Friday Fax
Date: September 9, 2005
From: Dr. Eugene R. Thompson
Director of Educational Leadership
To keep you updated with activities taking place through
the CSPD efforts on the Navajo Nation, I am sending you a “Friday Fax”
with information about current and upcoming professional development activities.
Current Events
This past week, training and technical assistance was provided
as follows:
- Forty-three home-living assistants from four schools (Lukachukai, Many
Farms HS, Pinon, and Nazlini) have registered for the Chinle Agency Level
I residential training. Registration is closed. The three credit course
(ECME 115 – Guidance of Young Children) begins September 17 and runs
for five consecutive Saturday’s at the Many Farms High School library.
- The Teaching of Reading class (ECME 119 – Emerging Literacy) begins
today, September 9, 2005 at the Wide Ruins Community School for eight teachers
and teacher aides. Teachers from Kin Dah Lichi Olta will not attend as previously
mentioned. Three undergraduate credits will be offered through the UNM-Gallup
for classified staff and three graduate credits will be offered through
the New Mexico State University for teachers.
- Two members of our project staff attended the UNM Tribal Summit on Higher
Education held this past week at the University of New Mexico. The goal
of the statewide summit was to determine UNM’s strengths and weaknesses
in educating Native American students, strengthen UNM’s relationships
with tribal leaders, and provide input into UNM’s strategic objectives
for the future. Suggestions were expressed by the tribal leaders including:
distant education and technology, student outreach, native education at
the university, providing research that can benefit Indian student achievement,
economic development, building partnerships, building a premier university,
teacher education, recruitment, retention, graduation, providing help and
technical assistance to tribal education departments, and continuing the
dialogue as an on-going process. As board of regent Sandra Begay-Campbell
said, this is the beginning of a process and not an event. Further meetings
will be held in the spring and at least annually to continue dialog on the
above commonalities.
If any of your school contacts receiving the Friday fax at your school have
changed or are in acting status, please let us know by telephone (505-726-6300/6301)
so we can make the proper corrections immediately in sending the fax to the
right person. We look forward to providing you weekly information this school
year.
Finally, you may contact us at any time regarding professional development
training plans and/or activities for the new school year. We always look forward
to hearing from you as to how we might facilitate a plan or for providing
technical assistance or training above and beyond what we have currently set
out to do in the present scope of work. A training and technical assistance
form may be requested from our office, which needs to be completed and submitted
back to our office.
Upcoming Events:
September 9, 2005.
The Teaching of Reading class for teachers at Wide Ruins Community School.
September 17, 2005.
Level I residential class begins at Many Farms High School for home living
assistants in the Chinle Agency.
September 20–21, 2005.
CSPD university contractors meeting, Albuquerque.
September 23–24, 2005.
The Teaching of Reading class for teachers at Wide Ruins Community School.
September 24, 2005.
Level I residential class at Many Farms High School for home living assistants
in the Chinle Agency.
September 30, 2005.
Six Traits of Writing training for teachers at Jeehdeez’a Academy.
You may consult the CSPD Activity Calendar on the Navajo
Nation on the CDD website at: http://CDD.unm.edu/cspd/
for further information. Have a great week.
