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Bilingual Cross-Cultural Language and Academic Development (BCLAD) Certificate

The BCLAD certificate is available to credentialed teachers interested in teaching in a bilingual elementary or secondary school classroom. The certificate authorizes the holder to teach in any self-contained bilingual or regular classroom. It authorizes the teacher to provide instruction in the primary language. Also, the BCLAD certificate authorizes teachers to teach in designated English Language Development (ELD) classrooms, and to provide specially designated content instruction in English.

Candidates must be first admitted to SDSU and secondly to the BCLAD certificate program. If students are not currently enrolled at SDSU, candidates should apply for admission to SDSU within the official university filing periods. If students already hold a baccalaureate or higher degree from an accredited college, and intending to enroll in the certificate courses or for admission into the certificate program, candidates should apply as "classified, credential only" BCLAD, Code 200 for Multiple Subject or Code 100 for single subject. CSU application are available from:
The Office of Admissions and Records,
Student Services Building, Rm. 1551,
Phone 619-493-6871.

This experimental certificate program meets California Commission on Teaching Credentialing CTC) competencies for the BCLAD (Spanish/English) Certificate through 12 units of coursework conducted in California and Mexico. It Addresses the following three domains:

  1. Methodology for Primary Language Instruction The Culture of Emphasis
  2. The Language of Emphasis

Admission Criteria

Candidates must have an intermediate level of proficiency in Spanish and their CLAD credential/certificate to qualify, plus two letters of recommendation from school or district based personnel. Candidates will be administered a Spanish proficiency pre-and post-examination utilized by Long Beach State University and approved for their B/CLAD credential program.

Coursework
  1. Methodology for Primary Language Instruction:
    PLC 652 Multicultural Methods and Curriculum in Language Arts (3 units) The Culture of Emphasis: Latin America:
    PLC 686 Seminar in Multicultural Education: Culture of Latin America (3 units) Practicum/Field Experience: Hands on experience with primary language teaching in Mexico and California:
    PLC 686 Seminar in Multicultural Education: Field Experience Seminar in Effective Bilingual Culture in California and Mexico (3 units)
  2. Spanish Language Development, Language of Emphasis:
    PLC 415 Fieldwork in Bilingual Community Context (3 units)

BCLAD Certificate
  1. Completion of program with a 3.0 grade point average.
  2. Candidates who hold valid basic K-12 teaching credentials will also be able to apply directly to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for the state's CLAD Certificate for public school service.

BCLAD Certificate Application
To apply for the BCLAD Certificate Program, the following form should be downloaded and filled out.

Submit Applications
Send filled-out applications to:

Policy Studies in Language and Cross Cultural Education Department
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-1152

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