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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.
2. Attendance at ALL sessions is required.
3. Remainder of work is completed online, self-paced, instructor supported before the course end date.

Purchase texts from any vendor.

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	Day	Time	Start Date	FTF Sessions End	Course End	ASPD Registration	ASPD Registration Closes	Brandman Credit Registration	Notes	Text
Linguistics for ESL Teacher	Zoom VIDEO CONFERENCE	M/W	9:00am - 1:00pm	Mar 30, 2020	Apr 15, 2020	Apr 25, 2020	Details/Register EDEU502	Mar 29, 2020	Link provided after course starts	1) Special section to support teachers out-of-schoik due to coronavirus.	The Study of Language, 6th Ed. - George Yule
Methods of Teaching ESL IN BILINGUAL PROGRAMS	Chavez	M	4:15-8:15pm	May 11, 2020	Jun 22, 2020	Jul 10, 2020	Details/Register EDEU501	May 10, 2020	Link provided after course starts	No class Memorial Day.	TBA
Cross Cultural Issues Educating ELs	Piccolo - TENTATIVE	T	4:15-8:15pm	May 19, 2020	Jun 23, 2020	May 15, 2020	TBA	TBA	Link provided after course starts	1) This section is tentatively scheduled. 2) SPECIAL BLENDED section. This course is usually online. 3) Classroom project in PK-12 classroom required.	TBA
Assessment of ELs (taken last!)	Erie Charter	Th	4:00-8:00pm	May 21, 2020	Jun 25, 2020	Jul 10, 2020	Details/Register EDEU505	May 20, 2020	Link provided after course starts	SPECIAL Blended section (usually online)	TBA

SPRING/SUMMER 2020 - Tentative
(Blended Delivery Courses - Mostly Online)

Theoretical Foundations of BILINGUAL Programs

EDEU 9393 (Brandman Univ)

Applies ONLY to IL Bilingual Endorsement
​Start: TBA
Five live sessions (DATES TBA); remainder online.
Requires participants to prepare and deliver content presentations during face-to-face sessions.
​End: TBA (all work due by this date)

COURSE DETAILS
TBA

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.