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Higher Education
The Higher Education program provides services aimed at
helping Alaska Natives pursue post-secondary vocational and
professional opportunities and to secure employment.
- The Higher Education Program provides counseling and financial
awards to students in college;
technical assistance is provided to students in obtaining
financial support from other sources of funding besides TCC.
The program offers grants to more than 200 Doyon shareholders
each year.
- The Adult Basic Education Program provides support for students
seeking to complete high school equivalency examinations,
or are in need to upgrades in basic core courses (math, English,
etc.).
TCC provides funding consideration to Higher Education students from these villages:
- Birch Creek
- Huslia
- Minto
- Nenana
- Nikolai
- Rampart
- Tetlin
TCC also provides funding consideration to At Large Shareholders of Doyon, Ltd.
Scholarship Applications for students:
Continuing Students
New Students
Adult Vocational Training (AVT)
Provides funding consideration and techniacal assistance to eligable tribal members residing in the six TCC Region villages who have been accepted by accredited vocational training schools both in Alaska and the lower 48. Tribal residents of Fairbanks are also eligable to apply for funding consideration through the Central TCC Education Office.
TCC provides funding consideration to Adult Vocational Training students of the following villages:
- Birch Creek
- Huslia
- Minto
- Nikolai
- Rampart
- Tetlin
Grant applications and required items for Adult Vocational Training and Higher Education applications must be submitted by the following dates:
- February 15 - Summer deadline
- April 30 - Fall deadline
- November 15 - Spring deadline
Interior Athabascan Tribal College
Athabascan Language Programs
Presently IATC sponsors a Mentor-Apprentice program in which fluent speakers of Athabascan languages are paired with students interested in learning a language. Recently IATC sponsored a full semester class Koyukon Literacy that is being taught by Eliza Jones of Koyukuk . It uses two way video equipment to make the class available to nine interior village sites in the Koyukuk River region. Similar classes will take place in the summer and fall of 2005.
Forest Technology
The Forest Technology and Wood Products Training programs are part of a larger effort by IATC to establish an Associate Degree Program in Forest Technology as well as career pathways which will lead to employment for our clients living in rural Alaskan villages as well as urban areas. This program is funded for five years starting in 2003 as part of a larger National Science Foundation grant. The program curriculum features instruction in wood harvesting and production, use of various tools (table saws band saws, etc.) and creating partially finished or completely finished wood products for sale locally or in other regions.
The curriculum also has a strong emphasis in math and boreal forest science. It emphasizes math in virtually every aspect of the work-from determining the geometry of tree felling to finding out how many board feet can be cut from a given log, as well as deciding the potential value of that wood in a given market based on various prices for the type of wood that is manufactured.
Tribal Administration Training Programs
IATC Staff works with The Tribal Development/ Self Governance Department of TCC and The Interior Aleutians Campus of UAF to offer short seminars on topics relevant to Tribal Administration and law. Topics include Federal Indian Law and Tribal Court Development, and the seminars are offered at different times throughout the year.
GILA
This is a program features job acquisition skills such as how to chose, find, get and keep a job, resume writing, interview skills, and employability skills. IATC does this program last year in partnership with Family Services as a week long seminar that takes place each spring.
Learning Styles Classes
IATC works with the Alaska Interior Native Educators Office at Doyon to co-sponsor several classes each year in Native Alaska Learning Styles. They are designed to be taken by teachers already working in Alaska schools and those who may want to become teachers in Alaska schools that serve mostly Native Alaskan students. New classes are scheduled for the spring of 2005 (May and June).
Six-Pac Five Star Boat Safety Training
This is essentially a boat safety class that leads to a commercial six-pac boat license. The class is taught by IATC, but the license is obtained by successful participants working through the Alaska Coast Guard office in Anchorage . It is designed to increase safety aboard un-inspected charter boats operating in Alaska fresh water rivers. Students who pass the class and obtain the license through the Coast Guard are able to carry up to six passengers in commercial boating ventures on Alaska rivers.
TANANACHIEFS CONFERENCE
Education Department
122 First Avenue, Suite 600
Fairbanks , AK 99701
Phone: (907) 452-8251 ext. 3184
Fax: (907) 459-3885
Toll-free in State: 1-800-478-6822
Toll-free out of State: 1-800-770-8251
