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Learnings for Iñugliq Kamaksriigalikun Curriculum Guidelines for the Northwest Arctic School District Third Working Draft

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Teachers and Staff of the Northwest Arctic School District


May 1979

Very Useful
Lesson Plan(s)
Iñupiaq
Referenced by: ANKN Clearinghouse

Grade Level(s): K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Theme(s): Family, Language/Communication, Cultural Expression, Tribe/Community, Health/Wellness, Living in Place, Outdoor Survival, Subsistence, ANCSA, Applied Technology, Energy/Ecology, Exploring Horizons

Excerpt:

"Soon after the Northwest Arctic School District became the local education agency for the Northwest Region in 1976, parents and school staff stated the need for a unified and continuous curriculum. The Superintendent formed a Joint Curriculum Committee of concerned educators in the region and asked for recommendations on how the curriculum should be developed. During the 1976-77 school year, committee members traveled throughout the district, holding meetings with parents and teachers to assess the curriculum need of the eleven schools and to outline the content of the district curriculum.
"As curriculum development work expanded in the 1977-78 school year, the Superintendent appointed two advisory committee and hired a district curriculum director to coordinate curriculum development work.
"The Community Advisory Committee on Curriculum, ( a lay committee) represented parents, Community School Committees and education leaders within the eleven communities of the region. This committee played a significant role in determining the goals of education and describing the overall framework for the district's curriculum.
"The Professionals Advisory Committee on Curriculum represented teachers, aides and principals in the region's schools. This committee translated the stated needs of the community in to a workable educational program, and, with the help of the entire district teaching staff, designed program objectives for Northwest Arctic Schools. "During the 1977-78 school year, the two committees worked with the curriculum director to develop district goals and graduation requirements, which were presents to the District School Board and became District policy in 1978.
"Based on the goals and graduation requirements, a framework for the district curriculum was developed, and program objectives in each subject were written during 1978 and 1979.
"The Curriculum Guidelines presented here are truly a joint effort of the schools and communities of the Northwest Region. Each step of the development process has been reviewed by the District School Board, Community School Committee and school staff.
"We believe that the involvement of the entire educational community in the development of these guidelines helps to make them a workable and useful framework for school programs, and we thank the many people who devoted time to this development work."



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