English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

License Endorsement Requirements

Educators are required by state regulation to meet one of the two options below to add an English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) endorsement to a license. Educators will qualify for waivers as they complete course requirements for either option. 

Option 1: Add ESOL to a Standard Teaching License

The first option is to complete a state-approved ESOL program through a university or college that offers the program and pass the state-approved ESOL content exam.

The regulation, K.A.R. 91-1-203, updated and approved by the Kansas State Board of Education in March 2023, did not affect this option.

Waivers and provisional licenses are available if an educator decides to pursue an ESOL endorsement by completion of the full program while serving in an ESOL position. 

Option 2: Test Plus

The second option requires that educators complete state-approved ESOL content-specific learning and pass the state-approved ESOL content exam.

To verify an educator meets the requirement, the educator must provide an official transcript issued by a Kansas college/university registrar, which details completion of the state-approved ESOL content-specific learning and submit official passing scores on the state-approved ESOL content exam.

The following is a list of Kansas universities/colleges and the courses approved to meet the ESOL content-specific learning training.  

Fort Hays State University 

  • Completion of ESOL 884 Methods and Materials, 

AND

  • Completion ESOL 885 Practicum. 

 

University of Kansas

(two options) 

Undergraduate options: 

  • Completion of C&T 330 Instructional Approaches for ESOL Learners in Elementary/Early Childhood Classroom

OR

  • Completion of C&T 331 Instructional Approaches for ESOL Learners in the Middle/Secondary Classroom

AND

  • Completion of C&T 491 TESOL Practicum 

Graduate options: 

  • Completion C&T 820 Methods of TESOL

AND

  • Completion of C&T 825 Advanced Practicum in TESOL 

 

Kansas State University

(two options) 

Undergraduate option: 

  • EDCI 420: Instructional Methodologies and Assessments for ELLs, 

AND

  • EDCI 431: Applied Linguistics for Diverse Settings. 

Graduate option: 

  • EDCI 720 ESL/Dual Language Methods, 

AND

  • EDCI 742 ESL Dual Language Assessment. 

 

McPherson College 

  • ESL Methods CI 428 (undergraduate level)

OR

  • ESL Methods CI628 (graduate level)

 

Newman University 

  • Completion of EDUC 6133– ESOL Methods, 

AND

  • Completion of EDUC 6113 Applied Linguistics. 

 

Washburn University 

  • Completion of ED 650, 

AND 

  • Completion of ED 624. 

 

 Wichita State University 

  • Completion of CI 775-Linguistic Concepts and the Language-Rich Classroom