Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate
Professional Development Opportunity with the Burnaby School District
Please note there are no current scheduled offerings for this in-person version of the TESL Certificate. For information on the fully-online certificate offering, please visit pdce.educ.ubca.ca/certificate-tesl.
This TESL Certificate program is designed for K-12 teachers within the Burnaby School District who are interested in growing their skills in teaching English as a second language and working toward Burnaby’s ELL qualifications. Applicants from other Lower Mainland districts are welcome, as well.
Participants will gain experience and understanding in:
- how language works
- how second/additional languages are acquired
- curriculum design
- language teaching and assessment methods
- language socialization
- intercultural communication
Facilitator
Dr. Kathryn Accurso
Kathryn is an applied linguist and former English teacher now working in teacher education. Her scholarship focuses on literacy, equity, and teacher education, particularly how to support K-12 teachers in developing beliefs, knowledge, and practices for teaching disciplinary literacies to multilingual students in the face of structural inequities.
Prior to joining the faculty of education at UBC, Kathryn worked at the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, DC and in the Master of Arts in Teaching program at Mount Holyoke College where she co-founded the initial licensure program for teachers of English learners.
She has earned awards from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF), in addition to being published in numerous books and journals for teachers, teacher educators, and second language and literacy researchers (e.g., Journal of English for Academic Purposes, TESOL Journal, TESL Canada, International Journal of Mathematics Teaching and Learning, and numerous practitioner-oriented journals). Her recent book In Pursuit of a Multilingual Equity Agenda (Routledge, 2023) is co-authored with 10 classroom teachers of multilingual learners.
| Type | Per Installment | Total Tuition |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | $216.90 | $2,602.80 |
Fees are subject to change annually. Only information in the UBC Calendar is official.
