CLD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) Education Core Graduate Certificate

Program Overview

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

The 12 credit CLD Core Graduate Certificate program provides licensed K-12 teachers with the opportunity to develop knowledge, skills, and disposition needed to work with CLD students in the U.S. K-12 classrooms. The certificate will help teachers fulfill one of the licensure renewal requirements in Colorado. All coursework in the program will count towards a CDE recognized CLD endorsement program offered at UNC.

Admission

General Graduate Certificate Admission Requirements

Program Requirements

For admittance to the certificate program, students should be successfully admitted to the Graduate School at UNC as a degree or non-degree seeking graduate student, including:

An earned Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution;
GPA of 3.00 or better, on a 4.00 point scale, from the most recent degree earned or current degree in progress;
Teaching licensure or enrollment in a teacher preparation program.

Certificate Requirements — 12 Credits

Take all of the following:

ECLD 504	Field Experience in Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education	3
ECLD 594	Foundations of Language and Linguistics for ESL/Bilingual Educators	3
ECLD 611	CLD Methods and Assessment I	3

Choose one of the following:

ECLD 592	Second Language Acquisition Theory	3
ECLD 593	Language, School and Society	3
ECLD 602	Teaching Culturally Linguistically Diverse and Bilingual Learners	3

ECLD 593 or ECLD 602 may be taken with approval from program coordinator.