FNMI Student Success Webinar Series: Session 1

1. FNMI Student Success Webinar Series: Session 1 Debbie Mineault FNMI Senior Manager

2. SESSION 1 Humble Beginnings: Essence of Family and Community Date: January 25, 2011 (4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.)

3. The Bouvier Family

6. First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) Awareness

7. Spiritual

8. Intellectual

9. Emotional

10. Physical

11. First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) Awareness

12. Relevance

13. Reciprocity

14. Respect

15. Responsibility

19. First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) Awareness Create your acrostic poem to describe your origins (Aboriginal Studies 10) For example: O__________________, R__________________ I _______________________ G___________________, I ___________________, N ___________________, S _____________________.

20. FNMI Parent/Community Inclusive Strategies Strategies include building relationships that: • connect with students—show warmth, caring, sensitivity, humor, trust and high expectations. • create a collaborative system of learning where children, parents and the whole community are learning together while preserving their history, culture and language. • include both traditional and contemporary culture regarding philosophy and worldview. • discuss local issues and controversial current events, particularly those dealing with historical basis.

21. Culture Responsive Education Appreciation, understanding and acknowledgement of: • holistic teachings and understandings of FNMI culture through methodology, curriculum, resources, professional development. • FNMI perspectives, experiences, and worldviews. Western cultures have influenced many Aboriginal communities. Some community members display a mix of traditional and western practices. Not every member will be able to answer questions about protocol or traditional ceremonies. • family and community is about interrelatedness and belonging.

22. First Nations Peoples in Alberta • Treaty 6 1876 (17 Bands) • Treaty 7 1877 (5 Bands) • Treaty 8 1899 (28 Bands)

23. First Nations Cultural Demographics Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Treaty 8

24. Alberta: Métis Demographics • Métis Settlements • Paddle Prairie • Peavine • Gift Lake • East Prairie • Buffalo Lake • Kikino • Elizabeth • Fishing Lake MNAA Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5 Zone 6

25. Further Reading • Ministry Business Plan, 2010-2013 http://www.education.gov.ab.ca/department/businessplan/ • FNMI Education Policy Framework http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/fnmi/policies/fnmipolicy.aspx • Promising Practices in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education: Case Studies http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/fnmi/resources.aspx • Our Words, Our Ways, Teaching First Nations, Métis and Inuit Learners http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/fnmi/resources.aspx • First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education AISI Provincial Research Review http://WWW.education.alberta.ca/aisi • Aboriginal Studies 10 Aboriginal Perspectives http://www.lrc.education.gov.ab.ca

26. Next Sessions History: Impacts of Formal Education on FNMI PeopleFebruary 15, 2011 Reconnection: FNMI Relationship to Land and EnvironmentMarch 15, 2011 Future: Balance of CulturesApril 12, 2011

27. Questions/Contact THANK YOU Debbie.Mineault@gov.ab.ca