Issue 2
Vol. 3
September 2006
ADVOCATE - SERVE - LEAD
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 Phoenix College Center for Navajo
Teacher Education

The Phoenix College Center for Navajo Teacher Education (CNTE) is collaborating with Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton College of Education Indigenous Teacher Preparation Program (ITP) in preparing Navajo students at Phoenix College majoring in education to continue their education at ASU upon graduation.

CNTE promotes the success of our Navajo pre-service teachers by:

Providing ongoing support from Native American faculty and advisors for Navajo students majoring in education.

Utilizing culturally relevant teaching methods and materials.

Encouraging Navajo students to take Navajo/Native American-related courses (language, government, culture, literature, philosophy and history).

Providing an opportunity for students to gain professional skills through service learning field experiences at schools within the Navajo Nation as well as in neighboring urban school districts.

Collaborating with ASU Mary Lou Fulton College of Education and Phoenix College’s Navajo language and culture program to meet the needs of our students.

Ensuring that students are aware of support programs such as HOOPS of Learning, Native American Student Association, Future Teacher’s Club.

Providing scholarship opportunities, and Chief Manuelito scholarship courses.

Plans are underway to offer the first Learning Community integrated assignments activity Spring 2007, and to offer the learning community cohort that includes ‘Introduction to Education’ and ‘Navajo Language and Counseling’.

Former Phoenix College Foreign Lang Chair, Dr. Virginia Foster, writes, “Congratulations, kudos and more for your hard work and vision. I am so pleased that PC will be so enriched by having the PC CENTER FOR NAVAJO TEACHER EDUCATION. What a great contribution to our students and the community.”