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Fully Online Courses

Courses in this section are fully online, 100% self-paced, instructor supported.

Participants may only work in one course at a time.

HOW TO REGISTER
1) Select a course
2) Click Details/Register to enroll in an ASPD course
3) Register as a Brandman University student to obtain credit (anytime before the end of the 4th week of a course)

Course	Start Date	Course End	ASPD Registration	Registration Closes	Brandman Credit Registration	Notes
Theory/Fndtns of ESL Programs	Anytime	75 days after start	Details/Register EDEU500	Never	Link provided after course starts	Requires visits to two community agencies serving immigrants and/or refugees from different cultural and ethnic groups
Cross Cultural Issues Educating ELs	Anytime	75 days after start	Details/Register EDEU502	Never	Link provided after course starts	Classroom project in PK-12 classroom required
Assessment of ELs	Anytime	75 days after start	Details/Register EDEU505	Never	Link provided after course starts	Taken as the last course

Blended Course Delivery

Fully online courses are listed in the section above.

1. All blended courses include 6 face-to-face sessions at the location listed (During COVID-19, sessions continue using Zoom.)
2. Attendance at ALL sessions is required.
3. Remainder of work is completed online, self-paced, instructor supported before the course end date.

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Have text(s) available, in hand, for the class meeting of a course.

Participants may only work in one course at a time.

HOW TO REGISTER
1) Select a course
2) Click Details/Register to enroll to take an ASPD course
3) Register as a Brandman University student to obtain credit (anytime before the end of the 4th week of a course)

Course	Location	When	Start Date	FTF Sessions End	Course End	ASPD Registration LINK	ASPD Registration Closes	Brandman Credit Registration	Notes	Text
Linguistics for ESL Teachers Open to teachers in any state.	Zoom VIDEO CONFERENCE	M (10a-2p)	July 6, 2020	Aug 17, 2020	Aug 30, 2020	Details/Register EDEU504	July 4, 2020	Link provided after course starts	Zoom link emailed 15-30 minutes before start of first session.	1) The Study of Language, 7th Ed. (Yule) 2) ESL/EFL Teacher's Book of Lists, 2nd Ed. (Kress)
Assessment of ELs Open to teachers in any state.	Zoom VIDEO CONFERENCE	T (10am-2pm)	July 7, 2020	Aug 16, 2020	Aug 30, 2020	Details/Register EDEU505	July 5, 2020	Link provided after course starts	Zoom link emailed 15-30 minutes before start of first session. No class on state holidays.	TBA
Methods of Teaching ESL IN BILINGUAL PROGRAMS Open to teachers in any state.	Zoom VIDEO CONFERENCE	W (10am-2pm)	July 8, 2020	Aug 19, 2020	Aug 30, 2020	Details/Register EDEU501	July 6, 2020	Link provided after course starts	Zoom link emailed 15-30 minutes before start of first session. No class on state holidays.	TBA
Methods of Teaching ESL Open to teachers in any State.	Zoom VIDEO CONFERENCE	TH (10a-2p)	July 9, 2020	Aug 20, 2020	Aug 30, 2020	Details/Register EDEU503	July 7, 2020	Link provided after course starts	Zoom link emailed 30 minutes before start of first session.	1) EL Excellence Everyday - Sarah Ward Singer 2) ESL/EFL Teacher's Book of Lists, 2nd Ed. (Kress)

About ASPD/Brandman courses

• ​All courses are delivered by ASPD in either a blended format, or fully online. 
• Credit is issued upon successful completion of a course by Brandman University through its School of Extended Education.  
  
• Brandman is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Brandman credits are fully transferable subject to the requirements of the receiving institution.  Individuals are solely responsible to verify with the receiving entity that credits will be accepted for the desired purpose  (e.g., endorsements, add-on certification, recertification, salary advancement, electives, etc.).

Benefits of BLENDED DELIVERY (mostly online) courses

• Courses are offered during the Academic Year, and in a Summer Intensive.
• ​Fast-paced:  About 7 week per course
• ​Each Blended Delivery course includes 5 face-to-face sessions scheduled at specific sites, as indicated.
• The remaining 1/2 to 2/3 of the course is completed online.

Benefits of FULLY ONLINE courses

• Up to 11 weeks allowed per course.  Faster completion possible.
• ​Fully online courses have new start dates on the 1st of every month.
• Online courses are 100% self-paced and instructor supported.
• Those who wish to start early may complete an inquiry form on the ASPD home page after registering for a course. 
• Only one active registration is permitted at a time.

ABOUT THE COURSES

• ​All courses are delivered by ASPD.  Some courses are fully online.  Others are delivered in a "blended" format which combines on-site and online.
• Upon successful completion, credit is issued by Brandman University through its School of Extended Education.  Brandman is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
• Brandman credits are fully transferable subject to the requirements of the receiving institution.  Individuals are solely responsible to verify with the receiving entity that credits will be accepted for the desired purpose  (e.g., endorsements, add-on certification, recertification, salary advancement, electives, etc.).
• All courses in this section apply to BOTH IL Endorsements (ESL and Bilingual) except for the Theory/Foundations courses which are unique to each endorsement.