*THE CUMBRES APPLICATION FOR 25-26 IS CLOSED, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST
What is Cumbres?
Welcome to the Cumbres program at UNC. We are a scholarship and support program for students who are planning to become CLD teachers. Our goal is to support, encourage and prepare you to be an effective and compassionate teacher of English learners.
Cumbres is a Learning Community
We are committed to student success and making you the most qualified teacher candidate when you graduate. As a member of the program, you are expected to participate fully in the four components: Learning Community, Mentorship and Leadership Development.
Cumbres is recognized nationally as an example of Excelencia in Education:
Cumbres in the News:
https://www.unco.edu/news/articles/fernando-beltran-spring-grad-24.aspx
Professional Development
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Scholarships!
We offer a renewable scholarship per semester to all Cumbres students who maintain a minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA and meet the requirements of the program.
What is CLD?
CLD means Culturally and Linguistically Diverse education.
This endorsement will give you the skills to teach students whose first language is not English. There is a foreign language requirement to complete the endorsement, but you do not need to be fluent in another language.
Give to Cumbres
Here is an article published by UNC Alumni Relations highlighting the impact that donors have for our students, please check it out.
If you would like to donate to help provide scholarships to Cumbres students, please click here.
"I have some great news for you, I had a teaching interview last Wednesday morning at Clayton early learning and that same afternoon I received a call from them to offer me a position as a Lead teacher!!! ...they had Lead openings for toddlers, therefore I said yes, and I start teaching very soon.... Yaaaay I'm so excited, oh and I got my badge yesterday so THIS IS REAL NOW :)"
Joanna Salazar - Early Childhood Education, CLD endorsement - Cumbres Graduate December 2024