COE Institutes and Centers
Contents
Center for Family and Community Partnerships
Children's Campus for Early Care & Education
Institute for American Indian Education (IAIE)
Latin American Programs in Education (LAPE)
Multicultural Bilingual Education Center
New Mexico Research and Study Council
Center for Family and Community Partnerships
Affiliation: COE Administration
Director: Frank Kessel, fkessel@unm.edu
Phone: 505-277-4203; Fax: 505-277-9382
Location: Manzanita Hall 120
Children’s Campus for Early Care & Education
Affiliation: COE Administration
Director: Elena Aguirre, 505-277-2792, elagu@unm.edu
Program Manager: Sarah Valles, 505-277-7308, sarahc@unm.edu
Telephone: 505-277-3365; Fax: 505-277-3182
Location: 1210 University Blvd Ne, Alb. NM 87131
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 7:00 am-9:15 pm; Friday, 7:00 am-5:30 pm
Website: http://www.unm.edu/~weecare/
The UNM Children’s Campus for Early Care and Education provides the children of UNM’s student, staff and faculty parents with a high quality early childhood experience. The program holds a New Mexico State Licensing 5 STAR rating and is accredited by the National Academy for Early Childhood Programs through the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
The Children’s Campus serves children ages six weeks through ten years of age with a play-based, developmentally appropriate curriculum. The program provides full-time as well as part-time care throughout the year. The Children’s Campus also provides a state grant-funded Pre-Kindergarten program for eligible four-year-olds as well as a drop-in and evening care program funded through CCAMPIS, a federal grant designed to support student parents.
The program serves as a site for academic connections for UNM students and faculty. Student research, observations, projects and practicum are coordinated within the classrooms. Numerous collaborations exist which support student training and learning. Providing these opportunities and supporting the University in its efforts to conduct research, train students and provide services is an integral role of the Children’s Campus.
Please visit the Children’s Campus website to learn more about the program.
Institute for American Indian Education (IAIE)
Affiliation: COE Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
Program Manager: Colleen Keane
Telephone: 505-277-0577; Fax: 505-277-8362
Administrative Assistant: Pearlene Tate
Telephone: 505-459-8556
Location: Hokona Hall, Rooms 250 and 281
Website: http://www.unm.edu/~iaie/index.htm
The Institute for American Indian Education, IAIE, was created in response to New Mexico's overwhelming need to improve American Indian student retention and achievement in schools. Since its inception in 2003, more than 80 American Indian students have graduated or are on track to graduate with degrees in education. We have a 90% retention rate and 67% graduation rate for our students.
Additionally, the UNM College of Education American Indian/First Nations faculty, which is the largest group of American Indian/First Nations faculty at any College of Education in the country, conduct outreach, workshops, and seminars in the area of curriculum development, preparation for teacher licensure tests, American Indian charter school development, and American Indian language revitalization and instructional planning.
Latin American Programs in Education (LAPE)
Affiliation: COE Administration
Director: Dr. Rebecca Blum-Martinez (rebeccab@unm.edu)
Post Doctoral Fellow: Anselmo Torres, for general information, 505-277-9677 (anselmot@hotmail.com)
Telephone: 505-277-9677; Fax: 505-277-8362
Location: Manzanita Hall, Room 118
The Latin American Programs in Education (LAPE) is a longstanding, internationally recognized program that has fostered positive relationships between UNM and Latin American educational institutions. Presently LAPE is developing diplomados in English for university and other higher education institution faculty who are teaching English. LAPE is also involved in a Trilateral Research Study, sponsored by the OAS which aims to contrast and compare teacher preparation in three countries. The other participating institutions are Simon Frasier University in Vancouver, Canada, and the Universidad Pedagogica Nacional in Mexico City.
LAPE is also developing agreements with several Mexican universities where our students and professors can have international experiences, and where Mexican educators can come to UNM. Furthermore, LAPE will develop similar agreements with Ecuadorian universities and facilitate closer ties between indigenous organizations in Ecuador and IAIE.
Multicultural Bilingual Education Center
Affiliation: Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
Director: Leroy I. Ortiz (leroyo@unm.edu)
Project Assistant: KwangJong Park (bell@unm.edu)
Telephone: 505-277-8961; Fax: 505-277-8362
Location: Manzanita Hall, Room 118
The Multicultural Bilingual Education Center engages in a variety of initiatives that support that COE's long tradition of working with diverse cultures. One of our main goals is to help recruit more students into the college, especially those who with diverse backgrounds, and give them the multicultural preparation they need to be effective teachers in New Mexico's school systems.
We achieve that goal by collaborating with other departments to develop multicultural education program that provide mentoring, continuing education and guidance for teachers. The center funds these programs and provides financial and programmatic support for Bilingual Education and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) through a series of grants.
New Mexico Research and Study Council
Affiliation: COE Administration
Director: Dr. Susanna Murphy (smurphy1@unm.edu)
Coordinator: Kris McGill (kristruy@unm.edu)
Telephone: 505-277-2621; Fax: 505-277-7976
Hours: 8-5, M-F
Location: Manzanita Hall, Room 117A
The NMRSC is a long standing, non-profit, membership organization that creates positive change in New Mexico’s education system by conducting research, assisting with policy development, and offering evaluation services. The Council works on behalf of its members and partners, which include public school districts and private schools from Taos to Las Cruces, Gallup to Tucumcari.