From http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/nw-wisconsin/Federal-Grant-to-Help-Prepare-More-Native-American-Teachers-in-Wis-176006841.html
Federal Grant to Help Prepare More Native American Teachers in Wis.
by Krista Burns
October 26, 2012
A one million dollar federal grant awarded to the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College hopes to bring more Native American teachers into Wisconsin schools.
With this grant, the LCO Community College and UW-Superior hope to launch a collaborative program to prepare more Native American teachers, including some proficient in the Ojibwe language.
Five of the teachers will be trained as Ojibwe Language Immersion Instructors for the Waadookodaading Ojibwe Charter School located at the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation.
After completing their UW-Superior degrees, the teachers will complete a one-year teaching internship in the K-12 schools on the LCO reservation, located near Hayward, Wis.
Read the full article at http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/nw-wisconsin/Federal-Grant-to-Help-Prepare-More-Native-American-Teachers-in-Wis-176006841.html
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