But districts with a heavy concentration of limited-English students often allow teachers working on the bilingual portion of the CLAD to teach in primary language classes. Much of the CLAD shortage is being filled by newer teachers trained in CLAD during their college or university coursework. Most Fullerton teaching students are required to take this class. Teachers cut and stapled bright pink, yellow, blue and green construction paper to make flip charts, colorful idea organizers. They tossed about pizza-shaped projects, filled with magazine montages of Leonardo DeCaprio and World Cup players.
Some kids remember ideas through visuals and colors.
I'm that way. Many who will spend the summer learning linguistic theory, cross-cultural values and teaching methods for English learners are teachers who graduated from college without the CLAD, are new to a district or have emergency credentials and hope the certificate will enhance job security and promotion opportunities.