{"id":10148,"date":"2022-11-08T15:35:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T22:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/coe\/?page_id=10148"},"modified":"2026-03-16T19:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:04:08","slug":"annual-indigenous-teacher-education-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-education\/annual-indigenous-teacher-education-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"AIITEC 16 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button 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href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-education\">COE<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">SILS and AIITEC<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">16th Annual American Indian\/Indigenous Teacher Education Conference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Holding the Circle: Working Together to Strengthen Indigenous Education<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 26 and 27, 2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Northern Arizona University\u2019s College of Education will host the 16<sup>th<\/sup> American Indian\/Indigenous Teacher Education Conference (AIITEC) on June 26 and 27, 2026. This hybrid conference for preschool, K\u201312, Tribal, college, and university educators, as well as concerned community members, includes panels, workshops, and papers to share ideas for improving the lives and education of American Indian children, especially regarding the revitalization of their Indigenous languages and cultures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join your colleagues for career-empowering knowledge, practices, networking, and practical teaching solutions. The conference is designed with your specific needs in mind and will provide strategies you can use immediately across all grade levels and subjects. NAU\u2019s College of Education has worked with Tribal Nations to improve the education of American Indian students for decades. It has hosted a variety of American Indian teacher and administrator preparation programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"presentations\">Call for presentations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AIITEC is now accepting proposals for the 2026 conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-education\/annual-indigenous-teacher-education-conference\/call-for-presentations\/\">Submit a proposal<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=n57UJ-GJoEqZo9NbV7K6A9vVW5tCHU5BiUA77IuWrEpUQkxMVTdRMTAwSlBZNUs5SEJQNVpZVVZUWSQlQCN0PWcu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Conference registration<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"goals\" \n    class=\"nau-block nau-block-panels   \" \n    data-layout_mobile=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_tablet=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_desktop=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_xl=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-4-1\">\n\n    <div class=\"background-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"block-main-content\">\n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            <div class=\"panel-wrapper\">\n                \n                                \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-green  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel-goals-0\"\n                            id=\"panel-goals-0\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index\">Conference goals<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <ul>\n<li>Bring together American Indian and other Indigenous language educators and activists to share ideas and experiences on how to teach and revitalize American Indian and other Indigenous languages in homes, communities, and schools.<\/li>\n<li>Share resources for early childhood educators in Tribal schools and communities.<\/li>\n<li>Disseminate recent research and thinking on best practices to promote, preserve, and protect American Indian and other Indigenous languages in the spirit of the 1990 Native American Languages Act and the United Nations 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"schedule\">Conference schedule<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2026 NAU AIITEC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>All times are Pacific Daylight Time. The schedule is to be determined. Please check back later for updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past AIITEC conferences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"sessions\" \n    class=\"nau-block nau-block-panels   \" \n    data-layout_mobile=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-16-9\"\n        data-layout_tablet=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-16-9\"\n        data-layout_desktop=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-16-9\"\n        data-layout_xl=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-16-9\">\n\n    <div class=\"background-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"block-main-content\">\n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            <div class=\"panel-wrapper\">\n                \n                                \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-monsoon  panelTypePhotoText    hasLink panelLinkTypeArrow\"\n           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American Indian\/Indigenous Education Conference sessions<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text alt-link-caret\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Previous conferences have featured a community of Indigenous educators and researchers to share proven strategies and practical resources through an online platform that participants can immediately use to welcome students to their classrooms and to promote student success.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>\n                                            \n                                                                                                                                            \n                                                <span role=\"none\" class=\"panel-link panelLinkTypeArrow\"><\/span>\n                   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