Description of the 'Indian Teacher Education Advisory Board' and its purpose at Evergreen
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INDIAN TEACHER EDUCAT.ION ADVISORY BOARD.
The Advisory Board for this program is composed primarily of Northwest Indian
tribal members, many of whom are graduates of The Evergreen State College. ·
Several of the members are affiliated with Johnson O'Mally schools and Title
IV programs in southwest Washington school districts.
These members have agreed
to work closely with the teacher certification program to assist in placing
T.E.S.C. students in classrooms with Indian enrollment.
Other members of the
Advisory Board are affiliated with local community colleges or are active in
cultural education in local reservation
communiti~s.
These members already
have identified students who are prepared to enroll in the Certification program
if they receive some tuition assistance.
Several members were chosen to work
closely with the program in curriculum planning and review.
These include
respected tribal elders and young people recently graduated from local high
schools and colleges.
Some of these . members currently are working as cultural
instructors in schools serving local tribes.
Each member of this Advisory Board has extensive connections with Washington
State urban and reservation communities and with
!~dian
young people who are
intereste.d in being teachers as a means of carrying out their commitments to
their communities.
The list below includes the names, tribal membership and
position/relationship to Indian· Education concerns in Washington.
ADVISORY BOARD
Hazel Pete - Chehalis - Tribal Elder, Basketmaker; B.A. The Evergreen State
College; M.A. in Indian Teacher Education, University
of Washington
Lloyd Colfax - Nakah - Visiting l-lember of the Faculty, The Evergreen State College
Jim lgawa - Lunwi - Indian Education Coordinator, Tacoma Public Schools
Wayne Cantrell'- Puyallup - Cultural Instructor, Puyallup Nation Education System
Lee Piper - Tsalagee- Director of Minority Affairs, Highline Community College
Mac Oreiro - Lummi - Indian Education Director, North Kitsap School District
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Bruce Miller - Skokomish - Title IV Tutor, Shelton High School
Mitzi Whitener - Squaxin - 1982 graduate Shelton High School
Yvonne Peterson - Chehalis - Chairwoman, Johnson O'tmlley, Title IV Parent Committee
and Consultant to Superintendent of Public Instruction
for Indian Education ·
Willard Bill- Johnson-O'Malley, S.P.I.
Recruiting Strategies and Timeline
To ensure an adequate pool of 12 final admits to this program
tole
need to recruit aboutt 30 applicants (at least}.
Albert
Smalls has indicated that he can work on this during winter
quarter.
Places to look for applicants include through Indian
Centers, people in Title IV funded aide positions in the public
schools, through community colleges and on reservations.
We
will be placing announcements in appropriate places to try and
raise awareness ·of the program.
help with this recruiting.
help.
We hope that Wesley Penn can
We expect th~ advisory board to also
It will be appointed and convened in January.
In recruiting students it is important to point out that they
must be juniors at the time they _enter the program. · If they
are emphasizing secondary education senior standing is more
appropriate.
They also need to clearly understand the admissions
requirements and be admissable in terms of passing the competency
tests in reading, writing and mathematics and having the appropriate
grade-point average.
Students also need to understand that this
is not an individually designed program.
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