Associate of Arts Degree in Paraeducation with an Emphasis on
Special Education |
| CFDA Number: |
84.325E |
| Program Name: |
Personnel Preparation to Improve Services and Results for
Children with Disabilities |
| Competition Name: |
Preparation of Personnel in Minority Institutions |
| Project Number: |
H325E010033 |
| Project Director: |
Parsons, Sandra J. |
| Organization: |
White Earth Tribal and Community College
P.O. Box
478, 202-210 Main St.
Mahnomen, Minnesota
56557-0478
218-935-0417 |
| Beginning Date: |
2001-06-01 00:00:00 |
| Ending Date: |
2005-05-31 00:00:00 |
Abstract |
| Purpose: The White Earth
Tribal and Community College (WETCC), in collaboration with
Minnesota State University-Moorhead (MSUM), will implement a
certificate/Associate of Arts degree for paraeducators in accordance
with the mission of WETCC, which is to prepare the residents of the
Reservation and Native Americans in the region for increased
opportunities for employment and incomes that provide a better life
for their families. |
| Method:Public schools on
the White Earth Reservation, in addition to a Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) school and three off-reservation schools, will
participate in this program. The data shows that the majority of the
teachers in all of the schools are European Americans and have not
had the training or experience with the culture, language, or
attitudes needed to work effectively with Native American children
with disabilities, their parents, and their communities. Trained
paraeducators with a Special Education emphasis will greatly enhance
the classroom milieu for the students and teachers. The Associate of
Arts degree will be aligned with the Special Education program at
MSUM, a collaboration that will assure that students can matriculate
into the MSUM special education teacher-training program. This
collaborative project will include the administration and staff of
the participating schools, MSUM faculty, and the parents of the
children with disabilities. The objectives are to: 1) provide high
quality preparation; 2) recruit and support 15 Native American
students with a 100% retention rate; 3) maintain liaison with
participating schools/university; 4) achieve a 50% matriculation
rate; and 4) institutionalize the program. |
Children to benefit from this
project: |
| Age: |
Elementary/Middle, Secondary |
| Disability: |
Not Specified |
| Severity of disability: |
Not Specified |
| Ethnicity: |
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut |
| Geographic location: |
Rural |
Personnel preparation program
information: |
Academic degree
to be
received: |
Associates, Certificate |
| Program focus: |
Teachers |
| Trainee ethnicity: |
American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut |
