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About Us
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About Us:
Goals
- Engage
faculty, students, researchers, teachers, and administrators in discourse
and development of professional
knowledge in the field of
Indian education through
round table discussions, special forums, and invited speaker
presentations.
- Provide
symposia that targets Native language speakers and teachers of Indian languages
and address specialized areas of
preparation such as: language teaching, curriculum development,
language planning and development of tribal certification processes for
language instructors.
- Provide
a series of summer programs that
bring together tribal members who serve as professional leaders, and
educational administrators for
culturally focused leadership development.
- Design
and develop special field
research projects and collaborating initiatives that enhance and
improve local educational programs, schools, and agencies serving Indian
students.
- Provide
opportunities for graduate level
COE students in research,
while also engaging college faculty more fully in discourse and
collaboration with field practitioners, researchers and Native faculty.
- Establish outreach work with
local Indian tribes, state and other agencies to determine critical
needs in research and training
not currently addressed through existing education programs, curricula
or pedagogical practices in schools.
- The
Institute for American Indian Education was created in response to New Mexico’s
overwhelming need to improve
American Indian student retention and achievement in schools.
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