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Chief Dull Knife College Preparation of Personnel in Minority Institutions Project

CFDA Number:	84.325E
Program Name:	Personnel Preparation to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities
Competition Name:	Preparation of Personnel in Minority Institutions
Project Number:	H325E990055
Project Director:	Davis, Judith D.
Organization:	Chief Dull Knife College P.O. Box 98, Lame Deer, Montana 59043 406-477-6215
Beginning Date:	1999-10-01
Ending Date:	2003-09-30

Abstract

Purpose: This project will increase the capability of the Chief Dull Knife College to provide training in all areas of special education serving preschool children to high school students with disabilities. It will provide advanced training for American Indian personnel serving infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities, thus helping to eliminate the national, state, and regional shortage of qualified American Indian special education professionals and paraprofessionals.

Method: The project will train 24 paraprofessional and professional minority personnel in special education during the project period and place these personnel in special education positions on and near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. The program will train eight special education teacher assistants at the associate's degree level, two teachers at the bachelor's degree level, and two teachers at the masters degree level between 1999-2003. It is expected that four of the eight teacher assistants training in 1999-2001 will matriculate to Montana State University-Billings (a four-year institution) and complete their Bachelor of Science Degree in Education and Certification in Special Education (double major). Between 2001-2003, another six students will enter the paraprofessional training program as well as two students at the Masters of Science degree level.

Children to benefit from this project:

Age:	Infants (0-2 years), Preschool (3-5 years), Elementary/Middle, Secondary
Disability:	Not Specified
Severity of Disability:	Not Specified
Ethnicity:	American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut
Geographic location:	Rural

Personnel Preparation Program Information:

Academic Degree to be Received:	Associates, Bachelors, Masters
Program Focus:	Teachers
Trainee Ethnicity:	American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut

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