This coursework leads to the state-issued CLAD Certificate for teachers who need or desire that additional certification beyond their California Teaching Credential. Program Requirements CCTC-issued CLAD certification requires the successful completion of 18 units. While University Extension, UC Davis offers the coursework, transcripts must be submitted to the CCTC who will then issue the certificate. Who should attend K-12 educators, instructors of adult language learners in adult schools and community settings, and teachers of English abroad.
Electives vary each quarter.
To view current quarter courses Required Courses Cultural Diversity in the Classroom 4 quarter units academic credit, X314.25. This course introduces participants to the challenges and promise of diversity found in today's increasingly multicultural classroom, and its impact on the attitudes of students, teachers, administrators and policy makers toward people of different cultural, linguistic, racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Methods and strategies for learning about cultural differences and similarities are included, and frameworks for understanding the dynamics of multicultural classrooms and improving intercultural communication in that context are provided. Concepts such as assimilation, acculturation, culture shock, accommodation, biculturalism, and immigration, as well as obstacles to intercultural competence such as prejudice, stereotypes and racism are also examined. Applied Methods, Materials and Structural Issues 5 quarter units academic credit, X358.64.