1973-86_NAS_8D38_02_22

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Part of Faculty evaluation of faculty member, Lovern King as part of the Native American Studies program, 1979

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1973-86_NAS_8D38_02_22

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SYMBOLIZATION: The Emerging Individual
NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES 1978-79
Feb. 2 7, 19 79

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,Faculty evaluation of Faculty:
This is an evaluation statement relative to Lovern Kings participation in the planning
and the implementation of the Program titled SYMBOLIZATION: The Emerging Individual,
NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES for academic year 1978-79.
From year one of NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES 1973-74 there has been a felt need to design
a coordinate to the traditional text book that would WORK with the model of interdisciplinary diagnostic teaching that has been required to deal with the diverse group of
students who are not . only significantly different in development they continue differing
go that ways must be created to deal with concepts that would transcend culture and
value systems as personal growth and development of students demand tools to cope with
change and the problems of important relationships. (to LAND, OTHERS, WORK & UNKNOWN)

I have in my mind a vision of the role and position of your field and talents relative
to bringing out tlie idea NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES as expressed above knowing that it is
necessary for you to in some way make the important relationship between the need of the
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program SYMBOLIZATION: The Emerging Individual ?nd your personal professional purpose
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(satisfaction) defined in your objectives. (steps dealing with the distant between where
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you are and where it is you AIM to go.) As we have in faculty meetings, in class-room
participation and supportive activities with-in the College discussed the needs of people
for an education ·~hat will benefit them I have seen clarification of mutually accepted
values and common threads of background that challenge some of the limits here-to-fore
set up to deny soPle people the right to education. I am pleased with the progress of the
program and see the collaboration of the faculty as required in order to serve the
number of students and the diverse backgrounds the students bring to the program. I see
\_/ positive development of professional quality in your approach to your specific group of
students and feeJ that your skills in working with the constant changeing group
composition as the students accomplish the needed exploration, examination and experimentation in education as they plan their education outcomes.
The contributions you have made to the faculty, class-room and community activities of
the program SYHBOLIZATION: The Emerging Individual from the internal and outside activities
you have particirated in such as College DTFs and the involvement with different organized
groups such as the International Higher Education Conference, Indian Women's Conference
and other wor~ that promotes the type of understanding required to see usual things in
unusual ways. You have used your activities to enrich your participation in the program
and I have personally been greatful for our individual conversations dealing sith the
program -and the larger task dealing with the college objective to serve more people better.
In summary I fee} your strengths to be in the area of designing and developing maybe a
personal role and position that will give you the vision that in a specific way what must
be accomplished to achieve the mutually shared educat inn authority with others, define a
workable rational for a parallel learning system and a working credential for people who
are different so that an important relationship (the student, his community and college)
will define a working education partnership from the communication approach to documentation. Maybe I do not mean strengths as much as I mean skills for doing this most needed
task for setting stability for this program in the education process.
I see your strengths as being able to work \\dth people of many different backgrounds and
abilities in a positive and constructive way. I feel that you have accomplished the task
of developing a working and workable relationship with faculty that has some real
\....../education dire.ct:i.on. You appear more comfortable ~vith the nature of the program and have
in my opinion an important part of the success of the program to attract students and to
retain them during the time or a time when this is seen as a problem.

I guess if I were to try to firm up my understanding of weakness in your participation
in the program I would be most likely talking of the weakness in the program due to the
fact that it is rui ' alternative education model with no pattern nor position in the
accepted formal programs such as anthropology, Education and sociology. I feel with all
the difficulty that education reform has had we have been able to deal well with the
\_/ philosophy, practice and evaluation of the process, function and outcome of our work with
students.
I guess all I have to say in addition to what I have tried to say is I Thank you for your
time and understanding during. our work experience • .

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