2nd Annual American Indian Teacher Education Conference
College of Education, Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona, June 11-12, 2010 Northern Arizona University’s College of Education is pleased to announce an
American Indian Education Conference to allow community, preschool, K-12,
college, and university indigenous educators and activists through panels,
workshops, and papers to share ideas for improving American Indian education
with a focus on the type of preparation Indian Nations want for teachers in
their schools. Drs. Joseph Martin and Jon Reyhner, who have been long
involved in working to improve Indian education, are co-chairing the
conference. Northern Arizona University’s College of Education has worked
with Indian Nations to improve the education of American Indian students for
decades. It has hosted a variety of American Indian teacher and
administrative preparation programs, including the well received Learn In
Beauty program. We invite you to come participate in this effort to improve
the education of our children. Goals of the Conference: • To bring together educators, administrators, board members, tribal
officials, and parents to share ideas and experiences on how to better
prepare teachers of American Indian students
• To examine teacher education programs in order to determine how they can
better prepare teachers of American Indian students.
• To provide a forum for exchange of scholarly research on teaching American
Indian students.
• To disseminate through a monograph and an American Indian Education web
site recent research and thinking on American Indian education best
practices. For more information contact
Jon Reyhner at 928 523 0580 or Jon.Reyhner@nau.edu or Louise Lockard at 928
523 8218 or Louise.Lockard@nau.edu.
College of Education, Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona, June 11-12, 2010 Northern Arizona University’s College of Education is pleased to announce an
American Indian Education Conference to allow community, preschool, K-12,
college, and university indigenous educators and activists through panels,
workshops, and papers to share ideas for improving American Indian education
with a focus on the type of preparation Indian Nations want for teachers in
their schools. Drs. Joseph Martin and Jon Reyhner, who have been long
involved in working to improve Indian education, are co-chairing the
conference. Northern Arizona University’s College of Education has worked
with Indian Nations to improve the education of American Indian students for
decades. It has hosted a variety of American Indian teacher and
administrative preparation programs, including the well received Learn In
Beauty program. We invite you to come participate in this effort to improve
the education of our children. Goals of the Conference: • To bring together educators, administrators, board members, tribal
officials, and parents to share ideas and experiences on how to better
prepare teachers of American Indian students
• To examine teacher education programs in order to determine how they can
better prepare teachers of American Indian students.
• To provide a forum for exchange of scholarly research on teaching American
Indian students.
• To disseminate through a monograph and an American Indian Education web
site recent research and thinking on American Indian education best
practices. For more information contact
Jon Reyhner at 928 523 0580 or Jon.Reyhner@nau.edu or Louise Lockard at 928
523 8218 or Louise.Lockard@nau.edu.