The NM PED Indian Education Division provides funds to support the advancement of Indian Education in New Mexico.
STRENGTHENING TRIBAL PROGRAMS
Funds are provided to New Mexico’s Native Nations, Tribes and Pueblos to support the maintenance and revitalization of their respective Native languages, Native American Language and Culture (NALC) educators, as well as supporting the Tribal Education Departments.
Links For Grants:
FY21 Indian Education Act Funding (PDF) Deadline May 22, 2020
SCHOOL DISTRICT INITIATIVES
Indian Education Act Funds are awarded through a competitive application to the (23) school districts and (6) district-chartered or state-chartered schools who enroll a significant number of American Indian students for the purpose of providing effective culturally-relevant programs, opportunities, and practices which contribute to the academic and cultural success of the students.
NOTE: District-wide Tribal Education Status Reports may be found within each school district and/or charter.
Links for Grants:
FY21 Indian Education Act Funding (PDF) Deadline May 22, 2020
Forms:
CCR – EARLY WARNING SYSTEM – MIDDLE SCHOOLS
The Indian Education Division supports the development (or strengthening) the Early Warning System (EWS) at the middle school level. This is both for public middle schools and BIE middle schools that will feed into a public high school. The EWS is an effective process that identifies and monitors students who are at risk of being retained or who are at risk of dropping out. This pilot serves (10) ten entities comprised of both schools, and tribes to support successful pathways for Native American students.
Early Warning System Presentation (PPT)
Early Warning System Infographic (PDF)
May 2017 Slides
REL- Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System (EWIMS) Report
RURAL LITERACY INITIATIVE
The Indian Education Division provides a matching fund initiative to increase the reading achievement of American Indian students in after-school and in-school activities. Save the Children (STC) is funded to implement this initiative.
Fact Sheet: Save the Children—New Mexico
Funded 2010-2014
Final Report
TEACHER SUPPORT INITIATIVES
The Indian Education Division funds Teach for America (TFA) to implement a culturally responsive teacher placement and support program to ensure that highly effective, qualified teachers are placed in New Mexico schools with a majority of American Indian students. A system of support for the TFA teachers is also provided.
Website: Teach for America—New Mexico. www.teachforamerica.org
AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM
The Indian Education Division funds Northern New Mexico College P’oe program to develop and implement a model for a culturally responsive American Indian Education Training Program (AIETP) intended to increase the number and train effective and qualified teachers, counselors, and/or administrators who are members of New Mexico’s 22 tribes, pueblos and urban American Indian (AI) population. The model will provide guidelines and identify mechanism, applicable to an increasing number of tribes, and that can be successful in increasing the number of available AI educators in New Mexico schools. The model, as presently conceived will rely on a multi-prong approach to building up the number of qualified and certified education professional serving Native Americans in New Mexico schools.
Website: Northern New Mexico College
STATE TRIBAL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
Website: Northern New Mexico College