TESOL Licensure Add-a-field
MMPP Graduate Certificate
Typical Length 15 months
Delivery Summer Hybrid
Add a Field
Students may be eligible to add a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Licensure Add-a-Field to their existing Hawaiʻi state teaching license upon the successful completion of the MMPP. For educators wanting a TESOL Licensure Add-a-Field, they are advised to take the following set of five professional courses below, which are aligned to the Hawai‘i Department of Education Nā Hopena A‘o (HĀ and BREATH, Policy E-3), a Hawai‘i Department of Education “framework of outcomes designed to develop the skills, behaviors and dispositions that are reminiscent of Hawai‘i’s unique context, and to honor the qualities and values of the indigenous language and culture of Hawai‘i.” Nā Hopena A‘o is based on the following BREATH framework: Belonging, Responsibility, Excellence, Aloha, Total Well-being and Hawai‘i.
The five professional courses are also aligned to the TESOL International Association P-12 Teacher Education Program Standards. The TESOL standards are: (1) Knowledge about Language, (2) ELL in the Sociocultural Context, (3) Planning and Implementing Instruction, (4) Assessment and Evaluation, (5) Professionalism and Leadership. TESOL articulates an asset-based approach to working with language learners.
Learn more about the Multilingual Multicultural Professional Practice (MMPP) Graduate Certificate program.