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Indian Education for All Professional Development - Online

Indian Education Law Clinic

The University of Montana Indian Law Clinic in partnership with the Office of Public Instruction has created web-based professional development for teachers. The following presentations focus on Federal Indian Policy and Tribal Sovereignty and are approximately one hour in length. Each presentation ends with a short quiz. At the completion of the quiz, participants will be eligible to receive OPI renewal units. If educators have questions relating to the content of the presentations, questions may be directed to the U of M Indian Law Clinic on the last Tuesday of each month between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. The contact information and instructions will follow each presentation.


Tribal Relations with the United States: History and Overview (serves as a pre-requisite for Tribal Sovereignty presentations)
http://mlawcln188100.law.umt.edu/tribaluspolicy/ External Link


Tribal Sovereignty: A Guide for Montana Educators (first of two part series)
http://mlawcln188100.law.umt.edu/tribalsovereigntyi External Link


Tribal Sovereignty: Case Studies
A Guide for Montana Educators (second of two part series)
http://mlawcln188100.law.umt.edu/toxox2a.m9yy6y/ External Link


FREE-Online Indian Education for All course  External Link (click for PDF flyer) Course open through May 2008

Sponsored by Montana North Central Education Service Region (MNCESR) and Western Montana Partnership For Educational Resources (WMPER) with Partial funding and support from the Indian Education Division at OPI.

Who: Any teacher, paraprofessional, or administrator who wants more information OR has NOT attended or completed a Level One training for IEFA. (Awareness, History of the Law, Essential Understandings)
What: Online FREE opportunity to become acquainted with the History of the Law, Essential Understandings and Resources available.
When: Available now with flexible completion time. Approximately 6 hours of work time.
Where: Online-do it from your own computer space 24/7
Why: Develop personal background knowledge concerning IEFA; Receive 6 OPI renewal units or a Certificate of Completion; It is free AND convenient-ONLINE
How:
1) Register using link below (read the directions below the link)
2) Receive email from regional facilitator
3) Login using info from facilitator at www.mncesr.org/moodle
4) Complete 6 hours of professional development
5) Complete evaluation and get your OPI renewal units or Certificate of Completion Click Here to register for Indian Education for All 101

Click link above, THEN
Click on Region5 CSPD Online Registration --IF you already have an ACCOUNT ON the cspd website then:
Sign on using your email and password
--IF you have NEVER been on the cspd website then...
Click on CLICK HERE IF YOU ARE A NEW USER and enter account information.

Then..
Click on EVENTS CATALOG
Scroll down and find workshop Indian Ed 101 Online Course Click ON REGISTER to Register for the workshop


PDF Icon Digital Workshop - Three online modules for educators, from O.I.E. support early literacy with culturally appropriate literature.

Indian Education Leadership Training

Administrators and teachers interested in course offered through the University of Montana, C & I 595, (6 credit online course; 2 semesters) can find more information and registration forms on the Regional Learning Project website at this link: http://www.regionallearningproject.org/newcourse/main.html External Link   SAM (School administrators of Montana) sent out an email on their listserv which you may have seen recently, about this course.  Also informational sessions were presented at various SAM events this spring.

Enrolling now through July 15.  The summer institute is August 13-14, with travel to the Billings area on the 12th. Fall and Spring semesters are online.

The successful model according to the first year evaluation of this course occurs when a district is represented by a team including administration, teachers, and if possible, librarian.  School districts are funding the course from Indian Ed allocations, and participants pay their own course credit fees ($135/semester) for the 6 graduate level credits.

This course is an excellent opportunity to expand IEFA capacity in your district.

 

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