NM FAF

New Mexico Families as Faculty

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Families as Faculty is funded by the New Mexico Public Education Department, New Mexico Department of Heath, Family Infant and Toddler program (FIT) and the University of New Mexico Medical School-Continuum of Care. This program promotes family leadership skills and professional learning opportunities for future teachers and doctors that prepare them to work in partnerships with families to improve services, systems and outcomes.

The cornerstone of the program is providing university students with the opportunity to visit with families in the PRO network. Students learn first hand about experiences, both positive and negative, that a family has had in the special education or medical systems.

In 2008-09, 328 university students and 72 families met, talked, listened and learned from one another. The success of Families as Faculty depends on the willingness of families to share their experiences with students. They serve as faculty from whom university students can learn.

I learned so much that afterward, I just had to sit down and reevaluate so many things about being a teacher." - Student

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