CLD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) Education Core Graduate Certificate

Program Overview

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

General Graduate Certificate Admission Requirements

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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.

Certificate Requirements — 12 Credits

Take all of the following courses:

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 1 of the following courses:

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.