Partnerships and Outreach
Career Development Program/A Partnership Program with APS
Center for Teacher Education Partnership Collaborative Programs
Family Development Program
Institute for American Indian Education (IAIE)
Institute for Professional Development
New Mexico Coalition of School Administrators
North Central Association
STEM Education Outreach Programs
Career Development Program/A Partnership Program with APS
Affiliation: Department of Teacher Education (Elementary Education)
Director: Dr. Eileen Waldschmidt (ewaldsch@unm.edu)
Administrative Asst: Rebecca Fernandez, 505-277-8426 (rebeca@unm.edu)
Telephone: 505-277-6114
Location: Hokona Hall, Room 244
Website: http://ted.unm.edu/careerdevelop.html
The goal of the Career Development Program is to help post-baccalaureate students who wish to earn a New Mexico Elementary K-8 Teaching License while pursuing a MA in Elementary Education. The goal of the CDP is to provide a unique combination of coursework and concurrent classroom experiences which allows students to construct an understanding of the teaching and learning process in the context of “real” classrooms. After successful completion of the first two semesters, students are granted a New Mexico intern license. With the completion of the third semester, interns receive a New Mexico Standard Elementary K-8 teaching licensee. During the third and fourth semesters, interns function as full-time staff members at a participating Albuquerque Public School. Upon successful completion of the 17-month program, Career Development Program students earn a Master of Arts in Elementary Education.
Applications for the Career Development Program are available at the end of February and the application deadline is the second Friday in September. New cohorts are selected by the end of October and begin each January.
Center for Teacher Education – Partnership Collaborative Programs
Affiliation: COE Administration
Director: Dr. Elizabeth R. Saavedra, (505) 277-4979 (lizsaave@unm.edu)
Contact: Rebeca Fernandez de Stephenson, Adm. Assist., 505-277-8426 (rebeca@unm.edu)
Fax: 505-277-2269
Hours: 8-5, M-F
Location: Hokona Hall, Room 114
Through long-term partnerships with public school districts around New Mexico, the College of Education has developed dynamic programs that give students alternate ways to earn credits toward their degrees. The programs also provide unique collaborations and classroom training opportunities. The programs deliver advanced professional development services for current teachers to learn new skills and work toward endorsements and licenses.
Family Development Program
Affiliation: COE Administration
Director: Lois Vermilya, 505-277-6943 (vermilya@unm.edu)
Program Coordinator: Monique Chavez, 505-277-5800 (machavez@unm.edu)
Manager: Teresa Sierra, 505-277-8510 (tsierra@unm.edu) - For Administrative Inquiries
Fax: 505-277-6282
Hours: 8-5, M-F
Location: Student Services Center, Room B-25
Website: http://familydevelopment.unm.edu/
Mission: Early childhood education through strong partnerships between families and teachers so that children thrive.
Statewide Professional Development: The Family Development Program provides research-based professional development workshops throughout New Mexico and disseminates educational materials relevant to children’s early education, growth, and development. Our training incorporates current research on the critical importance of early learning, including brain development for how young children learn best. A yearlong training program is co-designed with community partners to meet the professional development needs of educators, staff, and parents through specially tailored training sessions that are offered in participants’ own communities. Our distinct professional development approach matches national recommendations for best practices for training teachers and parents to respond effectively to young children’s earliest delight in learning. The Family Development Program demonstrates how real partnership that combines the strengths of parents, teachers, and their community supported by university resources make a difference for young children.
“When as educators we expect to make profound changes in our students’ lives, we haven’t the right to begin without their parents at our side.” - Dr. Maria Chavez, Founder
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: 505-277-7781; Fax: 505-277-8362
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.
IAIE’s partnerships include government, state, private and tribal organizations across the Southwest and the country. IAIE’s partners work together to extend educational services to New Mexico American Indian students and communities.
IAIE Partnerships:
Colyer/Nichols Inc.
