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Earning participants the full Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement, this course prepares teachers with the knowledge and skills to help our growing population of English Learners (ELs) access curriculum, achieve academic success, and contribute their multilingual and multicultural resources as future leaders. Nicholas Bettencourt has been an educator and English Language Learner advocate for over 20 years as an ESL High School Teacher in Chicago and Providence, as well as an administrator and department chair. Sign up for this course to build the resources you need!

This asynchronous, online course fulfills the requirement that all educators must have 15 PDPs related to English as a Second Language for recertification. Course topics include top-down web and two-column notes skills and application, Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) strategies, and review of lesson examples aligned with Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. Instructor Alicia Serafin currently teaches English as a Second Language and is certified as an Elementary Classroom Teacher as well as an ESL Supervisor/Director.