The Why’s and How’s of CLAD Teaching

Table of Contents

The Why’s of CLAD

Three Types of CLAD Classrooms

Post-227 CLAD Teaching

The How’s of CLAD

The Importance of CLAD Infusion

CLAD & the RICA 

CLAD Core Courses at San Diego State University

ED 451Multicultural Education

ED 516 Foundations of Bilingual Education

PLC 914 ELD/SDAIE  or 
“Good Teaching Plus”

CLAD & Education Reform in California

Bilingual Cross-cultural Language and Academic Development (B/CLAD) teachers must demonstrate competence by course work or testing in all six of the areas of teaching English language learners in specially designed programs. Cross-cultural Language and Academic Development (CLAD) teachers must demonstrate competence in areas 1, 2, and 3.

1) Language structure and first- and second-language development

2) Methodology of bilingual, English language development and content instruction

3) Culture and cultural diversity

BCLAD Teachers must also complete coursework in the following:

4) Methodology for primary-language instruction

5) The culture of emphasis

6) The language of emphasis
 

For Instructional Modules to Prepare for Cross-cultural Language and Academic Development Instruction click here.