Whiteriver Community Outreach
October 23, 2006
12-1 pm
- Apache culture etiquitte; must be collaborative; help us find the pathfinders;
- Do not water down programs; maintain high quality and standards; accountability forcing water-down; high level of pressure to maintain a student base; systemic pressure; making accommodations to the extreme
- Collaboration between schools and businesses - Halifax community collaboration, tying it to business; NPC should be addressing business needs; internships; huge effort at schools in vocational programs with a new vocational center; not training for college at Alchesay; such as Navajo nation with Cuba; CTE program/top performers in vocational.
- Collaborate with the fire guys, nursing program, need basic fire fighting, two academies in a row. Desperate need in this area
- EMT issues as well ... can't pass EMT English; kids can't read; law enforcement
- Hospital double in size in the next 18 months; CNA, lab tech, needs to be local training, allied health platform needed down here, career ladder approach. How well is our nursing program advertised in the career ladder.. Public health leader needs ... training for diabetes prevention, fitness classes, personnel trainers. Network in jobs ... lower level training - do it locally.
- Johns Hopkins - tuition for CNA cohort - hired 4 and pushing them on for full two-year degree.
- Collaboration, Navit .... Buses go from Blue Ridge to Alchesay. Conversation already started between Alchesay and Johns Hopkins.
- More dual enrollment
- Academies in Alchesay,
- tribal law, cultural communications, forestry, tribal government, parent involvement, talking circles, pathways to the future, brown bag, can find folks to do this, do we want to do this - superintendent says watch what you do. Tribal government list to come talk to students in special areas
- Tribal court advocacy, specific tribal laws, watch for conflicting agendas.
- BIA applicants can't read, construction trades, computer training for older folks
- application, resume, interview skills
- cibeque - transportation, distance.
- TANIFF - trying to work with Cibeque where major folks on TANIFF - can we link our students to TANIFF fir transportation
- Professional Development ASU-W --- looking for students in the area to get into ; recurring threads in 3 areas ... low achievement in mathematics (put class off ot last), more tutoring, better advising; Wring and research ... large gaps on actual and action research, level of writing problematic, theory into practice.
- NAU - neglect of Apache culture and language - basic foundation lacking, content emphasis area; writing and writing culturally related - advisory committee
- Social services continuing education
- More Saturday classes - open on Saturday
- network groups for communication; look at Navajo nation for example
- Dan Simpson, vocational director at Alchesay, slot tech, ski instructor, exotic fish linked to fish program here, police academiy by the tribe (check Pima with slot); casino training ... Alchesay is working with Pima, Coconino.
- Why do we have so many dropouts - high school or college?
- Parenting not mandatory - lecture at community centers; school districts could run if they could find parents and credibility.