As a Professor for TESOL, I am immensely proud to feature outstanding student work from our MS in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program. New York’s linguistic diversity demands teachers who can find common ground and effectively communicate with students from different language backgrounds. Academically rigorous and practice-intensive, the 33-credit program prepares candidates to be eligible for recommendation for ESL certification.

Samantha Howe, a Touro TESOL candidate, is a 5th grade teacher from Long Island. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in inclusive childhood education, she was accepted into the TESOL program at Touro University. She is passionate about providing an inclusive and equitable education for all students.

The TESOL program at Touro  has provided me with valuable insights and necessary tools to better support my multilingual students. 

Samantha Howe, Touro TESOL candidate

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

New York is a state that speaks many languages. We need teachers who can find the common ground. The MS in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program helps NYS-certified PreK-12 teachers more effectively teach and communicate with a diverse student population. Academically rigorous and practice-intensive, the 33-credit program includes 50 hours of fieldwork and supervised student teaching experiences. Candidates that complete all coursework, fieldwork, and student teaching requirements are eligible for recommendation for ESL certification.

Marissa Diveris graduated summa cum laude from St. Joseph’s University in May 2022 with a History of Adolescent Education degree. She is currently pursuing an MS in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages at TOURO University. Marissa is working in a Long Island High School with English Language Learners during her role as an ENL Leave Replacement. 

The opportunity to observe a crucial lesson in preparing ELL students for the Global II regents was extremely beneficial to me as a Social Studies teacher. It is important that students
master the Enduring Issues Essay to do well on the NYS Regents Exam. English Language Learners need the appropriate support in order to work through their languageand cultural barriers.

Marissa Diveris, Touro University TESOL Candidate

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

New York is a state that speaks many languages. We need teachers who can find the common ground. The MS in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program helps NYS-certified PreK-12 teachers more effectively teach and communicate with a diverse student population. Academically rigorous and practice-intensive, the 33-credit program includes 50 hours of fieldwork and at least 20 days or 100 hours of supervised student teaching experience. Candidates that complete all coursework, fieldwork, and student teaching requirements are eligible for recommendation for ESL certification.

Cristina Talarico is a teacher in the New York City Department of Education who is currently completing a Master’s Degree in TESOL at Touro College. As a part of the EDPN 673 Course, they fulfilled 15 hours of fieldwork where they observed and collaborated with ENL educators and interacted with diverse ELL students. Throughout this experience, she conducted interviews with both students and teachers to identify the most effective methods and approaches for teaching ELLs.

When choosing materials for educating our ELL students, educators must be knowledgeable about the ELL’s vocabulary and language proficiency levels in order to meet their academic needs. The vocabulary for this text is basic and should be familiar to most students at the Pre-K level. It uses simple and repetitive dialogue and introduces new characters on each page through the text and illustrations, repeating the sequence of events.

Cristina Talarico, Touro University TESOL Master’s Degree Candidate

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

New York’s classrooms are some of the most culturally and linguistically diverse in the country. Our TESOL certificate program prepares NYS-certified teachers to provide responsive, comprehensive education to students of every background. 

What You’ll Learn

The 15-credit program includes five courses—each with carefully designed fieldwork experiences—that emphasize both academic content learning and English fluency for English Language Learners.

With advanced certification, not only will you be able to more effectively and compassionately serve diverse student populations, you’ll increase your value as an educator and improve your career prospects.

Paola Higuera is a NYC public elementary school teacher. She always wanted to be an ELL teacher and “is excited to be taking courses at Touro in the TESOL Certificate program. I was once an ELL student myself and look forward to providing ELL services to the future generations.”

Differentiated Instructional Activity Assignment
The differentiated instruction definition refers to an approach to education whereby teachers make changes to the curriculum and the way they teach to maximize the learning of every student in the class (IRIS Center, 2021). This is not a singular strategy but a framework that educators can utilize. Carol Ann Tomlinson also notes that in differentiated instruction, the teacher anticipates the varying levels of students’ interests, readiness, and learning profiles. Subsequently, they can provide diverse ways of learning, enabling students to learn without being anxious because academic tasks are too difficult for them or being unmotivated because assignments are not challenging for them (ASCD, 2011). However, differentiated instruction is not the same as individualized instruction.

For your Differentiated Instructional Activity Assignment, you will use one of your content lesson plans you have already taught and make modifications to the following segments:

practice (how teachers deliver instruction to students),
process (how the lesson is designed for students),
products (the kinds of work products students will be asked to complete),
content (the specific readings, research, or materials, students will study),
assessment (how teachers measure what students have learned), and
grouping (how students are arranged in the classroom or paired up with other students).

In the differentiated lesson, students will play equivalent fraction four in a row, equivalent fraction bingo and concentration equivalent fractions. Using games in the classroom increases student engagement, participation and motivation.

Paola Higuera, Touro University TESOL

Video demonstration Paola Higuera, Touro University TESOL

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
New York is a state that speaks many languages. We need teachers who can find the common ground. Touro University offers TESOL & Advanced Certificates in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program helps NYS-certified PreK-12 teachers more effectively teach and communicate with a diverse student population.

Crystal DeMarco is a candidate in the TESOL Graduate Program at Touro University. She completed her undergraduate degree at the College Of Staten Island where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education in Social Studies. Crystal DeMarco writes that she “loves teaching, and learning new innovative ways to create an engaging curriculum for my students!”

The assignment description:

1. Differentiated Instructional Activity Assignment

The differentiated instruction definition refers to an approach to education whereby teachers make changes to the curriculum and the way they teach to maximize the learning of every student in the class (IRIS Center, 2021). This is not a singular strategy but a framework that educators can utilize. Carol Ann Tomlinson also notes that in differentiated instruction, the teacher anticipates the varying levels of students’ interests, readiness, and learning profiles. Subsequently, they can provide diverse ways of learning, enabling students to learn without being anxious because academic tasks are too difficult for them or being unmotivated because assignments are not challenging for them (ASCD, 2011). However, differentiated instruction is not the same as individualized instruction.

For your Differentiated Instructional Activity Assignment,  Tools for differentiated Instruction.pdf Download Tools for differentiated Instruction.pdfyou will use one of your content lesson plans you have already taught and make modifications to the following segments:

1. practice (how teachers deliver instruction to students),
2. process (how the lesson is designed for students),
3. products (the kinds of work products students will be asked to complete),
4. content (the specific readings, research, or materials, students will study),
5. assessment (how teachers measure what students have learned), and
6. grouping (how students are arranged in the classroom or paired up with other students).

You will submit both the original content lesson and plan and the lesson plan with differentiated instructional activities, with a reflection of your professional growth completing this assignment. Your product for Differentiated Instructional Activity Assignment will be:

1. A paper including the original lesson plan/differentiated lesson plan with all materials
2. 3-4 minute video showcasing (this means you are pretend teaching) one specific aspect of one Differentiated Instructional Activity – your video submission must be a link, not a file.  You may use YuJa, Screencast-O-Matic or any other tool.  You can also upload your file to Google drive and share that link.  No files which need to be downloaded to view will be accepted.

Video Touro University TESOL Candidate Crystal DeMarco

https://touro.yuja.com/V/Video?v=7544329&node=32277497&a=128877952&autoplay=1