World and Heritage Language Education Graduate Certificate

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In the Fall of 2021 the Foreign Language Education - Foreign Language Instructional I Certificate was renamed to World and Heritage Language Education Graduate Certificate

The Instructional I Teaching Certification Program in World and Heritage Language Education offers students a rigorous course of instruction in teaching specific world language areas in grades PK-12. The program satisfies the requirements for earning a Pennsylvania Instructional I Certificate.

Certification studies are available in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, or Latin.

This program prepares students for PA PK-12 certification in world language education.  It requires 30 credit hours and an intensive student teaching experience, both of which are completed over the course of two semesters, fall and spring.  Graduates must complete the appropriate Pennsylvania Department of Education approved certification examination(s) in order to obtain PA certification.