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Munsch, T. R.; Boylan, Colin R. – Rural Educator, 2008
Many Alaskan schools are located in extremely remote or "fly-in" places. These geographical extremes affect the recruitment and retention of teachers to remote rural schools. Through a partnership between the Southwest Region School District of Alaska and the Department of Education at Alaska Pacific University (APU), 14 pre-service…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Rural Schools, Alaska Natives, Teaching Experience
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Boylan, Colin R.; Munsch, Ted R. – Education in Rural Australia, 2007
This paper reports on the changes in understandings and appreciations of pre-service elementary (K-8) teacher education students who participated in a week-long cultural immersion experience in Alaska Native communities and their schools. For this group of pre service teachers, the experience developed new and deeper understandings about the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Community Schools, Alaska Natives, Immersion Programs