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Creating a Post-Colonial Elementary Education Program

Learn about implementing an educational program in Montana that aligns with Indian Education for All (IEFA), reflecting respect for Native American heritage and culture. Explore the effects of IEFA initiatives, including the Montana Tribal History Project and cross-cultural curriculum development processes.

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Creating a Post-Colonial Elementary Education Program

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  1. Creating a Post-Colonial Elementary Education Program Lisa Blank Georgia Cobbs Matthew Schertz

  2. Indian Education for All It is the intent of the legislature . . . that every Montanan, whether Indian or non-Indian, be encouraged to learn about the distinct and unique heritage of American Indians in a culturally responsive manner . . . all school personnel should have an understanding and awareness of Indian tribes to help them relate effectively with Indian students and parents . . . Every educational agency and all educational personnel will work cooperatively with Montana tribes . . . when providing instruction and implementing an educational goal…

  3. Effects of IEFA • Focus of Office of Public Instruction • Montana Tribal History Project • Montana: Stories of the Land • Maps of Flathead "1907" & "1922-1935“ • Increase In Grants

  4. Essential Understandings of Montana Indians • Diversity • History • Culture • Sovereignty

  5. Montana Content Standards • Grade Level Expectations

  6. Native American Center

  7. School of Education • Required N.A.S. course • Grant Activity: CLTW, Project LETTERS, Ready to Go Grant • Inservice/Preservice Professional Development

  8. Integrated Block Mission Statement As Montana is home to many tribal nations, we recognize our moral, ethical, and legal responsibility to ensure all pre-service educators understand their obligation to consult with the tribes, learn from the tribes, and teach about the tribes under Indian Education for All.

  9. SCIENCE METHODS • Indigenous Ways of Knowing • Place-based Pedagogy: PlaceNames Project • Fire on the Land, Digital Teachers Workshop

  10. Cross-Cultural CurriculumDevelopment Process

  11. Critical Pedagogy of Place Places are localities given meaning by human experiences in them. Sense of place refers to a set of meanings of and attachments to places that are held by individuals or by groups (Semken, 2005). Photo Credit: Library of Congress

  12. Colonialism

  13. Artifact Analysis

  14. Cultural Universals

  15. Math Methods NCTM Standards Measurement Probability & Data Analysis

  16. Measurement 7 Reservations and 12 Tribes

  17. Probability: Plum Stone Game

  18. Where do we go ? • Indigenous Integrated Unit • Program-wide articulation and assessment of IEFA • Immersion Experience

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