ESOL Endorsement: Applied Linguistics
Online registration opens on Fri, Jul 4, 2025.
Mon, August 18, 2025 - Sun, October 12, 2025
| Contact | Heather Symonds |
|---|---|
| Target Audience | Category I Teachers (Primary Language Arts/ English Teacher) |
| In-Service Points | 60 |
| Delivery | Online (Moodle) |
| Fee | $145.00 member districts + Hernando, Madison, Monroe, FSU Lab / $195.00 non-member districts |
Provides educators with the skills needed to acquire a deeper understanding of the structure of English from a modern day linguistic perspective. Enables the educator to analyze the structure of English to contrast with the language(s) of the target population in a given class. Participants learn how to adapt classroom instructional practices to meet the linguistic needs of their English language learners. This 60-hour, online course partially fulfills the Florida DOE's ESOL training requirements for Category I teachers that need 300 hours of ESOL and is one of the five courses required for ESOL Endorsement.
Online ESOL Endorsement courses are 8 weeks long. Participants will spend approximately 6-8 hours per week to complete a module with two or more lessons. The courses are completely online and require no face-to-face meetings or specific dates/times required to be online.
An email will be sent to each participant with login information and instructions for accessing the course by 4:30 PM on the start date of the course.
NEFEC's courses are for inservice points and are not college level courses. The Florida Department of Education will not accept NEFEC's courses if they are submitted by an individual for recertification or endorsement. They must be submitted through a district as part of their approved Master Inservice Plan. Participants are responsible for following their district’s requirements to obtain inservice credit and endorsement. If you are unsure if your district will accept courses offered through NEFEC, you will need to check with your district Staffing Development office.
FDOE Note Regarding Endorsements: Per section 1012.575, F.S., school districts, charter school consortiums, and private school organizations with state-approved professional learning systems have statutory authority to provide state-approved add-on endorsement programs to educators. Private school teachers may take the "endorsement" courses offered by NEFEC, however these courses cannot be used to add the endorsement to a certificate; additionally, educators will only receive inservice points if the courses are part of the private school organization’s professional learning catalogue. In order to receive credit for endorsement purposes, private school teachers must either complete a private school organization’s state-approved endorsement program OR receive the appropriate credit from a college or university. Regardless of which path an educator chooses to take, it is recommended that they apply for the endorsement BEFORE taking any courses.
For additional information about the ESOL endorsement courses, please visit our ESOL Endorsement Courses webpage.
*NOTE: NEFEC Member districts include: Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Flagler, FSDB, FSU Lab School, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Lafayette, Levy, Madison, Monroe, Nassau, PK Yonge, Putnam, Suwannee, Taylor, and Union.
Online ESOL Endorsement courses are 8 weeks long. Participants will spend approximately 6-8 hours per week to complete a module with two or more lessons. The courses are completely online and require no face-to-face meetings or specific dates/times required to be online.
An email will be sent to each participant with login information and instructions for accessing the course by 4:30 PM on the start date of the course.
NEFEC's courses are for inservice points and are not college level courses. The Florida Department of Education will not accept NEFEC's courses if they are submitted by an individual for recertification or endorsement. They must be submitted through a district as part of their approved Master Inservice Plan. Participants are responsible for following their district’s requirements to obtain inservice credit and endorsement. If you are unsure if your district will accept courses offered through NEFEC, you will need to check with your district Staffing Development office.
FDOE Note Regarding Endorsements: Per section 1012.575, F.S., school districts, charter school consortiums, and private school organizations with state-approved professional learning systems have statutory authority to provide state-approved add-on endorsement programs to educators. Private school teachers may take the "endorsement" courses offered by NEFEC, however these courses cannot be used to add the endorsement to a certificate; additionally, educators will only receive inservice points if the courses are part of the private school organization’s professional learning catalogue. In order to receive credit for endorsement purposes, private school teachers must either complete a private school organization’s state-approved endorsement program OR receive the appropriate credit from a college or university. Regardless of which path an educator chooses to take, it is recommended that they apply for the endorsement BEFORE taking any courses.
For additional information about the ESOL endorsement courses, please visit our ESOL Endorsement Courses webpage.
*NOTE: NEFEC Member districts include: Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Flagler, FSDB, FSU Lab School, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Lafayette, Levy, Madison, Monroe, Nassau, PK Yonge, Putnam, Suwannee, Taylor, and Union.