OCDE Project GLAD National Training Center

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We are the Project GLAD® National Training Center, a government non-profit providing an integrated, balanced literacy approach to language acquisition, working with districts, schools, educational agencies and teachers.

08/14/2026

✨ Secondary Foundations Training is coming up! ✨

Ready to bring Project GLAD® strategies into your secondary classroom? This professional development series is designed to equip educators with practical tools for integrating language and content instruction, promoting equity, and strengthening support for multilingual learners. 💬📚

📣 Upcoming Modules:
🔹 Module 3: Small Group Scaffolding
📅 October 13–14, 2026 | Educators
📅 October 12–15, 2026 | Project GLAD® Agency Trainers

🔹 Module 4: Academic Discourse
📅 February 9–10, 2027 | Educators
📅 February 8–11, 2027 | Project GLAD® Agency Trainers

📍 Orange County, CA
💰 $800 per participant/per module

Educators will explore opportunities for whole-class modeling, small-group scaffolding, individual practice, and authentic peer-to-peer collaboration to deepen learning. Agency Trainers will also build facilitation, coaching, and site-based implementation skills.

✨ Participants must attend all four modules to complete Secondary Foundations Training.

📩 Questions? Contact Stephanie Ohanesian at [email protected]

Invest in your practice. Strengthen your support for multilingual learners. Let’s bring Project GLAD® to secondary settings!

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✨ This Week in Project GLAD®... ✨Another exciting week of learning, collaboration, and professional growth is ahead! 📚🌎💙...
08/10/2026

✨ This Week in Project GLAD®... ✨

Another exciting week of learning, collaboration, and professional growth is ahead! 📚🌎💙

Here’s what’s happening this week:

🌟 Palmdale | 2-Day Research & Theory Cohort 1 (TK–5)
🌟 Palmdale | 2-Day Research & Theory Cohort 2 (6–12)
🌟 NTC Resource Development
🌟 Salem-Keizer | Customized Training (Elementary)

From building foundational knowledge to developing resources and bringing customized Project GLAD® learning to educators, we’re looking forward to another impactful week supporting language, learning, and multilingual learners! 💙💚

Stay tuned as we share highlights from this week’s Project GLAD® learning! 📸✨

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✨ **This Week in Project GLAD®... Salem-Keizer Customized Training (Early Childhood)!** 🌱📚We're excited to kick off anot...
08/04/2026

✨ **This Week in Project GLAD®... Salem-Keizer Customized Training (Early Childhood)!** 🌱📚

We're excited to kick off another incredible week of Project GLAD® learning with our partners in **Salem-Keizer**! This customized Early Childhood training will bring educators together to explore engaging, research-based strategies that foster language development, joyful learning, and meaningful instruction for our youngest learners.

We can't wait to collaborate, share ideas, and empower educators with practical tools that support multilingual learners and create vibrant, language-rich classrooms. Here's to a week of inspiration, connection, and impactful professional learning!

Stay tuned for highlights throughout the week! 💙💚

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🛍️✨ Our **Project GLAD® iStore** has been refreshed!Looking for Project GLAD® resources to support your teaching, traini...
08/03/2026

🛍️✨ Our **Project GLAD® iStore** has been refreshed!

Looking for Project GLAD® resources to support your teaching, training, or professional learning? We've updated our iStore with the latest materials to help you bring engaging, language-rich instruction to your classrooms and trainings.

Whether you're stocking up on your favorite essentials or discovering something new, now is the perfect time to explore what's available!

🛒 Visit the Project GLAD® iStore and place your order today using the link in our bio or here:
https://istore.ocde.us/

Happy shopping! 💙💚

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📅✨ **Save the Date!** ✨📅The **Project GLAD® Spring Institute** is returning on **April 22, 2027**—and you won't want to ...
07/20/2026

📅✨ **Save the Date!** ✨📅

The **Project GLAD® Spring Institute** is returning on **April 22, 2027**—and you won't want to miss it!

Join educators from across the region for a day filled with inspiration, collaboration, and practical strategies that you can take back to your classroom immediately.

