Welcome to World Languages Education

Advisement and Assessment: The Teaching Portfolio​

​​Each semester, students must meet with the World Languages Education (WLE) Coordinator and Advisor, Blythe Milbury-Steen (bmilbury@udel.edu), to discuss their progress both in their coursework and in their completion of required elements for the Teaching Portfolio in Google Sites. The Teaching Portfolio is designed to enable you to track your progress carefully to meet program goals, receive feedback from WLE faculty at each checkpoint and present yourself professionally. ​​​

Application Process for Student Teaching​

In the spring of your Junior (or next-to-last) year, you must apply for admission to Student Teaching in the spring of your Senior (or last) year.

• For admission to student teaching, you must have an overall GPA of 2.75, a GPA of 3.0 in your lagnuage courses, and a GPA of 3.0 in your required pedagogy courses.
• All required coursework in the language major, as well as the required LLCU courses and EDUC courses, must be completed prior to student teaching.
• Demonstrate at least an Intermediate-High level of proficiency in the target language by the end of the spring semester of your Junior year. (You may do this by taking the Avant test).

​In February of your Junior year, you are to submit the following documentation to your WLE program advisor:

1. A completed student teaching application form (see WLE advisor for current online form).
2. Share your updated Teaching Portfolio
3. A copy of your FEPs clearance proof (you should be able to generate one from either Taskstream or the website of Office of Clinical Studies if you have taken EDUC 413/613).
4. A degree audit form (from UDSIS) showing that you have completed all major requirement courses and have a 3.0 minimum average.
5. You will need to demonstrate at least an Intermediate High level of proficiency in the target language. Please submit a copy of your test score (you may use the Avant test) by the end of the spring semester of your Junior year.

In order to student teach in the spring of your last year, you must have the following:

1. ​An Avant score documenting at least an Intermediate High level of proficiency in the target language. The deadline for submitting those scores is the end of the Spring semester of your Junior year when you apply for student teaching. (See additional program GPA requirements in previous section).​
2. A cumulative 3.0 GPA on your past two years of coursework; OR SAT/ACT scores that are above the state's minimum requirements. The Office of Clinical Studies​ provides more information about UD's minimum requirements for entry into student teaching and passing scores.
3. Students who do not have the qualifications listed above to enter into student teaching may apply for a 10% waiver from the World Languages Education Advisory Committee (WLEAC). Please see the following instructions: UPDATED UCTE 10 waiver policy_DLLC.pdf​​.​

Timeline of Requirements for World Language Education Majors​

Freshman Year: Students begin compiling the Teaching Portfolio if they are enrolled in 2xx level language courses during the Spring Semester.

Sophomore Year: All other students begin compiling the Teaching Portfolio. You will receive an orientation session to the portfolio. It will also be discussed in your pedagogy courses. You should also plan on taking the classes EDUC414 Teaching Exceptional Adolescents and 413 Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology in your sophomore year.

Junior Year: All students must:

• Meet with the WLE advisor prior to spring registration
• Take LLCU 421: Methods of Teaching World Languages during the Spring Semester.
• Apply for student teaching.
• Score at least an Intermediate High on the Avant test, taken in LLCU 421, before the end of the Spring Semester. This is required to enter Student Teaching and will also help you prepare for your certification exams (please note that the Avant exam is not one of your options for your certification exam, but it will be a useful study tool! See below for more information).

Senior Year: All students must:

• Have scored at least Intermediate High on the Avant test the previous semester (required for admission into student teaching).
• Have completed all pedagogy and language courses for the major.
• Complete additional testing for certification (either the Praxis II content knowledge test or ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview and Writing Proficiency Test) in either the Fall or the Spring.
• Take LLCU 424, LLCU417 and LLCU422 in Fall semester and LLCU 491 Capstone and EDUC 400 Student Teaching in Spring semester. ​