International Certification TESOL Programs

International Certificate TESOL Programs (https://ee.wwu.edu/tesolsummer)

Are you an experienced international English teacher? There’s a new way to take charge of your own professional development with Western’s Summer Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Certificate of Completion for Practicing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers.

International English teachers have the opportunity to earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and a certificate of completion. Courses available during the Summer online with optional residency (on-site) to study at the Bellingham, Washington campus.

    1. Especially designed for experienced teachers of EFL working outside the U.S. Non-native English speakers with advanced proficiency are welcome!
    2. No TOEFL score (just an online interview) required.
    3. Improve your skills for teaching English as a foreign language in a communicative framework.
    4. Learn from experienced and credentialed university instructors, American and international classmates.
    5. Work online wherever you are. 
    6. Join face-to-face educational enrichment activities on Western’s beautiful campus with optional residency.
    7. Receive personalized coaching from your instructor and support in adapting course assignments to your own teaching setting or goals. 
    8. Internationally respected TESOL Program with 25-year history.
    9. Earn 20 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
    10. Five course modules; final module targets your specific classroom and interests.
    11. Certificate of completion issued by Western Washington University, the highest-ranking public, master’s-granting university in the Pacific Northwest.
    12. Custom programs also available for groups; email us for more information.

    This program is a non-credit program (you will receive CEUs, Continuing Education Units to document your professional development work, rather than credits). Therefore, no student visa sponsorship is available for non-US citizens interested in this program. No visa is needed for online participation. If you join us at the WWU campus for a summer residency, your status will be tourist or visitor. In that case, it is your responsibility to check to see if you need and can receive a B-2 Tourism and Visit Visa in a timely fashion, or if your country is part of the US visa waiver program.

    (in that case, you must apply to ESTA: https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/)