Bilingual Education and TESOL Summer Institutes
2025 Spanish Summer Immersion Institute for Bilingual Teachers
The Spanish Summer Immersion Institute for Bilingual Teachers is the result of a partnership between the NMPED’s Bilingual and Multicultural Education Bureau and the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies in the College of Education & Human Sciences. The aim of the Institute is to provide teachers with the opportunity to use their Spanish in an academic setting while learning necessary instructional, historical, linguistic, and cultural information. The Institute plays an instrumental role in helping bilingual teachers in New Mexico prepare for and pass La Prueba, the state-mandated assessment for teachers in Spanish. For more information, please contact Dr. Carlos LópezLeiva using the contact form on this page.
The Spanish Summer Institute for Bilingual Teachers will be held in person between June 3-30, M-F, from 9:00am-6:00pm. Non-UNM students apply non-degree status at: https://www.unm.edu/apply/.
- LLSS 455*—Spanish for the Bilingual Classroom (Permission of instructor)
- LLSS 457/557—Language, Culture, and Mathematics (taught in Spanish only during Summer)
- LLSS 479/579—Teaching of Reading in the Bilingual Classroom (La Enseñanza de la Lectoescritura)
- Undergraduate Endorsement Coursework in Bilingual Education - Program of Study
- Graduate Endorsement Coursework in Bilingual Education - Program of Study
Complete the 2025 Spanish Summer Institute (SSII) application
2025 TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Summer Institute
Since its founding in 1999, the UNM/APS ESL Endorsement Summer Institute has helped over 750 in-service and pre-service teachers acquire their TESOL endorsements (pdf). The six-week institute, in which students take three UNM courses toward their endorsement, also features six elementary classes in which institute participants gain teaching experience with ESL students.
If you have any questions, contact Dr. Carlos LópezLeiva using the contact form on this page. If you are an APS teacher, contact the Department of Language and Cultural Equity at 881-9429 for information about tuition reimbursement. If you are from another district, please contact your district with a similar inquiry.
The 2025 TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Summer Institute will be a six-week institute held online from June 3rd to July 11th. The institute classes will run Monday through Friday from 8:00 am ~ 1:30 pm.
All courses are offered online during the Summer Institute. No course pre-requisites are needed, 400 level courses are for undergraduate credit and 500 for graduate credit level
- LLSS 456/556 – First and Second Language Development within Cultural Contexts
- LLSS 459/559 – Second Language Literacy
- LLSS 482/581 – Teaching English as a Second Language
For best consideration, submit your application by May 10th, 2025. Notification of acceptance will be e-mailed to applicants as soon as registration opens in April. If you are not currently a UNM student, you will need to apply for UNM non-degree status, call 277-8900 or visit this website: https://www.unm.edu/apply/.
- Undergraduate Endorsement Coursework in TESOL - Program of Study
- Graduate Endorsement Coursework in TESOL - Program of Study
Complete the 2025 TESOL Summer Institute Application
