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Statement of the Problem
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Strategies
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Activities
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Who is Responsible
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Timeline
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Evaluation
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1.Need for Districts’ and Communities’ efforts to
continuously improve relationships, building support for public
education as a student-school-community-parent-teacher process.
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"Community Orientation" is included as an activity category
in 2002-2003 EED Recruitment and Retention Grant.
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Native Educator Associations, regional foundations, tribal entities
and community-based entities implement cross-cultural orientation
programs.
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UA system and private colleges.
EED R&R Staff
Native Educator Associations
Regional Entities
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August, 2002 - ongoing
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Numbers of new teachers retained in school districts with high
turnover rates.
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2.Lack of preparedness by teachers addressing the needs of "our" students
i.e. --communicating effectively with communities
-knowledge of working ways in the community
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Utilized
Teacher Retention and Recruitment Grant
Cross-cultural Orientation Regional Grant
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Reference:
Cultural Orientation Program for New Teachers in Southeast Alaska
and the LKSD Model
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UA system and private colleges.
Respective Districts
Native Teacher Associations
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On-going
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To be developed by respective districts and Regional Native
Teacher Associations
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3.Lack of financial support for Elders knowledge and participation
in cultural orientation sessions
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Approach
School Districts to insure that financial support is designated
for this type of specific activity
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Presentation to districts on importance of utilizing Elders
in cultural orientation sessions.
Use AFN Elders Guidelines $150
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Regional Native Teacher Associations working cooperatively with
the districts
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On-going
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District Cross-cultural Teacher Orientation Sessions
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4.Guidelines for Cross-cultural Teacher Orientation
Incorporating phase model
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Committee composed of "model" current Cross-cultural Teacher
Orientation from districts with members of current committee
to develop proposed guide lines
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Steering Committee to identify "model" school sponsored Teacher
Orientations to work with current committee to develop guidelines
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Native Teacher Associations working cooperatively with school
districts
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On-going
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Models as developed and implemented
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5.Training for school board members on Cross-cultural Orientation
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Committee to develop training sessions
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Training session (s) as sponsored at the regional/sub-regional
level
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Native Teacher Associations working cooperatively with school
districts
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On-going
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Board Training Agendas
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6.Training for Superintendents and Administrative Staff of Cross-cultural
Orientation
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Committee to develop training sessions
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Training session (s) as sponsored at the State, regional/sub-regional
level
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Native Teacher Associations working cooperatively with school
districts and State Superintendents Association
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On-going
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Superintendent Conferences/Principal Conferences and/or Training
Agendas
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7.Evaluation for Cross-cultural Orientation Program internally/externally
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Committee(s) to develop evaluation tool at all levels - school
district orientation sessions, at the regional, sub-regional
and State level
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Research other indigenous evaluation tools
Working session to develop standard evaluation tool
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State DOE/Bilingual/Bicultural Program
AKRSI/AFN Lead Teachers
Respective Districts
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On-going
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Committee appointed by State DOE in cooperation with the State
Bilingual /Bicultural Program(s)
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