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American Indian Language Policy Research & Teacher Training Center
UNM Children's Campus
Institute for American Indian Education (IAIE)
Latin American Programs in Education (LAPE)
Multicultural Education Center
American Indian Language Policy Research and Teacher Training Center
Affiliation: COE Administration
Director: Dr. Chris Sims
Program Manager: Dr. Carlotta Penny Bird
Telephone: 505-277-0537
Location: Hokona Hall, Room 216
The Center aims to serve as a local and national center of collaborative research that examines major policy issues affecting the survival and maintenance of American Indian languages. The Center also provides a venue for building an international dialogue about language issues that extends to other indigenous languages of the Americas. Developing and providing native language teacher training programs and technical assistance support for American Indian tribes engaged in language maintenance and preservation initiatives is another key aspect of the Center's outreach and service. For more about the center, click here.
UNM Children's Campus
Affiliation: COE Administration
Director: Elena Aguirre, 505-277-2792, elagu@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://childcare.unm.edu
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
Coordinator: Dr. Kathryn Manuelito, kathrynm@unm.edu
Program Manager: Jay Ruybalid, 505-277-1907, Hokona 292
Telephone: 505-277-7781
Location: Hokona Hall, Room 250
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)
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 hopes to develop similar agreements with Ecuadorian universities and facilitate closer ties between indigenous organizations in Ecuador and IAIE.
Multicultural Education Center
Affiliation: Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
Director: Dr. 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.
Contents
American Indian Language Policy Research & Teacher Training Center
UNM Children's Campus
Institute for American Indian Education (IAIE)
Latin American Programs in Education (LAPE)
Multicultural Education Center
American Indian Language Policy Research and Teacher Training Center
Affiliation: COE Administration
Director: Dr. Chris Sims
Program Manager: Dr. Carlotta Penny Bird
Telephone: 505-277-0537
Location: Hokona Hall, Room 216
The Center aims to serve as a local and national center of collaborative research that examines major policy issues affecting the survival and maintenance of American Indian languages. The Center also provides a venue for building an international dialogue about language issues that extends to other indigenous languages of the Americas. Developing and providing native language teacher training programs and technical assistance support for American Indian tribes engaged in language maintenance and preservation initiatives is another key aspect of the Center's outreach and service. For more about the center, click here.
UNM Children's Campus
Affiliation: COE Administration
Director: Elena Aguirre, 505-277-2792, elagu@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://childcare.unm.edu
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
Coordinator: Dr. Kathryn Manuelito, kathrynm@unm.edu
Program Manager: Jay Ruybalid, 505-277-1907, Hokona 292
Telephone: 505-277-7781
Location: Hokona Hall, Room 250
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)
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 hopes to develop similar agreements with Ecuadorian universities and facilitate closer ties between indigenous organizations in Ecuador and IAIE.
Multicultural Education Center
Affiliation: Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
Director: Dr. 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.