OCDE Project GLAD®
OCDE Project GLAD® is a model of professional development dedicated to building academic language and literacy for all students, especially second language learners.
The Project GLAD® training model combines research and theory with classroom demonstrations and guided teacher practice and planning time. We work collaboratively with schools and districts to support the depth and sustainability of the model.
OCDE Project GLAD® training with DLeNM consists of four elements:
- Leadership Training
- Foundations Tier I Certification Training
- Customized Support (In-person and Online)
- Trainer Certification: Tiers II and III
OCDE PROJECT GLAD®: DLeNM TRAINING OVERVIEW
Scope and Sequence
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OCDE Project GLAD® Leadership Training: Designing a Pathway to Success This 1-day workshop is designed for administrators and teacher-leaders wanting to bring the GLAD® instructional framework to their school or district. |
OCDE Project GLAD® Foundations Tier I Training (certification training) Virtual and in-person options are available! |
OCDE Project GLAD® Customized Follow-up and Professional Learning Available as a refresher for educators who have already been Tier I certified as well as educators who are just beginning with the framework. |
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Part I: Research and Theory Workshop This 2-day workshop provides the research and rationale behind the OCDE Project GLAD® framework. |
Part II: Classroom Demonstration A unique classroom experience for teachers to observe and engage in the use of the GLAD® strategies within a live classroom. Participants will be guided in designing lessons plans for implementation. |
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Trainer Certification, Tiers II and III: This is offered to enthusiastic GLAD® educators who want to pursue becoming trainers of the framework. There is an application process and TnTs work in a team of 2-4 for 12-18 months to become certified. |
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For more information or to set up a meeting to discuss the possibilities for your school or district, contact us at gladinfo@dlenm.org.
Upcoming Project GLAD® Foundations Tier I Certification Trainings
Spring-Summer 2022
Project GLAD® Special Offerings
DLeNM
DLeNM Summer Institute 2022!
2-day Hybrid Institute
OCDE Project GLAD® Training of Trainers
Trainer Certification
Preschool GLAD® Overview
Preschool GLAD® is about creating a rich environment of language, ideas and concepts. Preschool, Transitional Kindergarten, and Kindergarten students engage in learning at their own entry points and are given multiple ways to respond. This model fosters a success-based, interactive environment that stresses cross-cultural respect and sensitivity and that values the family, community, and language of the child. Intentionally creating language-rich environments for our early childhood emergent bilingual students takes time and effort. Preschool GLAD® engages participants in thinking about how children learn language and introduces successful research-based strategies for creating a language-rich setting that is alive with words, aloud with language, and results in language-rich learning.
Preschool GLAD® Offerings
Customized Early Childhood GLAD Offerings (virtual)
Our trainer team will customize virtual sessions based on the needs of your teachers. This includes targeting specific strategies that will support your students in virtual or in-person instruction. Contact Lisa Meyer at lisa@dlenm.org to find out more information.
Topic Ideas: Using Chants to Build Oral Language
Building Vocabulary through Preschool GLAD
Tips for delivering virtual instruction to early learners
Cost: 90-minute virtual session for 3-15 participants = $950
90-minute virtual session for 16-50 participants = $1,650.00
Contact Lisa Meyer at lisa@dlenm.org to find out more information.
Five-day Preschool GLAD® Training (in-person, currently on hold until districts are able to support in-person training—currently scheduling for fall 2021)
This training includes one day of theory, research, and strategies to prepare teachers for the four-day classroom demonstration. Teachers see the strategies in action with students, plan their own upcoming unit, and deepen their understanding of language development and the needs of language learners. The classroom demonstration can be offered in English or Spanish.
Early childhood teachers have loved this training! They repeatedly tell us that the strategies are practical and engaging for students, and they see strong gains in vocabulary and language development. Preschool GLAD® is not a curriculum. It works with current pacing and unit guides already in place in the district or can support teachers in developing their own.
Cost: $850 per participant
Contact Lisa Meyer at lisa@dlenm.org to find out more information.
Training of Trainers – Trainer Certification
(Pricing for each tier available upon request.)
DLeNM works in partnership with the National Training Center to guide licensed teachers who have already completed the Tier I Foundations training through the Tier II and Tier III Training of Trainer processes to become OCDE Project GLAD® Agency Trainers. To complete both tiers typically the Training of Trainers process It usually takes from 1 to 2 years to complete the Training of Trainers process and is done in a team of two to four educators.
For more information, or to schedule an OCDE Project GLAD® training for your school or district, please contact us at gladinfo@dlenm.org
History of Project GLAD®
Project GLAD® started in Fountain Valley, CA more than 35 years ago with a group of educators who were tasked to support a classroom of students who were newcomers — refugees whose primary language wasn’t English. With minimal resources, collaborations with researchers skilled in second language acquisition, the brain, primary language, reading and writing were sought. Almost 10 years later, Project GLAD® developed into a version of what we know today.
Acknowledged by both the federal and state of CA department of education, the model received funding to be launched nationally, coming to Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) and the National Training Center (NTC) being born. Today, we remain responsive to meeting the needs of educators and students. Committed to high quality implementation and sustainability, the NTC continues to work in collaboration with educational agencies to ensure students remain the first priority.
A Powerful Partnership
We are proud to share a partnership with the National Training Center as a Project GLAD® Regional Training Center. Together, we have a commitment to serve language learners in their academic, linguistic, social, and civic lives. Together, we engage in culturally and linguistically responsive practices that build multiliteracy and multiculturalism.