Intensive Teaching
Institute I.T.I
Intensive Teaching Institute in Bilingual Education and English
as a Second Language is funded by New York State Education
Department (NYSED) in partnership with St. John’s University,
Graduate Programs in Teaching English to Speakers of Other
Languages.
Created to address the shortage of certified bilingual and English
to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teachers in New York State,
St. John’s University and the Intensive Teaching Institute in
Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language (ITI-BE)
provide almost total tuition assistance for approved, already
certified New York State public school educators and counselors
working in grades K-12.
The ITI-BSE and ITI-BE 15 credit course sequence programs
offered at St. John’s University, are structured to prepare
teachers and pupil personnel service providers who are currently employed as NYS public school
teachers and counselors with an advanced certificate from
New York State Education Department. The unique New York
State initiative which St. John’s University, School of Education,
TESOL Program has embraced prepares for certification in-service
teachers and pupil personnel (PPS) providers (school psychologists,
counselors and social workers) who are currently working with
English language learners (ELLs) in a variety of classroom settings
and providing pupil personnel services to such students.
The program sequences each involve five (5) courses and field
experiences that are geared to provide currently employed and
certified classroom teachers working with regular and special
education classes, as well as certified school psychologists,
social workers and counselors, the knowledge, skills and experience
to confidently and effectively address the needs of the target
population served. Each program sequence is also tailored to
ensure that each program completer has more than the necessary
competence to pass the required New York State certification
examination in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages or
Bilingual Education. The program sequences described herein
are structured to create caring, competent, and qualified teachers
and pupil personnel of English language learners (ELLs) in regular,
special education and school counselor settings. Saturday sessions are available.
ITI Program Sequence in Bilingual
Education
| Number | Title | Credits |
| EDU 9001 | Foundations of Bilingual and Second Language Education | |
| EDU 9002 | Psychology and Sociology of Language & Bilingualism | |
| EDU 9003 | Literacy Development for First & Second Language
Learners | |
| EDU 9004 | Content Area Instruction for Linguistically/Culturally Diverse
Learners | |
| EDU 9007 | Teaching Strategies in the Bilingual Classroom: Reading
and Language Arts | |
ITI Program Sequence in Bilingual Special Education
| Number | Title | Credits |
| EDU 9001 | Foundations of Bilingual and Second Language Education | 3 |
| EDU 9003 | Literacy Development for First & Second Language
Learners | 3 |
| EDU 9004 | Content Area Instruction for Linguistically/Culturally Diverse
Learners | 3 |
| EDU 9007 | Teaching Strategies in the Bilingual Classroom: Reading
and Language Arts | 3 |
| EDU 9012 | Methods of Language and Academic Assessment for ELLs and
Exceptional Learners | 3 |
ITI Program Sequence in Teachers of Other Languages
(TESOL)
| Number | Title | Credits |
| EDU 9001 | Foundations of Bilingual & Second Language Education | 3 |
| EDU 9002 | Psychology and sociology of Language & Bilingualism | 3 |
| EDU 9003 | Literacy Development for First & Second Language
Learners | 3 |
| EDU 9004 | Content Area Instruction for Linguistically/Culturally Diverse
Learners | 3 |
| EDU 9012 | Methods of Language and Academic Assessment for ELLs and
Exceptional Learners | 3 |
ITI Program Sequence in Teachers of Other Languages (TESOL -
Special Education)
| Number | Title | Credits |
| EDU 9001 | Foundations of Bilingual & Second Language Education | 3 |
| EDU 9002 | Psychology and sociology of Language & Bilingualism | 3 |
| EDU 9003 | Literacy Development for First & Second Language
Learners | 3 |
| EDU 9004 | Content Area Instruction for Linguistically/Culturally Diverse
Learners | 3 |
| EDU 9012 | Methods of Language and Academic Assessment for ELLs and
Exceptional Learners | 3 |
ITI Program Sequence in Bilingual Pupil Personnel (PPS)
| Number | Title | Credits |
| EDU 9001 | Foundations of Bilingual & Second Language Education | 3 |
| EDU 9006 | Human Development in Cross-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| EDU 9012 | Methods of Language and Academic Assessment for ELLs and
Exceptional Learners | 3 |
| EDU 6122 | Orientation to Multicultural School Counseling | 3 |
| EDU 6530 | Counseling in Multicultural Settings | 3 |
Contact:
Dr. Yvonne Pratt-Johnson
prattjoy@stjohns.edu
(718) 990 -2645
Oakdale Campus Contact
Prof. Linda Faucetta
(631) 218-7775
Additional ITI Information
Ms. Jody Sperling
Eastern Suffolk
BOCES
Sherwood Corporate Center
15 Andrea Road
Holbrook, NY 11741