Stanford Online CLAD Program | English Learners Library of Resources

Our CLAD course are no longer being offered. Please read below:

After nine years of successfully offering CTEL/CLAD coursework online, we have decided to retire our courses. Thank you, California teachers, for all of your support. It has truly been a pleasure serving you!

We will continue to make our online materials available to the public free of charge on this website. Stay tuned for new and improved online materials which will be tailored to the needs of teachers of ELLs all over the country.

Questions from former CLAD program participants can be directed to Melissa Bennett at bennettm@stanford.edu.

The Stanford ELL Library features the Stanford Online CTEL/CLAD Program.

Did you know that tuition for the Stanford CTEL/CLAD Program is tax deductible? Read more here.

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It has been a wonderful, worthwhile educational learning program. It really has given me a whole new range of teaching strategies for English Language Learners.

- Anita Wu, program graduate more student comments

Designed for you, professionals working with English Language Learners – teachers, school administrators as well as professional development and pre-service providers – the library provides you with a variety of resources via four major modes of delivery. Whether you are interested in CLAD certification or top-notch professional enrichment, we invite you to explore.

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Our Stanford Programs site describes the following for-credit courses, modules and professional development learning materials:

• The Stanford Online CTEL/CLAD Program for Teachers; and • The Stanford English Learner Institute for School Leaders. The ELL Professional Development Materials pages will lead you through the types of materials and topics available online through Stanford. We can assist you in tailoring a learning experience that corresponds to your needs.			"because of our conversation and your openness about the program and the difficult CTEL "testing" option, it was one of the BEST decisions to pursue this credential via Stanford's CLAD program. I've loved it all. The curriculum, the people, and of course the facilitators!" –Suzanne Walker Elementary Teacher, CA

• The Stanford Online CTEL/CLAD Program for Teachers; and

• The Stanford English Learner Institute for School Leaders.

The ELL Professional Development Materials pages will lead you through the types of materials and topics available online through Stanford. We can assist you in tailoring a learning experience that corresponds to your needs.

"because of our conversation and your openness about the program and the difficult CTEL "testing" option, it was one of the BEST decisions to pursue this credential via Stanford's CLAD program.

I've loved it all. The curriculum, the people, and of course the facilitators!"

–Suzanne Walker

Elementary Teacher, CA

I just wanted to offer my praises for your ELL video library. What a great resource. I am a first year ELL teacher in Stayton, OR with an emergency license and very little experience so for me, it is very valuable.

-Travis Overley
Middle School Teacher, Oregon

The Public Video Library provides open content access to over 10 hours of video including lectures by Stanford professors of education as well as classroom footage of real K-12 educators teaching English Learners.