NHTI, Concord's Community College Catalog 2013-2014

Education Programs
ESOL Conversion Program
Program Goals
The goals of the ESOL Conversion Program are to prepare the
candidate to bring to K-12 classrooms the knowledge, skills, expertise,
innovation, and enthusiasm necessary to succeed as a teacher; to ensure
the candidate is afforded opportunities for observation, exploration, and
reflection both in and outside the classroom; to apply his/her content
expertise and pedagogical principles in the assessment of learning in a
practicum or student teaching experience working with English language
learners.
Candidates in this program can expect to learn through integrated
fieldwork and courses in the following areas:
CL LAB CR
TECP 50 Introduction to Exceptionalities 3 0 3
TECP 51 Foundations of Education 3 0 3
TECP 60 Supporting Students with
Challenging Behavior 3 0 3
TECP 61 Legal Issues in Education 3 0 3
TECP 63 Instructional Technology 3 0 3
TECP 69 Cross-Cultural Education:
Professional Learning Community 1 0 1
TECP 86 Introduction to Linguistics 3 0 3
TECP 87 Language, Reading, and Literacy in ESOL 3 0 3
TECP 88 Curriculum & Design and
Assessment in ESOL 4 0 4
TECP 90 Supervised Student Teaching/Theory,
Practice, and Methods/Materials in ESOL
Education or 2 30 12
TECP 91 Practicum, Methods/Materials, and
Culture in ESOL Education 2 15 7
TECP 92 The Teaching Portfolio* 1 0 1
TOTAL CREDITS 33-38
* If a candidate does not complete the portfolio by the end of the student
teaching semester, he/she will enroll in TECP 92: The Teaching Portfolio
(1 credit seminar) to complete the portfolio.
After successful completion of the program, candidates are
recommended to the NH State Department of Education - Bureau of
Credentialing for ESOL K-12 certification.
Financial Aid is pending for this program.
Specific Admission Requirements
1. Candidates may already hold a teaching certification or have the
minimum of a baccalaureate degree in English and/or a degree with
a strong Liberal Arts background.
2. Candidates must demonstrate the mastery of all competencies
required by the program through the successful completion of
coursework, field work, practicum or student teaching, and portfolio
development.
3. Candidates must demonstrate knowledge of human growth and
developments or take the NHTI course.
3. Candidates must successfully pass the PRAXIS I (PPST) tests before
full acceptance into the TECP. In addition, the candidate must
maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least a 2.75.
4. A criminal record check will be required for working in the schools.
During the interview, the Director of the Conversion Programs will
discuss the requirements for Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) with
regard to ESOL teachers.
Career and Technical Education Alternative Certification
This program is designed to offer students the knowledge and skills
required by the New Hampshire Department of Education standards
for career and technical educator certification. This program has been
constructed according to the competencies required for Ed 610.01
Professional Education and Ed 507.02 Teachers of Career and Technical
Education. Ed 610.01 competencies are met through courses ED 104 and
ED 105. Ed 507.02 competencies, as proposed, are met through ED 230
Essentials of Career and Technical Curriculum and Instruction.
The program is designed to allow students to use program credits
toward an Associate in Arts in Teacher Preparation or Associate degree
in a general studies or career and technical program. Students also may
use the credits toward a Bachelor’s degree program in Education through
Plymouth State University. Articulation with other colleges and programs
may be sought.
Students accepted into this program may provide evidence that they
may be eligible to receive credit for courses via aggregate educational
experience and/or occupational experiences. In such cases students may
be eligible to earn credit by examination or transfer credit, according to
the policies and procedures of the college.
Students eligible for this program may be:
• those with a high school diploma or equivalent and significant
work/life experience who would like to earn a credential to teach
or a credential to teach and college credits toward Associate or
Baccalaureate Degree completion;
• those with some college courses or an Associate Degree and
significant work/life experience who would like to earn a
credential to teach or a credential to teach and college credits
toward Associate or Baccalaureate Degree completion;
• those with a Bachelor’s Degree (but no certification) and
significant work/life experience who would like to earn a
credential to teach or a credential to teach and possible graduate
credits toward Master’s Degree completion.
In all cases, prospective career and technical educators will possess
significant life/work experience or academic preparation in a career and
technical content area. The Career and Technical Center Directors and
School Districts will retain the authority to review the eligibility of all
prospective career and technical educators and define any or all of the
certificate component courses to be required for credentialing, on an
individual basis. These individuals will then be referred to NHTI for course
registration and completion. For more information contact Department
Head Kelly Moore Dunn at (603) 271-6484 x4163. Financial Aid is
pending for this program.
CL LAB CR
ED 101 Introduction to Exceptionalities 3 0 3
ED 104 Foundations of Education 3 0 3
ED 204 Instructional Technology 3 0 3
ED 209 Curriculum and Assessment 4 0 4
ED 230 Essentials of Career and Technical
Curriculum and Instruction 3 0 3
EN 101 English Composition 4 0 4
PY 209 Educational Psychology 3 0 3
PY 220 Human Growth and Development:
The Life Span 3 0 3
TOTAL CREDITS 26
For the Gainful Employment Disclosure Statement for this program, see:
www.nhti.edu/gainful-employment-disclosure
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