Education & Human Development

Center for Research & Development in Dual Language & Literacy Acquisition

Project EBEST Highlights

Enhance your teaching and empower English learners in the classroom through professional development.

Thanks to an Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) professional development and evaluation research grant, Project Enhancing Quality Teacher Preparation Through Research-based Instructional Best Practices for Bilingual and English Learners (EBEST) is helping prepare and certify Texas in-service teachers for the bilingual education or English as a second language (ESL) classroom. You are consenting to participate in an evaluation research project on the effectiveness of virtual observations and instructional coaching and mentoring. All teachers in the project will receive subsidized bilingual or ESL online certification prep courses and course materials (tablet, textbook, and headset), with opportunities for the reimbursement of their exam fees and earning professional development hours. Participation in this research-based project lasts up to 6 weeks for ESL certification and 12 weeks for bilingual certification.

  • Equips teachers for working with ELs in the ESL classroom.
  • Prepares teachers for the TExES English as a Second Language Supplemental (#154).
  • Provides six weeks of TExES prep.
  • Format includes video lectures, discussion board posts in English and assessments.
  • All course materials are provided through the grant.
  • The course is 100% online.
  • There will be an exam reimbursement upon successful completion.
  • 60 hours of professional development are provided.

 

  • Equips teachers for working with ELs in the bilingual education classroom.
  • Prepares teachers for the TExES Bilingual Education Supplemental (#164).
  • Provides six weeks of TExES prep.
  • Format includes video lectures, discussion board posts in English and assessments.
  • All course materials are provided through the grant.
  • The course is 100% online.
  • There will be an exam reimbursement upon successful completion.
  • 60 hours of professional development are provided.

 

  • Equips teachers for working with ELs in the bilingual education classroom.
  • Prepares teachers for the TExES Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Text (BTLPT #190).
  • Provides six weeks of TExES prep.
  • Format includes video lectures, reading, writing, listening and speaking practice in Spanish and assessments with feedback.
  • All course materials are provided through the grant.
  • The course is 100% online.
  • There will be an exam reimbursement upon successful completion.
  • 60 hours of professional development are provided.

*An intermediate level of Spanish proficiency is required.

Due to limited space, courses are offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

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If you do not see your district, please contact Project EBEST before attempting to register.

Email: bilingualed@tamu.edu