ESOL Instructor Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications for ESOL Instructors
Master’s degree in TESOL from an accredited institution,
OR
Master’s degree in related field (such as foreign language, linguistics, speech, anthropology, English, adult education, intercultural communication, international studies or other fields upon SAC approval) PLUS proficiency in a foreign language and a TESOL certificate or substantial (40 quarter hours or 30 semester hours) coursework at the 400 level or higher in TESOL methodology from an accredited institution. TESOL certificate or course work must include the study of linguistics, language acquisition theory, and language teaching methodology. K-12 ELL endorsement is not an appropriate equivalent to or substitute for a TESOL certificate
OR
Master’s degree in a related field (such as foreign language, linguistics, speech, anthropology, English, adult education, intercultural communication, international studies or other fields upon SAC approval) PLUS proficiency in a foreign language and five years experience in an adult ESL classroom teaching a variety of skills and levels (pre-literate to college) to students from diverse ethnic, cultural, and educational backgrounds.
Preferred Qualifications
In addition to the above, the candidate has at least two years of experience teaching a college-level English curriculum to speakers of other languages.
Approved: April 2011
Instructor Qualifications
- AB – Automotive Collision Instructor Qualifications
- AB – Auto Collision Repair Technology Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- ABE/GED Instructor Qualifications
- ABE/GED® Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- AD – Alcohol and Drug Counselor
- AD – Alcohol and Drug Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- AM – Automotive Service Technology Instructor Qualifications
- AM – Automotive Service Technology Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- AMT – Aviation Maintenance Tech Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- AMT – Aviation Maintenance Technology Instructor Qualifications
- ARCH – Architectural Design and Drafting Instructor Qualifications
- ARCH – Architectural Design and Drafting Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- ART – Art Instructor Qualifications
- ART – Art Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- ASL – Sign Language Interpretation Instructor Qualifications
- ASL – Sign Language Interpretation Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- ATH – Anthropology Instructor Qualifications
- AVS – Aviation Science Instructor Qualifications
- AVS – Aviation Science Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- BA – Business Administration Instructor Qualifications
- BA – Business Administration Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- BCT – Building Construction Instructor Qualifications
- BCT – Building Construction Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- BI – Biology Instructor Qualifications
- BI – Biology Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- BIT – Bioscience Technology Instructor Qualifications
- BIT – Bioscience Technology Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- BT – Business Technology Instructor Qualifications
- CAS – Computer Applications and Office Systems Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- CAS and WT – Computer Applications and Web Tech Instructor Qualifications
- CCET – Civil/Construction Engineering Technology Instructor Qualifications
- CG – College Success and Career Guidance Qualifications
- CG – Counseling and Guidance Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- CH – Chemistry Instructor Qualifications
- CH – Chemistry Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- Child and Family Studies Instructor Qualifications – ECE and HEC (formerly Early Education and Family Studies)
- CHLA – Chicano/Latino Studies Instructor Qualifications
- CIS – Computer Info Systems Instructor Qualifications
- CIS – Computer Info Systems Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- CJA – Criminal Justice Instructor Qualifications
- CJA – Criminal Justice Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- CMET (Civil/Mechanical Engineering Tech) ARCHIVE
- Computer Software Engineering Tech. Instructor Qualifications
- Counsel/ Career Guidance Qualifications
- CS – Computer Science Instructor Qualifications
- CS – Computer Science Instructor Qualifications – Archive
- Customer Service Technology Instructor Qualifications
- D – Dance Instructor Qualifications
- D – Dance Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- DA – Dental Assisting Instructor Qualifications
- DA – Dental Assisting Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- Developing Instructor Qualifications for Provisional Approval
- Developmental Education
- DH – Dental Hygiene Instructor Qualifications
- Dietary Technician Qualifications
- DM – Dietary Manager Instructor Qualifications
- DM – Dietary Manager Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- DRF – Drafting Technology and Design Instructor Qualifications (CADD)
- DRF – Drafting Technology and Design Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- DS – Diesel Service Technology Instructor Qualifications
- DS – Diesel Service Technology Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- DST – Dealer Service Technology Instructor Qualifications
- DT – Dental Laboratory Technology Instructor Qualifications
- Early Education and Family Studies Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- EC – Economics Instructor Qualifications
- EC – Economics Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- ED – Education Instructor Qualifications
- EET – Electronic Engineering Technician Qualifications
- Electronic Engineering Technician Qualifications ARCHIVE
- Emergency Tele-communicator/ 911 Qualifications ARCHIVE
- EMS – Emergency Medical Services Instructor Qualifications
- EMS – Emergency Medical Services Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- EMT – Emergency Medical Technology Instructor Qualifications
- ENG: English and Writing Instructor Qualifications
- ENG: English, Writing, and Developmental Education Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- Engineering Computer Software Instructor Qualifications
- ENGR – Engineering Transfer Instructor Qualifications
- ENNL – English as a Non-Native Language Instructor Qualifications
