Higher Education Institution
Languages:
- Ojibwa
Public | Two-year institutions
Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College
Cloquet, Minnesota 55720
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Anishinaabe Language Certificate Institute Background
This certificate is designed for all students interested in increasing their knowledge of Anishinaabe people, language, and culture. Students will attain a novice-intermediate proficiency level upon completion of the program. Students will develop skills in listening, reading, writing, and speaking. Instruction focuses on communication relevant to daily life and Ojibwe cultural topics.
- Access
- Accountability
- Keys to access and accountability
Improve Access for all learners in more languages
Techniques to Retain HULs
- Specially designed courses
Obstacles that HULs face
- Schedule
Offer classes specifically targeted to HULs
Yes
Adapt delivery modes to HULs
Specific practices that are the reasons your HULs enjoy success in your program
Practice 1
Communication Based Instruction, Comprehensible Input
Practice 2
Accessibility – the course is offered through a combination of in-person, ITV, and zoom. Quality – students know that the courses are communication focused and that they will be able to speak at a beginner level upon completion of the program.
Increase ACCOUNTABILITY Through Transparency And Documentation
Program publishes clear description of its goals and requirements
Yes
Program makes public its efforts to increase HUL enrollments
Yes
Program makes public its definition of student success
Yes
Program incorporates online learning in order to increase access and/or improve learning
Yes
Levels of Language
4
Co-curricular Offerings
- Education
- History, economics, social sciences
- American Indian Studies
Emphasize in your language program
- Diversity
- Cultural Literacy
- Employment opportunities
- Human diversity, including linguistic diversity
- Intercultural Competence
- Language Proficiency
- Social justice
- Translanguaging
- Usage/immersion learning
Implement any workforce preparation activities
Yes
- Occupation-specific courses
- Language teacher training and professional development workshops
Support co-curricular collaborations
- Campus teaching programs and/or centers
- Professional teacher association programs, seminars, workshops
- Schools of Education
- Community associations
- K-12 collaborations
- Language for the classroom course, College in the Schools (CITS) in collaboration with high schools
Keys to access and Accountability
Recruit teachers from HUL communities
Yes
Teacher profile reflect
Yes
Offer in-service professional development
Yes
Support professional development focused
- Emergent Bilingual Learners from NA & heritage/immigrant communities
- First in family to attend college
Program partner with any of the following
- Heritage communities
Private business enterprises that benefit HULs
No
Partnerships with philanthropic
Yes
- Language symposium
Language immersion opportunities
Yes
Institution Information
Institution classified as a Minority Serving
Yes, Tribal College and University (TCU) (Please list the federally recognized Tribal affiliations)
Actively Recruit Students from following groups
- American Indians
Is Language Required
No
Accreditation
- Higher Learning Commission (HLC) (formerly part of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA)