Do you have to be certified in English 9-12 to give a grade for an ESL/ELD class or can you be certified in any area (example Family Consumer Science) 9-12 to give a grade for an ESL class? Of course, this means you were also certified in ESL grades K-12.

If you have an ESL Specialist Certificate, you can teach an ELD course in whatever grade band in which you have a content certification and award a credit for the ELD course (usually an elective credit). The particular subject of your content certification area does not matter. So, for example, if you have a secondary social studies certification and an ESL Specialist Certificate, then you can teach an ELD course in grades 9-12 and award an elective credit for it. If you have an elementary certification and the ESL Certificate, then you can teach ELD in elementary school. You cannot award a credit for an ELD course that is outside of the grade band of your content area certification. For example, you cannot award a credit for ELD, even if you have the ESL Certificate, in secondary if you do not possess a secondary instructional certification (e.g., if you have an elementary teaching certification only). You may provide non-credit bearing support outside of your instructional grade band, but, again, you may not be the teacher of record.