媒体联络:
N. Lynn Palmanteer-Holder，协调员，509.322.7718
Dr. Carli Schiffner，教学副总裁，509.682.6606
Libby Siebens, community relations executive director, 509.682.6436(我的. ——碰头.)

2016年7月19日

Top Row: 参议员约翰·麦考伊, 迈克尔Vendiola, 克里斯的国家. Bottom Row: 辛迪•凯利, 杰西卡Vavrus, 曼迪·斯莫克尔·布罗德斯.

 

皇冠8868会员登录 Valley College at Omak, in partnership with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and Omak School District, will host the 2016 Washington State 印度教育暑期教学学院, sqlxʷsmʼaʔmʼáyʼaʔm (Nsəlxcin), or “《皇冠8868会员登录》，7月26日、27日和28日.

The Summer Teaching Institute is designed to support Washington state schools as they implement Washington State Senate Bill SB 5433 2015-16. 该法案要求华盛顿 tribal history, culture and governance be taught in common schools by 2016-17. The institute will provide teachers with training and instruction in Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State curriculum and locally developed tribal-based curriculum through a variety of workshops 和演示.

Keynote speakers for Tuesday, July 26 are Washington State 参议员约翰·麦考伊 and 迈克尔Vendiola, director of the Office of Native Education, who will provide details about SB 5433 2015-16 and the evolution of the Since Time Immemorial curriculum.

On Wednesday, July 27, 曼迪·斯莫克尔·布罗德斯, director of the Office of Indian Education, Montana State Office of Public Instruction will speak on behalf of the first state mandate and similar legislation to teach Indian Education for All across Montana schools. 她将分享经验教训和积极成果.

On Thursday, July 28, representatives from the Washington State School Directors’ Association (WSSDA) will participate in a panel discussion about leadership, evolving partnerships and resources for school districts and tribal partnerships. 的WSSDA members are 克里斯的国家, president; 杰西卡Vavrus, governmental relations director; 辛迪•凯利, a member of the board of directors; Colleen Miller, leadership development director; and Tricia Lubbach, Eastern Washington representative.

登记 will be held in the multi-purpose room of the Omak Middle School. 欢迎 ceremonies and keynote speakers will take place in the Omak Performing Arts Center. 博士将致欢迎辞. Jim Richardson, WVC 总统; Dr. 埃里克·斯旺森 Omak School District Superintendent; and the Colville Business Council. 额外的 opening ceremonies will include Kale Nissen, the Colville Confederated Tribe Youth Ambassador; DRUM Youth Group; Ms. CCT (of the Colville Tribal royalty program); and 奥马克红路协会WVC代表.

A variety of workshops offered throughout the three-day institute will focus on school policies; partnerships between schools and tribes; curriculum training; incorporation of Native American literature and history; project-based learning using science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills; and indigenous teaching methods and strategies.

研讨会主讲人包括. OSPI土著教育办公室的劳拉·林恩; Rose Spidell, an education ombuds with the Washington State Governor’s Office of Education; YiShan Lea, associate professor at Central Washington University; Dr. 彼得•多纳休 English and literature faculty and 奥马克的WVC; Dr. 弗朗西娜·沃森，助理教授 at Washington State University; Renee Holt, a member of the Equity in Education Coalition Board of Directors; Nancy “Lynn” Palmanteer-Holder, a consultant and part-time instructor for 奥马克的WVC and the University of Washington; Melodi Wynne, a Spokane tribal member and student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa; Chanel Ford, coordinator for the Spokane Tribal Network nonprofit organization; Dr. 道恩·哈德森-史蒂文斯，节目主持人 manager for the Native Education Certificate Program at the University of Washington; Larry Witt, a fifth grade teacher at 帕斯卡谢尔曼印第安人学校; Sally Brownfield, an education specialist with the Squaxin Island Tribe; Dr. Joan LaFrance是 Mekinak Consulting; Shandy Abrahamson, a Colville Tribe K-12 manager; Ralph Rise of the Coulee Dam School District; and members of the Wellpinit School District Task Force for the Spokane Tribal 历史 and Curriculum Development Team.

Lunch presentations will include indigenous education models, Salish Schools of Spokane-Immersion Elementary School and a panel of Colville tribal historians and authors who will discuss transforming oral history and sacred knowledge into text.

Evening events include a film that illustrates the effects of boarding schools and intergenerational historical trauma, and a culture night that includes local tribal exhibitions 和演示, with a dinner provided at 帕斯卡谢尔曼印第安人学校.

事件 and workshops will take place at 奥马克的WVC, Omak Performing Arts Center and 帕斯卡谢尔曼印第安人学校. Bus transportation will be provided among the sites.

Sponsors of the event include the 社区 基金会 of North Central Washington, Potlatch Fund, 奥马克基金会的WVC, Humanities Washington, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Omak School District and 12 Tribes Resort Casino.

如需更多信息，请联系N. Lynn Palmanteer-Holder，暑期教学学院 协调员，电话509.322.7718或电邮 npalmanteer-holder@ospifse.net.