Academics
Center for Diné Teacher Education
Recruiting for next BA candidate cohort, starting Fall 2012
Do you like working with children? Are you looking for a career that will allow you to stay close to home on the Navajo Nation – and make a difference? If this is what you want, then we might have the right opportunity for you. Diné College is recruiting now for our next group of teacher candidates in elementary education. It will start classes in Fall, 2012.
Organized since the mid-1990's as a successful partnership program with Arizona State University, the College's teacher education program was accredited by the Higher Learning Commission in 2008, so that Diné College now offers the bachelor's degree on its own. For details, stop by the offices of the Center for Dine Teacher Education on the sixth floor of the Ned Hatathli Cultural Center at the Tsaile Campus. Call us at 877-988-DINE.
You can download the application form by clicking here.
Programs and services
- Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education (BAEE)
- Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education (AAECE)
- Associate of Arts in Elementary Education (AAEE)
- Navajo Talking Books
- WEAVEonline
Registration for Summer and Fall 2012 classes
Advising and registration for next Summer and Fall 2012 classes is in progress. Here, below, are the assigned advisors for students at Tsaile Campus who have declared their major in one of the CDTE's AAEE or BAEE programs. If you are taking EDU or ECE classes at Shiprock, or at any one of the College's community centers, contact an advisor there.
Advising tools
AAEE and BAEE checksheets (Elementary Education)
InterCampus Day Spring 2012
- Assessment 101 powerpoint
- Hatfield HLC 2012 presentation (Apple Keynote file)
- Hatfield HLC 2012 presentation (pdf)
AEPA test-prep course
The CDTE is partnering with Arizona State University to offer an AEPA test-prep mini-course. Sessions are taking place on Fri/Sat Mar 23-23, Fri/Sat Apr 6-7, Fri/Sat Apr 20-21, and Fri/Sat May 4-5. For more information, at Diné College, contact Geraldine Garrity. At ASU, contact Coleen Maldonado or Cara Yazzie.
- Math strand instructors: Henry Fowler & Eddie Leonard
- Writing strand instructors: Daniel McLaughlin & Sarah Caldwell
- Science strand instructors: TBA
- Social studies strand instructors: Coleen Maldonado
- Tutors: Lorna Barreras, Darlene Bedonie, Stephanie Begay, Thomas Benally, Sarah Caldwell, Henry Fowler, Perphelia Fowler, Dorthea Litson, Daniel McLaughlin, & Beth Witt
Resources
- AEPA
- AEPA test prep video
- Writing strand syllabus
- The Language of Language Arts (ppt)
- Six traits writing rubric
20 Most Common Writing Errors
- Missing comma after an introductory element
- Vague pronoun reference
- Missing comma in a compound sentence
- Wrong word
- Missing comma(s) with a nonrestrictive element
- Wrong or missing verb ending
- Wrong or missing preposition
- Comma splice
- Missing or misplaced possessive apostrophe
- Unnecessary shift in tense
- Unnecessary shift in pronoun
- Sentence fragment
- Wrong tense or verb
- Lack of subject-verb agreement
- Missing comma in a series
- Lack of agreement between pronoun and antecedent
- Unnecessary comma(s) with a restrictive element
- Fused sentence
- Misplaced or dangling modifier
- Its/It's confusion
Writing exercises
Focused Visit 2012
The College will entertain an accreditation visit to evaluate "all aspects of the Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education program," on April 16-17, 2012. Other foci for the visit include governance and organizational communication, assessment, and support for baccalaureatte programming. The Focused Visit Report 2012 may be accessed by clicking here.
End-of-year surveys
Center for Diné Teacher Education
PO Box 407
Diné College
Tsaile, AZ 86556
Email: cdte@dinecollege.edu
Phone: 928.724.6699
Fax: 928.724.6839