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| Title | Faculty for Inclusive Rural/Multicultural Special-educator Training (FIRST) |
| Body | From: "VICTOR Brad" The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Northern Arizona University(NAU) College of Education a grant to prepare Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Special Education Doctoral Students. The FIRST grant will fund Hispanic or Native American individuals, including individuals with disabilities. This program will provide 12 students the opportunity to earn a doctorate in education (Ed. D.) in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Special Education beginning in Spring 2004 and ending by December 2007. This innovative program will allow these individuals to keep their positions in local school districts during the school year, while taking courses through distance education and through intensive doctoral studies in Flagstaff during the summers. Public schools currently face serious shortages of special education teachers, particularly in rural and inner city schools. The FIRST grant is intended to assist schools in meeting the need for special educators by preparing additional culturally diverse special education higher education faculty to assist in teacher preparation. FIRST program graduates will be prepared and expected to take positions in departments of special education at colleges or universities. The grant will provide funding to the 12 doctoral students for tuition, books, travel to Flagstaff in the summer, family campus housing in the summer, and a small summer living expense stipend. In addition, the grant provides support to the 12 FIRST doctoral students through faculty research mentors, doctoral student mentors, travel to national conferences, and enrichment seminars with nationally known researchers in bilingual special education. Prerequisites for FIRST doctoral candidates in addition to requirements for admission into the NAU C& I doctoral program: 1. Native American or Mexican American cultural background. 2. Two or more years teaching experience as a fully certified special education teacher (need documentation from Special Education Director of your role as a teacher whose primary responsibility was in special education as well as a copy of special education teaching certificate). For more information contact: Lela Montfort FIRST GRANT Administrative Coordinator College of Education Northern Arizona University Box 5774 Flagstaff, AZ 86011 Phone 928-523-0677 Fax 928-523-1929 Email Lela.Montfort@nau.edu Principal Investigator, FIRST Grant Dr. Patricia Peterson Phone 928-523-4005 Email patricia.peterson@nau.edu Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Program Coordinator Dr. Stephen Lapan Phone 928-523-3480 Email Stephen.lapan@nau.edu All FIRST grant application information can be found at: www.nau.edu/ci-doc You must use Internet Explorer. If you do not have access to Internet Explorer, please contact Lela Montfort, listed above. Mail completed application to: FIRST Grant Program Application Educational Specialties Department, NAU PO Box 5774 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011 |
| Source | US DOE |
| Inputdate | 2003-10-03 12:07:00 |
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