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Photos by Susie Fitzhugh Native American Education Update Wendy London, Dir of Curriculum & Instructional Supports Arlie Neskahi, Native Education Program Manager January 4, 2012 Native Education Update 1. Recent Work 2. Current Needs 3.


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Photos by Susie Fitzhugh

Native American Education Update

Wendy London, Dir of Curriculum & Instructional Supports Arlie Neskahi, Native Education Program Manager

January 4, 2012

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  • 1. Recent Work
  • 2. Current Needs
  • 3. Shift Focus
  • 4. Plan

Native Education Update

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  • Back to School Nights
  • Title VII Parent Advisory Committee
  • Winter Holiday Powwow
  • Professional development in culturally

responsive literacy instruction for Native learners

Recent Work

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  • Meetings with Native community
  • Collaboration with Seattle Indian Health

Board, United Indians of All Tribes

  • Upcoming Washington State Tribal

Sovereignty curriculum training

Recent Work (cont’d)

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  • Increase in numbers of Native American

students accessing core instruction

  • Focus on disaggregated student achievement

data for Native American students

  • Establish a system of positive social

behavioral supports and interventions for Native American students

  • Increase collaboration with Native

community

Current Needs

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  • From a “wait to fail” model to a prevention plan
  • From “autopsies” to a progress monitoring and

targeted approach to academic growth

  • From a school building response per pupil to a

district level response to low academic achievement of Native students

Shift in Focus

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  • Intervention specialist hired to serve principals and

teachers

  • Collaboration with principals of schools with higher

Native populations

  • Review data and create plan for Tier 2 and Tier 3

interventions

  • Support progress monitoring of Native students
  • Build capacity of schools to effectively educate

Native students

Plan for 2011-2012