Bilingual Extension Secondary Education

This program is designed for Birth to Grade 12 teachers, who already possess New York State certification in the areas listed in Sequences 1-4 below, and who seek a bilingual extension to teach that subject in the native language as well as in English. Applicants for the Advanced Certificate: Bilingual Extension include:

Sequence 1 (12 credits): Those seeking a bilingual extension to New York State certification in early childhood education, childhood education, or Literacy Birth-grade 6 at the early childhood or childhood level.

Sequence 2 (15 credits): Those seeking a bilingual extension to New York State certification in teaching children with disabilities at the early childhood or childhood level.

Sequence 3 (12 credits): Those seeking a bilingual extension to New York State certification in middle childhood education, adolescence education, or Literacy grades 5-12 at the middle childhood or adolescence education level.

Sequence 4 (15 credits): Those seeking a bilingual extension to New York State certification in teaching children with disabilities at the middle childhood or adolescence education level.