​​​​The Curriculum, Instruction and Academic Enrichment (Birth - Grade 12) Unit encompasses four departments including Early Learning Services, Humanities, Project GLAD®, Multilingual Academic Services, and STEM. Contact us for more information.

The Academic Content ​& Instructional Supports team supports educators and districts through customized services that promote high-quality instruction across all academic content areas. We provide professional development, technical assistance, coaching, research-based pedagogical strategies and collaborative educator networks. Our team is committed to advancing teaching and learning by fostering instructional excellence and meaningful engagement and events for all students across Orange County.

• ​​​​Advancing Learning
• AP
  
• AVID
  
• FutureReady CA
  
• International Baccalaureate​
  
• Personal Finance (AB 2927)​​
  
• Project Based Learning
  
• Artificial Intelli​gence (AI)​
  
• ​ Arts
  
• Com​puter Science
  
• GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) & National History Day OC
  
• History, Social Science, Civics
  
• Literacy and Language - ELA, ELD, ERWC (Expository Reading and Writing)
• Mathematics
  
• Model Curriculum
  
• Physical Education
  
• Science
  

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Early and Expanded Learning Services provides a wealth of research-based professional learning, coaching, technical assistance, and educational incentives for Orange County early learning and care programs, including public and private preschool, child care, Transitional Kindergarten (TK), Kindergarten, and community partners serving young children.

Early and Expanded Learning

• ​Early Learning
  
• Expanded Learning​​
  

Orange County Department of Education is home to the National Training Center for Project GLAD® (Guided Language Acquisition Design). Project GLAD® is recognized as a model reform program and best practices program for Title III by the California Department of Education, a California School Boards Association (CSBA) Golden Bell Recipient and awarded as a model of “Academic Excellence” by the US Department of Education.

Project GLAD®​ ​

• Orange County Regional Training Center, Project GLAD® website​​
  
• National Training Center, Project GLAD® website
  
• Project GLAD® Strands for Differentiated Support
  
• Preschool GLAD®
  
• Elementary English GLAD®
  
• Elementary Spanish GLAD®​
  
• Secondary GLAD®​
  

Multilingual Academic Services​ (MAS)​

• Educator Workforce Investment Grant for Effective Language Acquistin Programs (EWIG-ELA)​​​