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    Standards for Short-Term TEFL/TESL Certificate Programs
    Standards for Short-Term TEFL/TESL Certificate Programs
    Standards for Short-Term TEFL/TESL Certificate Programs
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    Standards for Short-Term TEFL/TESL Certificate Programs

    By TESOL International Association

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    TEFL/TESL short-term certificate programs are ubiquitous in the English language teaching landscape. This book presents not only program and administration standards to improve your program, but candidate standards that will improve the quality of your ESL/EFL teacher graduates.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTESOL Press
    Release dateSep 16, 2015
    ISBN9781953745415
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      Standards for Short-Term TEFL/TESL Certificate Programs - TESOL International Association

      Front Cover of Standards for Short-Term TEFL/TESL Certificate Programs

      Copyright © 2015 by TESOL International Association. All rights reserved.

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      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      Scope and Purpose

      Organization of Standards

      Rationale

      Organization and Program Management Standards

      Mission Statement

      Program Length and Structure

      Administration

      Candidate Services

      Curriculum and Instructor Standards

      Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

      Instructor

      Candidate Standards

      Language

      Culture

      Instruction

      Assessment

      Professionalism

      Organization and Program Management Standards

      Domain 1: Mission Statement

      Mission Statement Standard 1: Mission Statement

      Domain 2: Program Length and Structure

      Program Length and Structure Standard 1: Program Length and Structure

      Domain 3: Administration

      Administration Standard 1: Administrative Structure and Policies

      Administration Standard 2: Recruitment Policies

      Administration Standard 3: Candidate Qualification

      Administration Standard 4: Admission and Enrollment Policies

      Administration Standard 5: Personnel Policies

      Administration Standard 6: Finances

      Administration Standard 7: Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies

      Domain 4: Candidate Services

      Candidate Services Standard 1: Candidate Services

      Curriculum and Instructor Standards

      Domain 1: Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment

      Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Standard 1: Curriculum

      Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Standard 2: Instructional Approaches and Materials

      Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Standard 3: Curriculum Development and Review

      Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Standard 4: Candidate Assessment

      Domain 2: Instructor

      Instructor Standard 1: Instructor Qualifications

      Instructor Standard 2: Instructional Skills

      Instructor Standard 3: Professional Development

      Candidate Standards

      Domain 1: Language

      Language Standard 1: Language as a System of Communication

      Language Standard 2: First and Second Language Acquisition and Development

      Domain 2: Culture

      Culture Standard 1: Connections Among Culture, Language, and Learning

      Domain 3: Instruction

      Instruction Standard 1: Planning Instruction

      Instruction Standard 2: Implementing Instruction

      Instruction Standard 3: Using Instructional Resources

      Domain 4: Assessment

      Assessment Standard 1: Assessment Theory

      Assessment Standard 2: Assessment Practices

      Domain 5: Professionalism

      Professionalism Standard 1: Professional Learning and Growth

      Professionalism Standard 2: Professional Ethics and Behavior

      Glossary

      References

      Acknowledgements

      TESOL International Association offers its sincere thanks to the dedicated expert group who developed these standards. Participants brought a breadth of expertise in standards development, extensive knowledge in short-term certificate programs in teaching English to speakers of other languages, and experience working in programs outside the United States.

      Expert Group

      Richmond Stroupe, chair

      Soka University, Japan

      Jan Dormer

      Messiah College, United States

      Rosario Giraldez

      Alianza Cultural Uruguay—Estados Unidos, Uruguay

      Natalie Kuhlman

      San Diego State University, professor emeritus, United States

      Seyed-Reza Mazloom-Farzaghy

      TESL Association of Ontario, Canada

      Teresa O’Donnell

      Commission on English Language Program Accreditation, United States

      Project Writers

      Diane Staehr Fenner

      DSF Consulting, United States

      Sydney Snyder

      DSF Consulting, United States

      Program Assessment Developer

      Yosra Abdelkareem

      2014–2015 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow

      Project Staff

      John Segota, Associate Executive Director for Public Policy and Professional Relations

      Sarah Sahr, Director of Professional Learning & Research

      Valerie Borchelt, Professional Relations Manager

      Introduction

      Founded in 1966, TESOL International Association (www.tesol.org) is a professional community of educators, researchers, administrators, and students whose mission is to advance professional expertise in English language teaching and learning for speakers of other languages worldwide.

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