The Bilingual Authorization in Spanish (BILA) is an added authorization that prepares you to teach in bilingual, dual-immersion, and dual language classrooms from TK-12th grade. It can be added onto a preliminary or clear Multiple Subject Credential (MSTE) , Education Specialist Credential (SPED) , or Single Subject Teaching Credential (SSTE) . It can also be combined with an Master of Arts in Teaching (MAIT).
In our online Bilingual Authorization program, you will develop the capacity to teach in a way that honors and builds onto the linguistic resources that bilingual students bring to the classroom to enhance their language, literacy, and content learning in Spanish and English.
Program Director
Jonathan Montoya, Ph.D., jlm53@stmarys-ca.edu
Guiding Principles
● Honoring and supporting students’ bilingualism and multilingualism to create inclusive and socially just classrooms
● Centering the experiences of students and families who have historically been marginalized in the education system
● Understanding language and literacy development as sociocultural processes
● Creating rigorous learning experiences with responsive and differentiated support for students
● Developing an inquiry stance to create innovative and responsive pedagogy
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