Teaching in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms Certificate

The graduate certificate in Teaching in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms addresses increasing demand to prepare teachers to better address the learning needs of K-12 classrooms with increasing cultural and linguistic diversity among students. Certificate coursework takes a comprehensive approach to supporting English Learners and other historically under-served populations by addressing aspects of cultural and linguistic diversity across the curriculum within a regular classroom context. Coursework supports students in developing a knowledge base, planning, and application of strategies related to language and literacy development, second-language acquisition, classroom relationships, family collaboration, assessment, instruction, discourse, and socio-political consciousness.