1649. BILINGUAL EDUCATION (K-12)

1649 BILINGUAL EDUCATION (K-12) 1649.1 In addition to the general and professional education requirements, for certification in bilingual education, the following shall be required: (a) A valid teaching certificate in a content area; (b) Thirty (30) semester hours to include the following: (1) The historical, philosophical, educational, and sociological basis of the education of language minority students (a minimum of six (6) semester hours) including the following: (A) Foundations of Bilingual Education; and (B) Theory and Practice of Bilingual Education. (2) Linguistics and its relationship to cognitive development (a minimum of six (6) semester hours) including: (A) Introduction to Linguistics; (B) Bilingualism; and (C) Introduction to Psycholinguistics. (3) Developmental literacy, reading readiness and reading for Language Minority students (a minimum of three (3) semester hours); (4) Bilingual assessment instruments used with linguistically diversity Language Minority students (a minimum of three (3) semester hours); and (5) Principles of cross-cultural communication and the differences in learning styles of Language Minority students (a minimum of three (3) semester hours); or substitutable experience (required verification, i.e. one year of living abroad or forty-five (45) hours of formal travel study; and (d) Competency in the language of specialty other than English as determined by an assessment administered in the language by the Language Minority Affairs Branch. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 3201 (July 17, 1981); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 6542 (October 24, 1986); and by Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 6893, 6930-31 (October 1, 1993).