Hopi Center Outreach
September 20, 2006
Attendance: Six members of community, Vermetta Quineptewa, Mark Vest, Jeanne Swarthout
Five members of the community completed the survey form. Three indicated that they were aware of distance learning at NPC. Two indicated that they were unaware of NPC's website.
Programs suggested in survey: construction trades (3, heavy equipment, welding, carpentry), allied health and nursing (4), fine arts (2)
All indicated evenings for classes; one indicated weekends would work; another indicated that weekday mornings and afternoon would work.
In the working session:
- Industrial arts, construction, computer-aided drafting, allied health and nursing, GED preparation at Second Mesa, the AAEE, first responder, first aid, wilderness first responder, substance abuse, fine arts, security training at villages as workshops.
Several additional recommendations surfaced:
- Get recruiters/career folks out to the high school more.
- Provide more information to high school students but more to parents on cost effectiveness of NPC.
- Provide more information to high school students on the programs available at NPC.
- Establish a learning center at Second Mesa.
- Work with Hopi High to establish construction trades; use students to build additional facilities for Hopi Center.
- Hopi High is willing to allow NPC to use trades center in evenings.
- What happened to the fall construction trades class?
- Get into the communities more, including working with high school counselors, youth village program coordinators, village offices.
- Second Mesa wants GED and will upgrade computers to requirements for students to do GED at the village offices. Would like in spring, 2007.
- Visit the village offices, use them to disseminate information; parents' night at high school as well.
- Work more with Headstart, "just modules"; resulting conversation indicated that this is an issue of the AAEE.
- Request for First Responder, CPR at Second Mesa; resulting discussion also indicated WFR is needed throughout the reservation communities.
- Continue to do the Summer Youth Work program; consider adding a college prep course to that program.
- Hopi should be open entire summer session, not just summer I.
- More information on substance abuse programs under development.
Tasks I have taken on:
- Work to restart discussion on the Hopi 2+2+2 with high school, NPC, NAU (is this even workable?)
- Find out what happened on construction class for this fall.
- Continue to reach Hopi High principal on desire to add more dual enrollment in vocational areas.
- Get Heidi to talk to Second Mesa re: spring GED classes - they will give space and upgrade computers (will also do upgrades to support online students).
- Get Brian to talk to Gene at Second Mesa re: what he needs to do to upgrade for online students.
- Talk to EMS folks once more about WFR for the whole region, not just Hopi.
- Re-examine issues of Hopi open all summer.