CES Licensure Programs

Whether you are just beginning on the path to becoming an educator or seeking to expand your skills after years in the classroom, our programs and courses can meet your needs. 

Be an instructional leader. Reach out beyond the classroom to collaborate with colleagues, administration, families and communities to create the best learning opportunities for your students.

Be an agent for positive social change. Promote equity and anti-racist education in your practice and educational community.

Be an impactful educator for all students. Bring together content frameworks and effective instructional practices that work for all of your students.

SEI Endorsement Center

DESE has designated the Collaborative for Educational Services as an approved SEI Endorsement Center offering for-cost Sheltered English Instruction (SEI) courses for teachers and administrators. We offer Teacher and Administrator courses, as well as district cohorts. 

What is the SEI Endorsement?

Closing the proficiency gap depends on teachers having the skills and knowledge necessary to instruct English Language Learners (ELLs). Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) is an approach to teaching academic content in English to ELLs. Generally, but not always, ELLs are in the same classrooms as native English-speaking students. To better serve these students, core academic teachers, vocational teachers and those administrators who supervise and evaluate core academic teachers are required to obtain an SEI teacher or SEI administrator endorsement.