SE Missouri SU: TESOL: Certification: TAPEMM

The teachers of Heart of Missouri RPDC have a grant opportunity to earn ESOL endorsement, tuition free, through a grant written by Southeast Missouri State University. The TAPEMM grant provides 21 hours of graduate level credit which can be applied, for those who qualified, towards earning a MATESOL.

The purpose of the grant is to train main stream classroom teachers in strategies and techniques that increase student performance of the ever increasing ELL population in Mid-Missouri. While the actual ELL count differs significantly through out the region the need to have teachers trained to help accommodate this growing population is essential. It is a reality that the number of ELL's will only increase and may well comprise over 50 per-cent of the public school age population within the career span of many current teachers. When teachers are trained and given support to work with this population the academic performance and test scores of ELL’s increases and school and teacher stress and frustration decreases.

Ideally we would like to have a group of 10 or more teachers form a cohort and take the first 9 hours, on a local site with an adjunct professor traveling to the designated location. The remainder of the courses can be taken on line or via ITV, with the exception of the Practicum, which is a blended course taken on site and on line.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please see the Frequently Asked Questions page, or contact Dr. Ustinova (iustinova@semo.edu) or tesolgrants@semo.edu.

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