All aspects of wellness should be incorporated throughout the school: Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, Community/Service.Supportive personnel in a safe and drug-free environment has a very large effect on Indigenous students’ school success. BALANCE – How are the respective aspects of the wellness wheel incorporated into your class? CONNECTION TO LAND – What opportunities do students have to connect […]
The Pygmalion Effect: students’ intellectual development is largely a response to what teachers expect and how those expectations are communicated. Positive, high expectations correspond to higher student achievement, higher levels of self-efficacy and leadership. Planning – Indigenous people are/were not poor planners. How is your curriculum guided by thorough and effective planning? Rigorous & Supportive Instruction –
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Essential Questions & Enduring Understandings Patterns are important in Aboriginal technology, architecture, and artwork. Aboriginal peoples used specific estimating and measuring techniques in daily life. Specific exchange items in traditional Aboriginal cultures had specific values. What strategy would make this(a given situation) as easy as possible? What else could I try? How are cycles mathematical?
Essential Questions & Enduring Understandings What are Meaningful Connections and what are some of my own? How did my ancestors express their “Meaningful Connections” to each other and the earth? How is it done today? How will developing a deeper awareness of myself, my world and my culture empower my artist’s voice? How can my
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Teachers must learn about the communities where they work. Researchers have argued that the overall impact of CRT will be minimal if [non-local] teachers do not acquire the knowledge and skills needed to integrate and reinforce local community cultural norms in the classroom. Some research has shown a high correlation between teachers’ awareness, understanding, and
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NISN SCHOOLS FACE TWO COMMON CONUNDRUMS WHEN ASKING WHAT MISSION-DRIVEN CURRICULUM LOOKS LIKE: IF EACH OF OUR SCHOOL MISSIONS ARE SPECIFIC TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, HOW WILL WE DESIGN CURRICULUM THAT IS CULTURALLY EXCELLENT AND ACADEMICALLY RELEVANT? IF WE CANNOT PURCHASE THIS CURRICULUM (AFTER ALL, BIG PUBLISHERS DO NOT HAVE A NATIVE LITERATURE PROGRAM THAT IS BOTH
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Essential Questions & Enduring Understandings How does personal wellness weave together physical, intellectual, social/emotional and community components into a balanced pattern of connectedness. How does the K`e’ model provide you another perspective in learning a new concept? How do you take care of your sacred self through the strengthening of your wellness? The four components
Essential Questions & Enduring Understandings What are Meaningful Connections and what are some of my own? What are the characteristics of indigenous heroes? What is the value of studying Native Literature? Do the texts we’ve read this year reflect and/ or shape my identity? How have I grown as a reader and writer over the
