School of Teacher Education
Director: Jingzi (Ginny) Huang, Ph.D.
Location: McKee 216
Telephone: 970.351.2908
Website: www.unco.edu/cebs/teacher-education/
Faculty: Margaret Berg, Ph.D.; Kim Creasy, Ph.D.; James A. Erekson, Ph.D.; Matthew Farber, Ed.D.; Derek Gottlieb, Ed.D.; Jenni L. Harding Middleton, Ed.D.; Michelle Holmes, Ph.D.; HyunJung (Hannah) Kang, Ph.D.; Jean Kirshner, Ph.D.; Heng-Yu Ku, Ph.D.; Christine Kyser, Ed.D.; Jody K. Lawrence, Ph.D.; Kimberly Arnold Mahovsky, Ed.D.; Madeline Milian, Ed.D.; Christine McConnell Moroye, Ph.D.; Deborah Romero, Ph.D.; Brian Rose, Ph.D.; Amanda Rutter, Ed.D.; Suzette Youngs, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus: Thomas A. Griggs, Ph.D.; Kathleen O'Neil, Ph.D.; Susan A. Thompson, Ed.D.; Dana Walker, Ph.D.
Cumbres is a learning community and scholarship program for Latinx/Hispanic and other students that prepares them to teach with an English as a Second Language endorsement.
Director: Aldo Romero
Location: McKee 262
Telephone: 970.351.2417
Center for Urban Education has elementary, early childhood, and special education teacher preparation programs that lead students to a Bachelor’s degree and Colorado teacher licensure.
Director: Rosanne Fulton
Location: 1059 Alton Way, Denver, Colorado 80230
Telephone: 303.637.4334
Verifying Your Identity:
If you intend to apply for a Colorado Teacher License after completing a teaching licensure program at UNC, please note that the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) requires that you must open a COOL account with CDE and you must have a Social Security Number in order to open the COOL account. Please see the important information regarding “Setting up your COOL Account” at: www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/fingerprints. In addition, as part of the licensure process, CDE requires that you must affirm your identity. This affirmation is called “verifying your identity.” Under CDE’s current requirements, you cannot receive a Colorado Teacher License without “verifying your identity.” Please see the important information regarding “Verifying Your Identity” here: www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/verification_identification. You should check the two webpages above, and other webpages regarding Colorado Teacher Licensure, frequently for any changes.
Course(s) Offered (Prefix):
For degree and program requirements, see:
TESL - Teaching English as a Second Language
Location: McKee 216
Email: teacher.education@unco.edu
Website: www.unco.edu/cebs/teacher-education/
Faculty: Jingzi Huang, Ph.D.; Laura Hamman-Ortiz, Ph.D.; Madeline Milian, Ph.D.; Deborah Romero, Ph.D.
Program(s) Offered:
Ideal for education majors or those in any program interested in teaching English abroad, the undergraduate Teaching English as a Second Language-also referred to as Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) - and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Education programs examine current theories and practices of language acquisition and multilingual language development in global contexts. You'll be thoroughly prepared to support the academic and cultural development of multilingual learners, and the varied experiences of multicultural and multilingual families and communities in the United States, even other countries.
Although diverse immigrant groups are addressed in TESOL coursework at UNC, there is an emphasis on Spanish-speaking children and youth, as well as other linguistic minority groups in K12 Education. In Colorado 81% of all English language learners are Spanish-speaking and over 18 other languages from across the globe are spoken by students in Colorado schools; in the U.S. 75% of all English language learners are Spanish-speaking, the majority of whom are from Mexico.
Completing this program can either be done through a Teaching English as a Second Language minor (Non-Licensure), a K-12 teaching endorsement (the CLD Education Endorsement), and/or a CLD Bilingual Education Dual Special Endorsement.
The undergraduate TESOL and CLD Education endorsements are housed in the School of Teacher Education, in the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, in McKee Hall.