Honoring Native American Culture with Kara Four Bear Transformative Principal 109
Download MP3Kara is an assistant principal at Edwin Lowe Elementary in New Town North Dakota.
Her generation doesn’t feel that people are coming in to take away their culture.
There’s nothing we can’t learn from each other.
How to help kids choose to be in education: Be that outstanding teacher!
Having authentic conversations.
History of Indian Education in America.
Boarding schools were opened up. Goal was to assimilate the natives.
Have to be willing to learn to respect their culture.
Pow-Wows are very vital.
Community
Being fair, being willing to learn from others.
To help students, you need to have a good relationship.
Pair people up with support staff.
Providing resources for students as they are growing and developing.
Mediators help bridge the gap.
How paraprofessionals can help. They need lots of training.
In the eyes of the student, there is not much difference between paraprofessionals and teachers.
How to be a transformative principal: Maintain work-life balance, be authentic and have authentic conversations.
Expect teachers to be accountable for their work.
Twitter is a educational toolbox.
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Kara is an assistant principal at Edwin Lowe Elementary in New Town North Dakota.
- Her generation doesn’t feel that people are coming in to take away their culture.
- There’s nothing we can’t learn from each other.
- How to help kids choose to be in education: Be that outstanding teacher!
- Having authentic conversations.
- History of Indian Education in America.
- Boarding schools were opened up. Goal was to assimilate the natives.
- Have to be willing to learn to respect their culture.
- Pow-Wows are very vital.
- Community
- Being fair, being willing to learn from others.
- To help students, you need to have a good relationship.
- Pair people up with support staff.
- Providing resources for students as they are growing and developing.
- Mediators help bridge the gap.
- How paraprofessionals can help. They need lots of training.
- In the eyes of the student, there is not much difference between paraprofessionals and teachers.
- How to be a transformative principal: Maintain work-life balance, be authentic and have authentic conversations.
- Expect teachers to be accountable for their work.
- Twitter is a educational toolbox.
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Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.
Ready for a Modern Web Site for your school? Simple School Sites is the place to go for high quality Wordpress sites specially designed for schools.
Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show.
Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com
Download Paperless Principal.
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