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Wallace, Judi L.; Binau, David – Community and Junior College Journal, 1972
A program sponsored by Sheldon Jackson College (Alaska) educates and trains native Alaskans to work in the classrooms of their village schools as teacher aides or full-time staff. (RN)
Descriptors: Itinerant Teachers, Teacher Aides, Teacher Education, Two Year Colleges
Sheldon Jackson Coll., Sitka, AK. – 1974
Sheldon Jackson College provides college level training to teacher aides in their home communities. The program includes courses leading to an Associate of Arts in Education degree from the college, the development of bilingual materials and the assessment of interest in developing bilingual programs in the communities served, and on-site career…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, College Credits
Bovee, Charles C.; Binau, David K. – 1974
During the past 8 to 10 years education at Sheldon Jackson College (SJC) has shifted to a theme of culture and careers. This paper describes current SJC programs, as well as some that are being considered. The Culture and Native Study Programs, funded in 1968, began with the teaching of the Tlingit Language. As a result, the First Tlingit Language…
Descriptors: American Indians, Career Education, College Programs, Cross Cultural Studies
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1978
In 1976-77 a total of 5,917 students participated in Title I programs in the State of Alaska. Program emphasis continued to be on supplementary instruction in the basic skills from the preschool through the elementary and secondary levels. The most obvious trend in the Title I programs and their greatest strength over the past several years is…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Programs
Sullivan, Troy – 1974
The original impetus for Alaskan Instructional Aides was derived from the Alaskan section of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and was jointly funded by them and the Manpower Development and Training Act. Since that initial program in 1966, the BIA has funded 2 additional programs training instructional Aides for BIA schools in Alaska. More than…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indians, Cross Cultural Studies, Cross Cultural Training
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1970
This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of ESEA Title I programs designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children and apprizes the public and the legislature of program outcomes. In keeping with USOE requirements for evaluating Title I programs, this document is constructed of (1) responses to USOE probes by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
Weeks, Denise Jarrett – Northwest Education, 2001
In rural Alaska villages, Native students benefit from having Native teachers who share their culture. Past and present efforts to increase the number of fully certified Native teachers include distance education courses, often taken by Native teacher aides; a fifth-year rural teacher internship for college graduates; and campus-based and…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Alternative Teacher Certification, American Indian Education, Biculturalism
McDiarmid, G. Williamson; Larson, Eric; Hill, Alexandra – 2002
This report examines the demand for teachers, teacher turnover, and teacher education in Alaska. Surveys were conducted with school district personnel directors, directors of Alaska teacher education programs, teachers who exited Alaska schools in 2001, and rural and urban instructional aides. Alaska is facing teacher shortages, but these are…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility
Collier, John, Jr. – 1970
As a part of the Final Report of the National Study of American Indian Education, the educational environments of schools in 2 Alaskan tundra villages, in a state-consolidated school in Bethel, and in Anchorage public schools were filmed to provide empirical evidence for the evaluation of Eskimo education. This film study was pointed toward…
Descriptors: American Indians, Classroom Observation Techniques, Community Characteristics, Community Organizations
Johnson, Marilyn Kay; And Others – 1983
The geographic, enviornmental, and demographic conditions in Alaska create extreme difficulties for rural small school teachers who must cope with students with abilities ranging from gifted to retarded. Mainstreaming is taken for granted in Alaska where program development to aid rural teachers in providing special education services to their…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Centralization, Delivery Systems
McBeath, Gerald A.; And Others – 1982
Case studies of high student achievement levels and school effectiveness from three rural Alaska Native schools, all offering some bilingual or bicultural classes, examine curriculum and school instructional practices, school social systems, student outcomes, aspects of school governance, and school-community relations. Chaputnguak High School, in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians