Indigenous Teacher Education
Strengthening the pathway for Native teachers
The College Fund recognizes the importance of Native students learning from Native teachers in their communities. The Indigenous Teacher Education program supports teachers in training at TCUs. These teachers will become strong role models for their students, leading culturally relevant education in their communities and impacting generations to come.
Indigenous Teacher Education Programs
Learn more about our grant programs to strengthen the Native teacher pathway.
Active Program Dates: 2022-2024
The Wounspekiya Unspewicakiyapi Native Teacher Education pilot program seeks to address the teacher shortage in our Native communities through support for K-12 Native teacher recruitment, development, and retention by collaborating with tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) to increase students’ successful attainment of teacher certification and employment and to learn best practices and strategies for future programming.
Our Programs’ Blogs
Read important Program News from the team at College Fund.
Oglala Lakota College GED Staff Highlight: Both Ends of the Spectrum of Service
For half of a century, Oglala Lakota College GED tutors have dedicated their hearts and time, helping students pick up their educations where they left off. For some tutors, supporting GED students has been their life’s work. For others, it is a newfound calling.
Bringing Native Voices to the National Conversation
For Women’s History Month, the American Indian College Fund is featuring blogs about and by several of our outstanding scholars. This week we’d like you to meet Harley-Daniel Interpreter (Diné). Harley is an American Indian College Fund Indigenous Visionary Fellow who attends Diné College. For her fellowship, she is working on the Voter Educational Forum, a student-led event to inform and educate her tribal members about voting as a fundamental responsibility.
Tohono O’odham Community College Pre-College GED program
The Tohono O’odham Community College’s Pre-College GED Program has spent the past year and a half creating an efficient GED program suited for the realities their students face every day.
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