Of the 45 clock/contact hours CLD requirement, up to 10 clock hours (equivalent) of relevant work experience can be counted toward this requirement. For work experience, a signed letter from the relevant supervisory verifying the work experience must be submitted along with the matrix.
Relevant work experience is defined as implementing one or more of the standards as part of one's teaching assignment.
Educators who hold an endorsement in CLD, CLD Bilingual, LDE, or LDE Bilingual are deemed to have already met this requirement.
A selection of professional development providers have been initially approved by CDE to offer programs that satisfy the new requirements for professionally licensed teachers endorsed in elementary, math, science, social studies, and English. Educators who complete one of the approved programs will receive a single certificate of completion that can be submitted with the professional license renewal application in order to receive the English Learner Professional Development designation on the professional license. Click on the program name to learn more about a specific program.
The Office of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education through CDE offers free professional development opportunities for content and classroom teachers. Link: CLD PD Opportunities through CDE
WIDA Self-Paced eWorkshops (Virtual) Starting September 1, 2020, six self-paced, online eWorkshops that WIDA has developed are available for all Colorado school district employees at no cost. Two additional self-paced eWorkshops will be available in the coming months, as soon as WIDA has completed the development. For more detailed workshop information, please visit Self-Paced eWorkshops on WIDA’s website.