - Oral) training. The 10-hour training is typically offered twice a semester (on two Saturdays each for approximately 5 hours). Click here for more information about the MELA-O including time and place of training.

NOTE: MELA-O is required for students in the BC TELL concentration since it covers the information in Category 3 of the state-required categories of skills and knowledge required to be "qualified" to work with English Language Learners in SEI Classrooms in Massachusetts. Those who complete other TELL program requirements and PASS the MELA-O qualifying test will receive a certificate indicating  that they have met the skills and knowledge covered in categories 1, 2, 3 and 4 and therefore meet the requirements to be "qualified" to work with English Language Learners in SEI Classrooms in Massachusetts. Those who complete other TELL program requirements but DO NOT PASS the MELA-O qualifying test will receive a certificate indicating that they have met the skills and knowledge covered in categories 1, 2 and 4.

Field Experience
ED 429 Pre-Practicum Experience with bilingual learners.
(Preferably taken the same semester as ED 346)

Inquiry Project
ED 432 Include ELL students in the population researched