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Aboriginal Language and Culture Instructor II
School: Education
Delivery Method: Classroom
Program Duration: 2 years
Delivery Location: Check with the Registrar
The program is designed to train individuals to work as Aboriginal language instructors in NWT schools, teaching Aboriginal languages and culture courses. The program is a mixture of Aboriginal language immersion courses and teaching methodologies courses related specifically to teaching Aboriginal languages.
Are you right for this program?
Applicant must:
- Demonstrate knowledge about an Aboriginal language and/or culture;
- Provide a personal letter stating reasons why (s)he wants to enter the teaching profession; and
- Provide a letter of recommendation from a community leader, Community Education Council, school principal, or Director of Education testifying to his/her interest in teaching, character, work, and skills.
Program Objectives
To prepare Aboriginal language and culture teachers to:
- Use a variety of approaches to teaching in order to meet the Aboriginal language and culture needs of NWT children;
- Facilitate a positive Aboriginal language classroom learning environment;
- Meet the needs of each child placed in his/her Aboriginal language classroom;
- Work effectively and independently in an Aboriginal language classroom;
- Use a variety of assessment/evaluation tools and procedures in the classroom;
- Become knowledgeable of Aboriginal language, Dene Kede and/or Inuuqatigiit curricula;
- Integrate Aboriginal cultural perspectives in the classroom;
- Utilize a variety of community and traditional knowledge resources in the classroom; and
- Continue in other institutions of higher learning if he/she wishes to continue his/her studies.
Completion Requirements
Students must successfully complete 67 credits of coursework: 21 credits of Academic courses and 46 credits of Professional coursework.