Navajo Bilingual Education

• BLED 2130 - Multicultural Education Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 401 - Current Issues in Language Minority Education Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 416 - Indo-Chicano Cultures and Pedagogy Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 419 - Navajo Culture and Pedagogy Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 427 - Linguistics 1 for L2 Teachers Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 428 - Linguistics 2 for L2 Teachers Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 433 - Language Arts in Navajo Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 436 - Content Literacy in Navajo Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 439 - Teaching Reading in Navajo Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 441 - English Language Acquisition & Development Credit Hours: 3

Spanish Bilingual Education

• BLED 401 - Current Issues in Language Minority Education Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 416 - Indo-Chicano Cultures and Pedagogy Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 427 - Linguistics 1 for L2 Teachers Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 428 - Linguistics 2 for L2 Teachers Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 431 - Language Arts in Spanish Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 434 - Content Literacy in Spanish Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 441 - English Language Acquisition & Development Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 450 - Estrategias de Ensenanza-Aprebndizaje en las Cicensias Credit Hours: 3
• SPAN ___ Upper division courses in Spanish Credit Hours: 6

Zuni Bilingual Education

• BLED 2130 - Multicultural Education Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 401 - Current Issues in Language Minority Education Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 416 - Indo-Chicano Cultures and Pedagogy Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 421 - Zuni Culture and Pedagogy Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 427 - Linguistics 1 for L2 Teachers Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 428 - Linguistics 2 for L2 Teachers Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 432 - Language Arts in Zuni Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 435 - Content Literacy in Zuni Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 438 - Teaching Reading in Zuni Credit Hours: 3
• BLED 441 - English Language Acquisition & Development Credit Hours: 3

Elementary/Secondary Education Teaching Endorsement Fields (24-36)

For Elementary Education New Mexico State Licensure, students must qualify for a competency based teaching field (24-36 credits). To be licensed in New Mexico, you must pass the PRAXIS Teaching Reading Elementary test (5205). 

If a student wishes to teach at the middle school level, they must pass the secondary content test for their selected teaching field.

Secondary PRAXIS Content Test

ART: Content Knowledge (5134) Passing Score 158
English Language Arts: Content Knowledge (5038) Passing Score 167
English to Speakers of Other Languages (5362) Passing Score 155
Family and Consumer Sciences (5122) Passing Score 153
General Science: Content Knowledge (5435) Passing Score 152
Health Eduction (5551) Passing Score 160
Accepted thorugh August 31, 2022  Mathematics: Content Knowledge (5161) Passing Score 160
Mathematics (5165) Passing Score 5165
Music: Content Knowlege (5113) Passing Score 161
Physical Education: Content Knowledge (5091) Passing Score 148
Psychology (5391) Passing Score 154
Teaching Reading: K-12 (5206) Passing Score 156
Library Media Specialist (5311) Passing Score 151
Social Studies: Content Knowledge (5081) Passing Score 154
Spanish World Language (5195) Passing Score 168
Technology Education (5051) Passing Score 159