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What colleges or universities offer BCLAD course work?

BCLAD course work is only available through a California college or university with a BCLAD Emphasis program. Completion of such a program would result in the issuance of a Multiple or Single Subject Teaching Credential with a BCLAD Emphasis. Click here for a list of colleges or universities with Commission-approved teacher preparation programs

I would like information on the California Teachers of English Learners (CTEL) or Bilingual, Crosscultural, Language and Academic Development (BCLAD) Examination

Click here.

How can I obtain a BCLAD Certificate?

A BCLAD Certificate can only be earned by exam. To earn the BCLAD Certificate by exam, you must pass tests 4, 5, and 6 of the BCLAD examination in addition to verifying eligibility for a CLAD Certificate by course work or exam or hold an equivalent English learner authorization.

BCLAD Program
National Evaluation Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 340819
Sacramento, CA 95834-0819
(916) 928-4002 TDD: (916) 928-0430
Web site: www.ctel.nesinc.com

Please visit their website or contact the testing agency for examination dates.

Once you have met all the requirements for a BCLAD Certificate, you may apply for the certificate by submitting all of the following:

  1. One of the following:

  1. original or copy of a CLAD Cumulative Results page, if applicable

  2. original or copy of a CTEL score report, if applicable

  3. verify eligibility for a CLAD Certificate by submitting official transcripts verifying completion of 12 upper-division semester-units (24-semester-units when using any lower-division units), or 18 upper-division quarter-units (36-quarter-units when using any lower-division units) of college or university course work in the three domains (For more information, see Crosscultural, Language, And Academic Development (CLAD) Certificate [PDF] . It is necessary to submit course outlines or syllabi for course work not previously accepted by CCTC.)
  1. Original or copy of a BCLAD Cumulative Results page

  2. A completed application [PDF]

  3. processing fees [PDF]

Submit the materials listed above through your employer or directly to:

California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Box 944270
1900 Capitol Avenue
Sacramento, CA 94244-2700


How long are BCLAD exam scores valid?

Passing examination scores are valid for seven years.

I need a copy of my BCLAD exams.

SYou must contact National Evaluation Systems to obtain copies of your score reports. Their contact information is provided below.

BCLAD Program
National Evaluation Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 340819
Sacramento, CA 95834-0819
(916) 928-4002 TDD: (916) 928-0430
Web site: www.ctel.nesinc.com


I have a credential with an EL authorization. How can I earn a BCLAD authorization?

You are required to achieve passing scores on Tests 4, 5, and 6 of the BCLAD Examinations if you hold or verify eligibility for a CLAD Emphasis Credential, a Language Development Specialist (LDS) Certificate, a Multiple Subject or Single Subject Teaching Credential with an English Learner Authorization based on AB 1059, or if you hold or have completed the course work requirement for a CLAD Certificate or obtained passing scores on the Test 1, 2 and 3 of the California Teacher of English Learners (CTEL) Examination or CLAD Examination (scores used for certification purposes may be no older than five years from the individual passed test date)

Note: Teachers who hold a valid, non-emergency California Single Subject or Standard Secondary Teaching Credential with a major in a language other than English need not take Test 6 of the BCLAD Examinations to qualify for a BCLAD Certificate in that language. Teachers who hold a three-year or higher degree from a foreign institution in which all instruction is delivered in a language other than English also do not need to take Test 6 to qualify for a BCLAD Certificate in that language. The foreign institution must be equivalent in status to a regionally-accredited institution of higher education in the United States.

What documents serve as a basic or prerequisite credential for the BCLAD Certificate?

The following are appropriate prerequisite credentials and/or permits for the BCLAD Certificate:

  • California teaching credential issued based upon completion of a teacher preparation program, including student teaching

  • Clinical Rehabilitative Services Credential with a Special Class Authorization

  • School Nurse Services Credential with a Special Teaching Authorization in Health

  • Children's Center Permit (excluding emergency), or Child Development Permit (excluding Assistant and Associate Permit) that authorizes the holder to provide instruction to pupils in preschool, grades K-12, or classes primarily organized for adults.

The following are not appropriate prerequisite credentials or permits:

  • Emergency Permits

  • Provisional Internship Permits

  • Short-Term Staff Permits

  • Special Temporary Certificates

  • District Intern Credentials

  • University Internship Credentials

  • Exchange Credentials

  • Sojourn Certificated Employee Credentials

  • Services credentials that do not authorize instruction

I have a bilingual endorsement on my out-of-state teaching credential and would like to apply for a California BCLAD Certificate based on equivalency. How do I apply?

At this time, there are no provisions in California Education Code or California Code of Regulations, Title 5, that allow equivalency for BCLAD authorizations.



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Updated November 26, 2007