University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

To participate in this program, you’ll pay a fee, rather than tuition.

Application Fee:

• $0 (Internal applicants)

• $75 (U.S. citizens/permanent residents)

• $95 (International students)

Here’s what you can expect each semester:

Summer I: 6 credits coursework
Linguistic Foundations for Teachers of Language and Literacy (2 cr)
Second Language Acquisition Basics for Teachers (2 cr)
Child Development for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (1 cr)
Clinical Experiences for Teaching (1 cr)

Fall I: student teaching (residency or Tier 2 teacher) + 6 credits coursework
ESL and WL Methods for Multilingual Development (3 cr)
Introduction to Equity-Based Pedagogy (1 cr)
Clinical Experiences for Teaching (2 cr)

Spring I: 6 credits coursework
Curriculum Planning for Multilingual Learners (3 cr)
Clinical Experiences for Teaching (+EdPTA for initial license only) (3 cr)

Summer II: 3 credits coursework
Academic Language and Multilingual Learners: Planning, Assessment and Instruction (3 cr)

Fall II: 6 credits coursework
Testing and Assessment for Multilingual Learners (2 cr)
Enacting Equity-based Pedagogy (2 cr)
Critical Approaches to Heritage Language Education: Centering Identities, Race, and Power in Language Reclamation (2 cr)

Spring II: 6 credits coursework
Foundations of Special Education (1 cr)
Equity Based Pedagogy and Advocacy (1 cr)
Technology for Teachers (2 cr)
Teaching Reading for Language Development (2 cr)

This program is designed so you can work in your school while taking courses on nights and weekends. This setup gives you much more hands-on experience in the classroom.

You can also choose to do the program as a residency, where you spend the full two years working in a classroom and get paid a stipend.

Developing culturally responsive educators is central to teacher education programs at the U of M. Principles and practices of culturally responsive and anti-racist teaching are woven throughout the programs.

• You'll take an equity and human relations course focused on anti-racist and culturally responsive teaching.
• You'll learn strategies to support multilingual learners and build their academic language skills.
• In your special education foundations course, you’ll explore the concepts of ability, intersectionality, and equity, then practice using tools like universal design for learning and multi-tiered systems of support.
• You’ll join a diverse cohort of students from a wide range of ages, ethnicities and language backgrounds—helping address representation gaps in the teaching profession.

You’ll take an equity and human relations course where culturally responsive teaching and anti-racism are a central focus. 

You’ll take coursework focused on academic language and learn strategies to help multilingual learners develop the language skills they need to succeed in school.