Transcript APS IED

How To Have An Effective
Indian Parent Committee For
Your School District
Albuquerque Public School:
Indian Parent Committee
Howard Connick:
At-large, Albuquerque,
IPC Chair
Nora Morris:
Tohaajiilee, NM
Vice Chair
Andrew Conseen Duff:
Albuquerque, NM
At large Member
Sheryl Baca:
Albuquerque, NM
Teacher/ Counselor
Vacancies:
Student Reps.
And Others
APS-IED Mission
By working together with schools, parents and
communities, APS Indian Education
Department will develop enhanced and
supportive Indigenous educational opportunities
for all Native American students by increasing
knowledge of Native values through teaching
language and cultural differences.
Albuquerque
Public Schools
34th largest school
district in the U.S. with;
• 90,000 students
• 14,000 employees
• 140 schools
• 5,932 American Indian
students representing over
115 tribes
• 5,341 students with
complete ED 506
Indian Education Depart.
• 16 resource teachers (3
high school, 3 mid, 9
elementary, 1 mentor)
• 20 before & afterschool
programs
• 8 Home to School
Liaisons
• 1 Instructional Manager,
4 Office staff, & 1 Director
Key to Success- Teamwork
• Indian Education Department
• Curriculum Collaboration- Teachers, District
Departments, Staff, Indian Parent Committee
and the Indian Education Committee
• Parents- Monthly Meetings
• Educators- Weekly Resource Teacher Meetings
Personal and
Committee
InvestmentsStudent InvestmentsStudent Achievement Recognition
events, plays, concerts, zoo night
Community InvestmentsPow Wows, science fairs, college
prep days, job fairs, feast day and
we attend local conferences on
Indian Education
Organizational InvestmentsNative American Community
Academy, All Indian Pueblo
Council, APS-Equity Council,
Budget Committee, Government to
Government, Navajo Nation
Clothing Program, New MexicoPublic Education Department and
the National Indian Education
Association
Leadership
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Development of a relationship
between the Local Education
Agency to design and develop a
comprehensive Indian Education
Plan
•
Encouragement of local community
participation by being part of our
education community
•
Promotion of information
dissemination to our parents about
what matters most in their
children’s education
EmpowermentDirect engagement of administration and educators
about policy, programs, and budgets that impact our
children’s education
Development of our committee knowledge base to
be transparent and accountable to our
constituencies through;
•Published monthly itemized budgets
•Department action plans
•Public Forum for comments and applications
EngagementMove your meetings to the parents
(to the children’s home schools)
 Public posting of meeting dates, time,
and location
 Pre- Prepare for your meetings
 Send out minutes, pertinent documents
and decision papers by e-mail
 Ask lots of questions
 Report out the discussions and decisions
Strategic Goals and Objectives of
APS Indian Parent Committee
Goal 1. Support increase of graduation rate of APS Native
American students through increased communication
with the greater community through:
• The annual parent conference,
• Attendance of family appreciation activities,
• Web site content,
• Mixed media,
• Parent contact with IPC, and
• Special parent recognition at regularly
scheduled parent meetings
Measurable Objective 1: Communication with the greater
community will increase by 10% for School Year
2010-2011 and by 5% for each consecutive
year to 2014.
Strategic Goals and Objectives of
APS Indian Parent Committee
2. To support increase of daily attendance of Native
Americans students in APS by dissemination of
information about resources that are available to
parents through:
• Literature,
• Pamphlets,
• Presentation to parent committee during a
regularly scheduled meeting,
• Teacher/student presentations and raffles at each
meeting.
Measurable Objective: Parental involvement will
increase by 10% for School Year 2010 to 2011 and
by 5% for each consecutive year to 2014.
The Highest Honor Is Being A Responsible Indian Parent
And Becoming Engaged In Your
Child’s Education
~Thank You ~
Albuquerque Public School-Indian Education
Department, Teachers, and Parents