Thank you for your interest in Bank Street.

At Bank Street, we practice what we teach. Our graduate instruction is intentionally built around developmental, learner-centered principles that put your needs as a student at the center.

There is high demand for more TESOL and bilingual educators who can respond to the intellectual, linguistic, and emotional needs of our nation’s children. We hope you’ll choose a graduate program at Bank Street to help address this need and meet your career goals.

Our faculty are compassionate and accessible, modeling the approaches they prepare you to use in your own work. You will learn through inquiry, observation, research, and hands-on opportunities, connecting theory to practice and reflecting deeply on your own growth as an educator. Your Bank Street education will prepare you to be an active agent of change, advocating for principles of access and equity for all learners.

An admissions counselor will be in touch with you soon. If you have any questions or would like to schedule an appointment, please call us at 212-652-8722 or email gseenrollment@bankstreet.edu

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Why Bank Street?

Helping Students Transition

In developing your own knowledge of bilingual and English as a new language (ENL) teaching concepts, you’ll become accredited and better prepared to meet your students where they are and help them prepare for advanced learning in many core content areas.

Prepared in the Long Run

In a field that experiences high turnover rates due to underprepared teachers, Bank Street is proud that 87% of its graduates remain in the field of education and 87% feel more confident in their subject area than comparison teachers.

Advocating for New Language Learners

There is high demand nationally for TESOL and bilingual teachers and advocates who are willing to critically examine how social, political, and economic factors impact their students.

Cristian Solorza
Faculty Voices
Usually, English is taught through very prescriptive methods, but that’s just not how language learners work. Our program helps teachers learn how to incorporate students’ diverse linguistic and cultural resources into teaching language. We want our teachers to be critical thinkers and innovators of teaching and learning.
Cristian Solorza
Program Director