...However reasonable the district's actions, the layoffs have caused a lot of controversy as teachers and employees responded to their pink slips. Many were upset with how their district made its decisions. For example, when choosing which teachers to possibly lay off, Petaluma looked at whether the teacher had the CLAD certification, a state requirement that helps teachers with non-English-speaking students. Because CLAD certification is a new requirement, many teachers don't have it yet and felt it was an unfair criterion.
"Some teachers with five years' classroom experience without the CLAD were given notices, while others with two years' classroom experience but have the CLAD were not," says Stirrat. "It seems like the district sent notices to people with the CLAD and then realized their mistake and sent out more notices, and ended up compounding one mistake with another."
The district admits that they sent out two batches of notices before March 15 but says it had nothing to do with the CLAD test...
BEFORE THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE DRY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ...
PROPOSED DECISION. Gary A. Geren, Administrative Law Judge, Office of Administrative ... goal to have all teachers CLAD certified by the end of 2003. ... www.goldcountrymedia.com/pdf/drycreek0519.pdf
The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act and California's ...
administrative support, and the exclusion of parents from decisions ..... The CLAD credential is required in California for teachers of general education. ELL children. .... Findings indicated that the teachers, without input from their ... brj.asu.edu/content/vol28_no2/art4.pdf