Mapleton Certificate in Teaching for Linguistic and Cultural Diversity
Associated Faculty: Elizabeth Mahon
External Partners: Mapleton School District
Focus: Professional Learning
About the Partnership: The partnership offers three graduate level CLDE classes to Mapleton teachers: CLDE 5030 Language Development; CLDE 5050 Assessment and Advocacy for Multilingual Learners; and, CLDE 5820 Teaching Multilingual Learners. Classes are hosted and paid for by Mapleton. The partnership work consists of coordinating schedules, instructors, admission outreach, graduate faculty appointments, FCQs, and course quality, as well as coordinating with CU Denver instructors to mentor Mapleton teachers/administrators to teach the classes.
Scope and Impact
Geographic Focus:
Urban
Scale: Local
Begin year: 2014
Number of districts: 1
Universities: 1
Teachers: 15
Total participants: 15