IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:  The Master Plan Teacher Training Program closed June 30, 2008.  To assist teachers in acquiring appropriate certification to instruct EL students, the district has established a partnership with the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) Bilingual Teacher Training Program (BTTP).  Beginning January 31, 2009, LACOE will begin providing California Teacher of English Learners (CTEL) and California Subject Examinations for Teachers: Languages Other Than English (CSET:LOTE) test preparation classes. The classes will be offered at various locations throughout LAUSD.  The district was able to negotiate a vastly reduced fee over regularly offered LACOE BTTP classes for teachers.  LACOE BTTB classes will be offered to LAUSD teachers for the following cost(s):

For a copy of the CTEL registration form for the session beginning January 31, 2009, double click LACOE/LAUSD participant registration form.  Information for CSET:LOTE test preparation classes will be forthcoming.

Important reminder: teachers who need CLAD or BCLAD certification have two avenues that they can pursue:  1) Coursework, or 2) Examination.  Coursework and examination cannot be combined.

For a list of CTC approved CTEL coursework, double click on the following link: CTC approved CTEL university coursework.

For more classes available through Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE), please visit http://mas.lacoe.edu/.  Additionally, AB2913 classes (CCSD (SB1292) will continue to be offered through LACOE for teachers with vocational and special subject designated subjects teaching credentials or holders of service credentials with a special class authorization (ROP & ROTC teachers).

The California Teacher of English Learners (CTEL) examination will be administered on Saturday, June 13, 2009. For more information, please visit their web site at www.ctcexams.nesinc.com.  To qualify for a CLAD certificate through testing, a participant must pass CTEL 1, 2, and 3 and register the passing of all three tests with LAUSD and the CTC.

For dates for the California Subject Examination for Teachers: Languages Other Than English (CSET: LOTE) examination and for further information for the CSET: LOTE, please visit the CSET website at www.cset.nesinc.com.  To qualify for a BCLAD certificate through testing, a participant must possess a CLAD certificate and pass CSET: LOTE tests 3, 4, and 5 and register the passing of all three tests with LAUSD and the CTC.