Contact: Richard Nichols; 505-747-0190; Email: colyrnickl@cybermesa.com
Gallup McKinley County School District
Contact: Esther Macia; 505-721-1051; Website: www.gmcs.k12.nm.us
Indigenous Nations Library Program, UNM Zimmerman Library
Contact: Mary Tsosie; 505-277-8922; Website: elibrary.unm.edu
Jemez Pueblo Department of Education
Contact: Kevin Shendo; 505-834-9102; Website: www.jemezpueblo.org
Navajo Teacher Education Consortium
Contact: Dr. Harvey Rude; 970-351-1659; Website: cdte.dinecollege.edu
New Mexico Indian Affairs Department
Contact: Alvin H. Warren; 505-476-1600; Website: www.iad.state.nm.us
New Mexico Indian Education Division
Contact: Asst. Cabinet Secretary, Nancy Martine-Alonzo; 505-827-6679; Website: www.ped.state.nm.us
New Mexico Higher Education Department
Contact: Dr. William Flores; 505-476-6500; Website: hed.state.nm.us
New Mexico Tribal Library Program
Contact: Mildred Walters;
Website: www.nmstatelibrary.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=105
Poston and Associates
Contact: Stephanie Poston; 505-379-6172; Email: stephposton@msn.com
St. Michael Indian School, Window Rock, Arizona
Contact: Joan Levitt; 928-871-4667; Website: www.smis1902.org
Red Willow Center, Taos Pueblo
Contact: Shawn Duran; 505-758-5990; Email: sduran@taospueblo.com
UNM Gallup Branch
Contact: Dr. Helen Zongolowitz; 505-863-7714; Website: www.gallup.unm.edu
Institute for Professional Development
Affiliation: Department of Teacher Education
Director: Dr. Rosalita Mitchell (rosalita@unm.edu)
Associate Director: Smith Frederick (smithxix@unm.edu)
Office Administrator: Sharon Harrison-Barrens, 505-277-9245 (sbarrens@unm.edu)
Telephone: 505-277-1999
Fax: 505-277-2395
Hours: 8-5, M-F
Location: Student Services Building, Room B-80
Website: http://ipd.unm.edu
The mission of the Institute for Professional Development is to advocate professional development models for educators that will give them the knowledge, skills and identities to strengthen and support the learning of all students in New Mexico. For more information, go to http://ipd.unm.edu.
New Mexico Coalition of School Administrators
Affiliation: COE Administration
Executive Director: Tom Sullivan (nmcsa@unm.edu)
Office Administrator: Carol Wood (cswood@unm.edu)
Communication and Leadership Dev. Coordinator: Dr. Gloria O. Rendon (gorendon@unm.edu)
Telephone: 505-277-6986; Fax: 505-277-5496
Hours: 8-5, M-F
Location: Manzanita Hall, Room 120B
Website: http://www.unm.edu/~nmcsa/
NMCSA is an association that represents school administrators in New Mexico. The governing board has representatives from 10 affiliates, six administrative units, and the Public Education Department. Overall there are approximately 1,500 individual members of NMCSA. Representatives attend meetings of legislative interim committees and agency meetings affecting education. NMCSA represents administrators during the entire legislative session. NMCSA conducts seminars, conferences, and provides professional development in concert with other educational entities. We also provide mentoring and networking opportunities for our members.
North Central Association
Affiliation: COE Administration
Director: Dr. Susanna Murphy (smurphy1@unm.edu)
Administrative Assistant: Mercy Salazar (NMNCA@unm.edu)
Telephone: 505-277-5961; Fax: 505-277-7285
Hours: 8-5, M-F
Location: Manzanita Hall, Room 117
Website: www.advanc-ed.org
In April 2006, the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI), and National Study of School Evaluation (NSSE) came together to form one strong unified organization dedicated to education quality. That unified organization, known as AdvancED, creates the world's largest education community, representing over 23,000 public and private schools, 6,000 school districts, 18,000 volunteers, 162 staff members in 30 states and 65 countries and serving nearly 15 million students.
New Mexico's NCA CASI State Office is located on the UNM main campus in the College of Education. The University of New Mexico has co-sponsored NCA CASI since the early 1900's, an indication of the understanding and support for the importance of the organization's outreach and service initiatives that have made and continue to make a positive impact on New Mexico's educational system in both the pre K-12 public and private school sectors. Schools accredited through NCA CASI/AdvancED receive an "international mark of quality" grounded in research-based accreditation standards that directly link to what matters most for student learning and effective school and district environments.
STEM Education Outreach Programs
Affiliation: Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Director/Sr. Program Manager: Karen Kinsman, M.S.
Program Manager: Laura Werner (scifair@unm.edu)
Telephone: 505-277-4916; Fax: 505-277-5592
Location: Hokona Hall, Room 356
Website: http://stemed.unm.edu
STEM Education Outreach Programs is a grassroots, non-profit, student outreach program that encourages and supports New Mexico middle and high school students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math, as well as advocating for the improvement of STEM education throughout New Mexico. The program impacts 6,000 to 10,000 students each year as well as hundreds of teachers across New Mexico. The University of New Mexico funds two staff members, 1-9 student employees (depending on time of year) and provides office space. All other expenses are covered by donations from foundations, corporations, and individual donors. Besides the annual Central NM Science & Engineering Research Challenge, the program sponsors the Central NM Science Olympiad and the New Mexico Academic Decathlon.
NOTE: This is not the same as the Secondary Teacher Education in Math & Science (STEMS) program, which is a graduate-level secondary education licensure program. If you are looking for information on the STEMS licensure program, please click here.