The School of Teaching ESL

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Spring Quarter 2012 online classes end on June 14. Students will be removed from the platform at 9am Pacific Time on Thursday, June 21. If there is material on the platform that you wish to keep copies of, you must do so before June 21 when all material will be removed.
Online Classes and Getting Used to Moodle
Audio/video Introduction to Moodle file
S-TESL Administrative Material for All Classes
Mission Statement Resource
Code of Conduct Resource
Attendance Policy (Online Classes) Resource
Grading System for Online Classes Resource
Identifying ELDs in Major Projects (WA State ELL Endorsement Candidates Only) Resource
Seattle University Course Evaluations Resource
Program Knowledge Base Bibliography Resource
Online Class Refund Policy Resource
Practice File Formats: Practice opening these documents. Documents will display differently depending on the browser you use. You will need to be able to read Word and PDF material for your classes. Check with your instructor if he or she has a preferred file format for your assignments.
Sample PDF (Adobe Acrobat) PDF document
Sample Open Office File (.odt)
Sample Word Document (.doc)
Sample Word 2007 or 2010 Document (.docx) file
Sample Rich Text File (.rtf)

Welcome to the School of Teaching ESL!
TESOL Certificates - Washington ESL Endorsement
Excellence in Teacher Education since 1985

The School of Teaching English as a Second Language (S-TESL), located in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.,is a non-profit educational institute, which works in cooperation with the Seattle University College of Education. This partnership gives students many choices regarding continuing professional development in the Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

Seattle University classes taken online with S-TESL may be applied towards Seattle University TESOL Certificates and the Washington State ESL Endorsement.

To further serve you better, the School of Teaching ESL's virtual campus is now based on a Moodle platform powered by Embanet, a company located in Canada. This platform is designed specifically for online educational purposes. The virtual classroom incorporates interactive components (multimedia, email, chat, Web site hyperlinks, discussion rooms, instructor Q&A) in a self-paced, robust learning environment. Embanet offers you live technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We hope you will find the quality and delivery of our courses second to none!