Whether you're new to Project GLAD® or a long-time practitioner, the Spring Institute is always a great opportunity to reconnect, recharge, and continue transforming teaching and learning for multilingual learners.

🗓️ **Mark your calendar: April 22, 2027 in Orange County, CA!**

Registration details will be released towards the end of this year—we can't wait to learn, connect, and celebrate with you!

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✨ Project GLAD® has been at the CA MTSS Professional Learning Institute this week! ✨We're excited to join thousands of e...
07/17/2026

✨ Project GLAD® has been at the CA MTSS Professional Learning Institute this week! ✨

We're excited to join thousands of educators, leaders, and partners from across California as we explore this year's theme:

**🌟 From Innovation to Transformation: Empowering Every Learner**

Project GLAD® is proud to be part of the conversation, sharing research-based instructional strategies that support multilingual learners, foster equity, and create engaging, inclusive classrooms where every student can thrive.

If you're attending the conference, we hope you were able to stop by and say hello! Please DM us if you'd like more information about our trainings and resources. We'd love to connect and talk about how Project GLAD® can support your students and your school community. 💙📚

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07/08/2026

🚀Last week, our Secondary Team was hard at work preparing for the **Project GLAD® Foundations Training**!

They dove deep into **Module 3: Small Group Instruction** and **Module 4: Academic Instruction**, collaborating, concept mapping, and bringing powerful instructional resources to life. 📚✨

It's inspiring to see this dedicated group learning, growing, and making amazing things happen for the students they'll impact. Keep up the incredible work! 💙

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✨ This Week in Project GLAD®... ✨The learning continues in **San Jacinto** as participants dive into our **4-Day Certifi...
07/07/2026

✨ This Week in Project GLAD®... ✨

The learning continues in **San Jacinto** as participants dive into our **4-Day Certification Classroom Demonstration**! 🎉

There's nothing quite like seeing Project GLAD® strategies come to life in a real classroom. Through observation, collaboration, and reflection, educators are building the knowledge and confidence to transform learning for their students.

We're excited to watch this incredible group continue their certification journey! 💙📚

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✨ **¡Qué semana tan increíble para Project GLAD®!** ✨We were honored to be in Kern County, Bakersfield, CA, for an unfor...
06/30/2026

✨ **¡Qué semana tan increíble para Project GLAD®!** ✨

We were honored to be in Kern County, Bakersfield, CA, for an unforgettable Trainer Certification Classroom Demonstration conducted entirely in Spanish! 🇪🇸📚

A huge thank you to our amazing trainers, Dina Esparza-Diaz and Thomas Board, for leading this inspiring certification experience with passion, expertise, and heart.

From unloading materials and preparing the learning environment to engaging classroom demonstrations and celebrating our newly certified participants, every moment reflected the power of Project GLAD® and the dedication of educators committed to multilingual learners.

💙 This certification was an incredible success, and the excitement was contagious! Participants shared how meaningful it was to have the opportunity to engage in high-quality professional learning completely in Spanish. Providing accessible, culturally and linguistically responsive learning experiences is what Project GLAD® is all about, and we couldn't be more proud of this milestone.

🎉 Congratulations to all of our newly certified participants! Your schools, classrooms, and communities will feel the difference that your work makes!

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✨ **This Week in Project GLAD®**Learning, collaboration, and inspiration are in full swing! 🎉 This week, we're excited t...
06/29/2026

✨ **This Week in Project GLAD®**

Learning, collaboration, and inspiration are in full swing! 🎉 This week, we're excited to be with educators at our **San Jacinto Certification 2-Day Research & Theory Workshop** while also welcoming our **Renewal Agency Trainers and Field Consultants** as they continue strengthening their expertise and commitment to high-quality instruction.

It's always energizing to see passionate educators investing in their professional growth and working together to create meaningful learning experiences for multilingual learners. We can't wait to see the impact you'll bring back to your classrooms and districts!

💙 Thank you to everyone who is part of this incredible learning community!

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