Local Knowledge Educator Certificate
Minimum Requirements for Local Knowledge Educator Certificate: 35 credits
Students must earn a C or better in each course.
| Credits | ||
|---|---|---|
| General University Requirements | ||
| Complete the general university requirements. | ||
| Certificate Requirements | ||
| Complete the certificate requirements. | 9-10 | |
| As part of the certificate requirements, complete the following: | ||
| Communication | ||
| Writing Across Contexts | ||
or COM F121X | Introduction to Interpersonal Communication | |
or COM F131X | Fundamentals of Oral Communication: Group Context | |
or COM F141X | Fundamentals of Oral Communication: Public Context | |
| Computation | ||
| College Algebra for Calculus | ||
or ECE F117 | Practical Math Skills | |
or MATH F105 | Intermediate Algebra | |
or MATH F122X | Essential Precalculus with Applications | |
| Human Relations | ||
| Child Development | ||
| Local Knowledge Educator Program Requirements | ||
| Complete the following: | ||
| ANL F141X | Beginning Dene / Athabascan I | 5 |
| or INU F111X | Elementary Inupiaq I | |
| or YUP F101X | Elementary Central Yup'ik I | |
| ANL F287 | Teaching Methods for Alaska Native Languages | 3 |
| or TG F101 | Introduction to Tribal Government in Alaska | |
| ANS F161X | Indigenous Media I | 3 |
| or ANS F202X | Aesthetic Appreciation of Alaska Native Performance | |
| or ANS F223X | Alaska Native Music | |
| ANS F242X | Indigenous Cultures of Alaska | 3 |
| or HIST F115 | Alaska, Land and Its People | |
| ED F111 | Teaching for Alaska's Future | 3 |
| or ED F110 | Becoming a Teacher in the 21st Century | |
| ED F201 | Introduction to Education | 3 |
| ED F206 | Core Practices in Place and Arts-Based Teaching | 3 |
| or ED F204 | Literature for Children | |
| LING/ED F100 | Language, Education, Linguistics | 3 |
| Total Credits | 35-36 | |
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Admission Requirements
Complete the following admission requirements:
For admission to certificate programs, official documentation must be provided showing that the applicant:
- is at least 18 years old, or
- has a high school diploma, or
- has a General Educational Development (GED) diploma.
Applicants under the age of 18 who will not have a high school diploma or GED before the start of their first semester are not admissible but may take courses as a nondegree student. Please note that in order to qualify for federal financial aid, students must have either a high school diploma or a GED.
Roadmaps
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ANL F141X, INU F111X, or YUP F101X20 | 5 | ANS F161X, F202X, or F223X20 | 3 | ANS F242X or HIST F11520 | 3 |
| ANL F287 or TG F10120 | 3 | ECE F117, MATH F105, MATH F122X, or MATH F151X10 | 3-4 | ED/PSY F24513 | 3 |
| COM F121X, F131X, F141X, or WRTG F111X9 | 3 | ED F20120 | 3 | ||
| ED F110 or F11120 | 3 | ED F204 or F20620 | 3 | ||
| ED/LING F10020 | 3 | ||||
| 14 | 15-16 | 6 | |||
| Total Credits 35-36 | |||||
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes are specific, measurable statements that define the knowledge and skills students will gain by the end of the program.
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Acquire introductory communication and math skills to support working in a K-12 environment
- Be exposed to introductory core teaching practices
- Acquire Alaska-specific Indigenous content knowledge
- Be exposed to teaching through local knowledge, language, and culture
- Be motivated to continue on to 4-year bachelor’s degree with initial teaching licensure
