Best Practices for Teaching Native Students
August 18th and 19th, 2010
Proposed Schedule
Day 1:
8:30 Prayer/Sanctioning/Reflections
Breakfast
9:00 Round Dance (John Oakgrove)
9:45 Experiential Introduction to Best Practices (Graham Hartley)
10:00 History of Indian Education (Roxanne Gould, Joe Rice)
Rez Café
11:30 Short Break
11:45 Teaching Art from the Native Perspective (TBD)
12:15 Lunch and informal discussion (Potluck with Community Partners)
1:00 The IFL Principles of Learning and the Indigenous Ways of Knowing (Ida Downwind)
2:00 Short Break
2:15 Indigenous Language Learning Resources (James Vukelich)
2:45 Indigenous Language Learning through TPR Storytelling (Beth Brown)
3-3:30 Closing/Evaluation/Survey: Write a letter to your students about what you learned and how you will use it in the classroom
Day 2:
8:30 Prayer/Introduction to the Field Trip (Jim Rock)
Breakfast
9:00 Place Based Field Trip: Sacred Sites (Jim Rock)
Brown Bag Lunch and talking circle to debrief field trip
2:00 Best Practices Give Away (20 minutes each)
• Garden Project (Joe, Rice, Center School)
• TPR Storytelling : The Greedy Rabbit (Deanna StandingCloud-Green, Indian Education)
• American Indian Math Project (Olivia Walker, Division of Indian Work)
3:00 Closing Activity (Danielle Grant)
3:15 Evaluation/Survey:
1. Did you get something out of this that will improve your teaching?
2. Did you meet someone who will help you this year?
3. Would you want to do this again?