Crosscultural Language and Academic Development (CLAD) Certificate

Juan Flores, Ed.D., Program Coordinator

The Department of Teacher Education  offers the CLAD Certificate.

Requirements

To be recommended for the three domains of the CLAD Certificate, each credentialed teacher must take the following 12 semester units:

• EDML 5000 - Multilingual Education in the Content Area
   
• EDML 5001 - Multilingual Education Evaluation
   
• EDML 5200 - Advanced Theories in Teaching the Culturally Diverse Student
   
• EDML 5400 - Theory of Multilingual Education
   

Notes: 

Enrollment in these courses requires formal admission to the University. Students also must satisfactorily meet the scholastic, professional, personal, and other standards for graduate study as appropriately prescribed by the University. Information on these options is available in the Credential Processing Center or from the CLAD Certificate Coordinator.

The CLAD certificate courses are offered in a hybrid online format with mandatory, direct instruction days at the beginning and towards the end of the semester.  The majority of instruction is online.  Basic knowledge of computers and their applications is recommended.