Our Courses

ENL participants take 18 graduate credit hours from the University of Notre Dame over three semesters. Participants take two courses during the summer session on Notre Dame's campus. The rest of the courses are offered online so participants can return to their classrooms.

The ENL curriculum is tailored specifically to the reality of teachers in Catholic schools. In the ENL program, teachers will learn to implement teaching strategies and lesson modifications to support English language learners, value the role of culture in the lives of students, practice culturally inclusive pedagogy, understand how to create and modify assessments to measure progress in language proficiency as well as content knowledge, recognize the way languages are acquired, and identify effective ways to serve as resource persons in schools.

Summer Courses

• EDU 70110:  Teaching Second Language Learners
• EDU 70100:  Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition

Fall Courses

• EDU 70120:  Cultural Influences in the Lives of Children
• EDU 70130:  Designing Assessments for English Language Learners

Spring Courses

• EDU 75110:  Collaboration and Professional Development
• EDU 75120:  Application of Instructional Methods