The Cultural Immersion Projects lead School of Education grads to a home on the Navajo Reservation
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
A few of seven IU School of Education alumni teaching in Pinon, Arizona speak about their experiences as full-time teachers on the Navajo Reservation. Each won a full-time job after student teaching there through the school’s Cultural Immersion Projects. The American Indian Reservation Project sends student teachers to Navajo reservations in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah for 16 weeks. See the reservation and hear the teachers’ challenges and rewards in this video.The Navajo teaching program is a part of the award-winning Cultural Immersion Projects at the IU School of Education. The American Indian Reservation Project sends student teachers to Navajo Reservations in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah for 16 to 17 weeks, teaching in Indian controlled, public or Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding schools. Pre-service teachers from Indiana University and a selected number of students from across the country have participated in the program for more than 35 years. The Cultural Immersion Projects also send students to teach in 13 foreign countries from Asia, to Europe, to Africa. A new project will also send students to teach in Chicago public schools.
Find out more about Cultural Immersion Projects at the School of Education here.
