The Bachelor of Arts in Education: ELL and Bilingual Education major responds to the growing diversity in the state's schools and the state's growing focus on dual language education. Currently the major is only offered through Western's South Seattle site. The major supports the Woodring College of Education's efforts to embrace diversity and promote social justice through its community routes to certification. The major focuses on research-based and experience-validated knowledge to help elementary school teachers reach all students. This includes increasing teacher candidates' cultural competency, capacity to teach English language learners, and knowledge to teach effectively in dual language settings. Graduates receive WWU's recommendation for a Residency Teaching Certificate with endorsements in Elementary Education, and English Language Learners and/or Bilingual.
Why Consider an English Language Learners & Bilingual Education major?
The ELL & Bilingual Education major was designed in response to requests from schools for elementary teachers prepared for dual language and bilingual settings with the dispositions, knowledge, and skills to work with an increasingly diverse elementary student population and their families.