- ENNL – English as a Non-Native Language Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- ES – Ethnic Studies Instructor Qualifications
- ES – Ethnic Studies Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- ESL Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- ESOL Instructor Qualifications
- ESOL Instructor Qualifications
- ESR – Environmental Studies Instructor Qualifications
- ESR – Environmental Studies Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- Examples of Provisional Approval
- Exercise Science (FT) Instructor Qualifications
- FMT- Facilities Maintenance Technician Qualifications
- FMT, APR and ELT – Trades and Industries Instructor Qualifications
- FMT, APR and ELT Trades & Industries Instructor Qualifications Archive
- FN – Foods/Nutrition Instructor Qualifications
- FN – Foods/Nutrition Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- FP- Fire Protection Technology Instructor Qualifications
- FP- Fire Protection Technology Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- FT- Exercise Science Instructor Qualifications (formerly Fitness Technology) – ARCHIVE
- G – Geology Instructor Qualifications
- G – Geology Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- GD – Graphic Design Instructor Qualifications
- GD – Graphic Design Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- GEO – Geography Instructor Qualifications
- GEO – Geography Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- GRN – Gerontology Instructor Qualifications
- GRN – Gerontology Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- GS – General Science Instructor Qualifications
- GS – General Science Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- HE – Health Instructor Qualifications
- HE – Health Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- HIM – Health Info Management Instructor Qualifications
- HIM – Health Info Management Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- HR – Culinary Assistant Instructor Qualifications
- HR – Culinary Assistant Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- HST – History Instructor Qualifications
- HST – History Instructor Qualifications
- HUM – Humanities Instr Qualifications ARCHIVE
- HUM – Humanities Instructor Qualifications
- Human Services Instructor Qualifications (HUS)
- ID – Interior Design Instructor Qualifications
- INSP – Building Inspection Instructor Qualifications
- Instructional Assistant Special Education Qualifications
- Instructions for Creating and Revising Instructor Qualifications
- Interior Design Instructor Qualifications-ARCHIVE
- INTL – International Studies
- J – Journalism Instructor Qualifications
- LAT – Landscape Technology Instructor Qualifications (HOR and CSS)
- LAT – Landscape Technology Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- LIB – Library Instructor Qualifications
- MCH – Machine Manufacturing Technology Instructor Qualifications
- MCH – Machine Manufacturing Technology Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- Medical Assisting Faculty Qualifications
- Medical Assisting Faculty Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- MLT – Medical Lab Tech Instructor Qualifications
- MLT – Medical Lab Tech Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- MM – Multimedia Instructor Qualifications
- MM – Multimedia Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- MP – Medical Professions Instructor Qualifications
- MP – Medical Professions Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- MSD – Management and Supervisory Development Instructor Qualifications
- MSD – Management and Supervisory Development Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- MT – Microelectronics Tech Instructor Qualifications
- MT – Microelectronics Tech Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- MTH – Mathematics Instructor Qualifications
- MTH – Mathematics Instructor Qualifications archive
- MUC – Music & Sonic Arts Instructor Qualifications
- MUC – Professional Music Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- MUS Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- MUS and MUP – Music and Applied Music Instructor Qualifications
- NAS: Native American Studies
- NRS – Nursing Instructor Qualifications
- NRS – Nursing Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- OMT – Ophthalmic Medical Technology Instructor Qualifications
- OMT – Ophthalmic Medical Technology Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- OST – Occupational Skills Training Instructor Qualifications
- PE – Physical Education Instructor Qualifications
- PE – Physical Education Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- PHL – Philosophy Instructor Qualifications
- PHY – Physics Instructor Qualifications
- PHY – Physics Instructor Qualifications
- PL – Paralegal Instructor Qualifications
- PL – Paralegal Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- Political Science Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- PS – Political Science Instructor Qualifications
- PSY – Instructor Qualifications Archive
- PSY – Psychology Instructor Qualifications
- PT – Publishing Tech Instructor Qualifications
- RAD – Radiography Instructor Qualifications (includes MRI and CT)
- RAD – Radiography Instructor Qualifications (includes MRI and CTT) – ARCHIVE
- Religious Studies
- SC – Margaret Carter Skill Center Instructor Qualifications
- SLIP – Sign Language Interpretation (ITP) Instructor Qualifications
- SLIP – Sign Language Interpretation (ITP) Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- SOC – Sociology Instructor Qualifications
- SOC – Sociology Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- SP – Speech Instructor Qualifications
- SP – Speech Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- TA – Theater Arts Instructor Qualifications
- UAS – Unoccupied Aerial Systems Instructor Qualifications
- Upholstery Training Instructor Qualifications
- Video Production Instructor Qualifications
- VT – Vet Tech Instructor Qualifications
- VT – Vet Tech Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- WLD – Welding Instructor Qualifications
- WLD – Welding Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE
- World Languages Instructor Qualifications
- World Languages Instructor Qualifications archive
- WR: Writing and English Instructor Qualifications
- WR: Writing, English, and Developmental Education Instructor Qualifications ARCHIVE
- WS – Women’s Studies Instructor Qualifications
- WS – Women’s Studies Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE