Indigenous Language Assessment and Secondary Education Bridging Pathway

The Language Assessment pathway is currently establishing a process through which Indigenous language speakers would have their language proficiency recognized for credit towards a Bachelor of Education - Secondary program with Indigenous Language as their major subject area.

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At present, Yellowhead Tribal College is leading an initiative to create an Indigenous Languages Assessment process for transfer to, at most, 30 University of Alberta credits for the Secondary Education Program.

The University and its partner, Yellowhead Tribal College, have collaborated on this opportunity to increase the availability of language teachers.