While an educator can learn a great deal about Sheltered English Instruction (SEI) through an SEI Endorsement course, there are infinite opportunities to extend that learning and practice thereafter. Moreover, whether or not an educator has been required to obtain the SEI Endorsement, after July 1, 2016, under recertification regulations every public school educator in the Commonwealth must earn 15 PDPs addressing the needs of English language learners in each relicensure cycle.
On this webpage, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education provides districts, schools, collaboratives and individual educators information about well-designed avenues to extend SEI learning and practice. This site provides a registry of SEI-related courses which have been reviewed and approved for promotion here by experts in the Department's Office of Language Acquisition. This listing provides descriptions of approved offerings, as well as contact information through which districts, schools and educators can contact the course providers.
Individual educators can use this site to locate course offerings, and find course registration information so they can sign up for courses that will meet their professional development needs and interests.
Each of the offerings in this listing have been reviewed and approved by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and successful completion of these offerings will earn the participating educator PDPs.
The Department does not offer financial reimbursement of any kind to anyone participating in the courses listed below.
Last Updated: September 13, 2024
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