60-Hour Specialized Certificate Practicum in Teaching English Online
Issued by
Bridge Education Group
The earner of this badge is able to carry out and interpret a needs assessment interview to determine a student's needs; conduct an online class using conferencing software; troubleshoot the most common technical problems teachers face when teaching online; source and design lesson materials for their online lessons; use reflective teaching practices to assess their own teacher identity; reflect and evaluate their own online teaching performance against a grading criteria rubric.
- Type Certification
- Level Advanced
- Time Months
Skills
- Action Research Project
- Cross Cultural Communication
- Educational Technology
- Humanizing Online Learning
- Language Instruction
- Learning Styles
- Lesson Planning
- Needs Assessment
- Online And Blended Learning Instruction
- Online Learning Administration
- Practicum
- Preparing An Effective Lesson
- Reflective Teaching
- Research-based Instruction
- Teaching English Online
- TEFL
- TESOL
Earning Criteria
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Complete the full course program designed to prepare participants to be effective English language teachers in an online environment through the completion of 5 online teaching practice sessions with real students.
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Receive an accumulative score of 70% or higher by completing 5 graded quizzes and passing 1 graded assignment. They must submit a total of five 25-30 minute online teaching demonstrations working with a real student to receive this certification. Their final submission will be accompanied by a rationale and reflective essay for grading by their tutor.
Standards
Bridge Education Group is accredited by ACCET (Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training), a US Government Department of Education recognized agency and has over 20 years of experience in language teaching and teacher training. This program has been reviewed and adheres to ACCET’s standards, policies, and procedures.
For ACCET accredited BridgeTEFL courses, successful trainees earn one Continuing Education Unit (CEU) for every 10 hours of TEFL course instruction.