$47,087 - $57,873 yearly
Salish Kootenai College
Pablo, MT
General Summary
The mission of Salish Kootenai College is to provide quality post-secondary educational opportunities and support for Native Americans, locally and from throughout the United States, to achieve their academic and career goals. The College will perpetuate the cultures of the Séliš, Ksanka, and Ql̓ispe̓ peoples. The College will impact its community through service and research. One way to ensure cultural perpetuation is by developing language knowledge. Students who attend Salish Kootenai College are required to take Salish and/or Kootenai language as part of their degree-specific and general education requirements.
The Native Language Teacher Education (NLTE) Program has been created in response to the Salish language community's requests and partnerships. The goal of NLTE is to develop well-rounded Salish language educators who have attained a level of proficiency in the language that ensures they are adequately prepared to teach others the Salish...
