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Download full textHeimbecker, Connie; Minner, Sam; Prater, Greg – 2000
This paper describes two exemplary school-based Native teacher education programs offered by Northern Arizona University (NAU) to serve Navajo students and by Lakehead University (Ontario) to serve members of the Nishnabe Nation of northern Ontario. The Reaching American Indian Special/Elementary Educators (RAISE) program is located in Kayenta,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, College School Cooperation, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDelany-Barmann, Gloria; Prater, Greg; Minner, Sam – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1997
Twelve Navajo preservice teachers in the Navajo Nation shared their perceptions of factors that enabled and constrained their completion of a special education teacher preparation program: cultural teachings, family support, language, finances, cultural responsibilities, and lack of educational opportunities on the reservation. Recommendations for…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Navajo (Nation)
Peer reviewedMinner, Sam; And Others – Teacher Educator, 1995
Four key factors contributed to program success or failure of five context-specific, school-based teacher preparation programs in Arizona: university personnel, administrative support, flexibility and risk taking, and a focus on quality. Among individual program goals were preparation of special education teachers for elementary and rural Navajo…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cultural Awareness, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Minner, Sam; And Others – 1995
The Rural Special Education Project (RSEP) is a school-based, special education teacher preparation program located on the Navajo Reservation. The program, which is a partnership between Northern Arizona University and Kayenta Unified School District, immerses Anglo participants in Navajo culture and heightens their awareness of cross-cultural and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Anglo Americans, College School Cooperation
Medina, Catherine; Redsteer, Denise; Prater, Greg; Minner, Sam – 2002
To address the need for special education teachers trained in rural and culturally diverse settings, a field-based special education program was implemented in Kayenta Unified School District (KUSD), Arizona, on the Navajo Nation. KUSD provided teacher housing, classroom space, sites for practicum coursework, and some student teaching placements.…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Culturally Relevant Education, Elementary Education
Minner, Sam; Prater, Greg – 1994
In response to a problem in recruiting and retaining special education teachers on the Navajo Reservation, the Rural Special Education Project (RSEP) was designed to prepare special education teachers to deliver quality services to Navajo children with handicapping conditions. The RSEP is a partnership between Northern Arizona University and the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Anglo Americans, College School Cooperation
