Honoring Indigenous Ways of Knowing In Our Schools: Empowering A Future For All Students

Honoring Indigenous Ways of Knowing In Our Schools: 

Empowering A Future For All Students - 

First Nations Studies 2021-2022 Webinar Lecture Series

 

About the Lecture Series

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) - American Indian Studies Program in partnership with CESA 12  is offering a unique opportunity to participate in a series of webinars to continue your journey of personal and professional development around First Nations Studies.

The monthly 2-hour webinar lecture series workshops will begin in November 2021 and continue through June 2022. The lecture series will feature various Native American scholars in the fields of history, literature, education, among other academic content areas. At each session, you will have the opportunity to hear from and learn from Indigenous authors and speakers. 

*NOTE: You must be present during the advertised date and time(s) to participate and watch the webinar. The webinars will NOT BE RECORDED. Additionally, participants do NOT have permission or authorization to record either via video or audio the contents of the session attending.*

 

Date and Time: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 - 10:00am -12:00pm

Presenter: Brigetta Miller (Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican), Lawrence University

Description: This session will explore ways to honor Indigenous ways of knowing in schools through a contemporary interdisciplinary lens. Brigetta Miller (Mohican) is a current professor of Music Education/Ethnic Studies who works extensively supervising pre-service teachers in grades K-12 and offers professional development for educators/administrators in public school settings. She will share creative ideas and real-life examples of how to integrate issues of Indigenous history, culture, and belonging into classrooms of all ages. This session is designed for principals, educators of all content areas, curriculum specialists, counselors, and staff interested in collectively empowering a brighter future for all students in their learning community.

Bio: Brigetta Miller is a proud citizen of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of (Mohican) Nation and a descendant of the Menominee Nation in Wisconsin.  She currently serves as a professor at Lawrence University and teaches experience-based courses which develop inclusive best practices for future educators. Her research interests include culturally relevant pedagogy, interdisciplinary learning, and Indigenous history & cultural identity.  She earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Lawrence University, a Masters of Music Education with a Kodaly emphasis from Silver Lake College, and a doctorate in progress. She remains in demand as a speaker of diversity-related issues at the state, national, and international conferences.

Among other responsibilities, she enjoys teaching the following courses in Ethnic Studies: “Perspectives of Contemporary Indigenous Women” and “Decolonization, Activism, and Hope: Changing the Way We See Native America” and “Indigeneity Unleashed: Institutional Decolonization Today”.  

She also serves as a faculty advisor for LUNA (Lawrence University Native Americans), a student organization focused on empowering and supporting Indigenous students to successfully navigate the college experience. Both she and her students are included in the “This Is Lawrence: Indigenize Education” video featuring an Indigenous Land Project mural created in collaboration with photographer Matika Wilbur (Swinomish/Tulalip) of Project 562, a multi-year national photography project dedicated to photographing over 562 federally recognized tribes in the United States resulting in an unprecedented repository of imagery and oral histories that accurately portrays contemporary Native Americans. This creative, consciousness-shifting work will be widely distributed through national curricula, artistic publications, exhibitions, and online portals.

Dedicated to service and community engagement, Professor Miller has a passion for mentoring university students from underrepresented groups.  She has served as a Posse Foundation faculty mentor for a cohort of students from New York City, a merit-based program dedicated to changing the face of leadership in America by developing outstanding undergraduate leaders from diverse backgrounds.  She has also worked as a writing instructor and member of the Academic Steering Committee for the College Horizons Scholars Program based in New Mexico, an innovative academic success program designed to address retention and bolster the number of Native American, Alaskan Native, or Native Hawaiian students who enter and stay in the PhD pipeline.

Professor Miller has participated as a facilitator for the ACM Faculty Fellows Program for a Diverse Professoriate Annual Summit in Chicago, a seven-year initiative addressing barriers to faculty diversity in the humanities, humanistic social sciences, and arts, especially in the context of liberal arts colleges. Most recently she was appointed to serve as a faculty representative on the Lawrence University 2020-21 Presidential Search Committee and now is an active member of the Appleton Area School District’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Task Force.  She remains hopeful the university’s renewed commitment to creating an anti-racist learning environment will inspire all students to reach their fullest potential.

 

Participant Outcomes

As a result of attending this webinar series, participants will have an opportunity to:

• have an opportunity to continue their journey of personal and professional development around First Nations Studies.

• learn about and gain an understanding of the unique circumstances faced by Native people in the past and today and the effect it has on today's students, families, and communities.

• receive information, resources to identify books, and strategies to support teaching and learning about Native peoples, communities, and nations.

• deepen their understanding of the American Indian experience through stories and information shared by the speakers.

• understand the historical experiences and contemporary issues of American Indian peoples and nations through storytelling, language, literacy, etc.

 

Target Audience

• District Administrators and Principals

• Classroom Teachers

• Curriculum Specialists, Directors of Instruction, and Library Media Specialists

• School Counselors, Social Workers, and Psychologists

• Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESAs) Administrators and Staff

• Tribal, Community, and School Liaison's (Home-School/Title VI/Johnson O’Malley Coordinators and Staff)

• Tribal Education Directors and Staff

• Head Start, Early Childhood, and Preschool Staff

• College and University (especially Schools of Education) Students, Faculty, and Staff

• Any others with an interest in American Indian Studies and education.

 

Facilitator

Bwaakoningwiid David J. O'Connor, American Indian Studies Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; Phone: (608) 267-2283 or david.oconnor@dpi.wi.gov.

 

Additional Information/Disclaimers

The training webinar will NOT be recorded or otherwise shared after the scheduled dates. The DPI American Indian Studies Program has found that this allows for more candid conversations, richer dialogue, and increased participation.

This training webinar does NOT meet statutory license stipulations for "Wisconsin American Indian Tribes and Bands", which is often referenced as Wisconsin Act 31. For those seeking to address statuary license stipulations, please visit the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Educator Preparation and Licensing - Statutory License Stipulations webpage for a list of approved courses and workshops. You can also visit the DPI American Indian Studies Program for further information.

* The DPI American Indian Studies Program reserves the right to prioritize enrollment to LEAs with federally-identified IDEA status, Wisconsin's First Nations, and districts with significant educational equity needs.

 

Training Format

Each session will be 2 hours in length and facilitated by Bwaakoningwiid David J. O'Connor in partnership with the respective presenters for each session. The sessions are intended to be interactive and will include discussion time at the end of each session.

These sessions will be facilitated online using the Zoom cloud video conferencing platform.

 

Registration and Fees

There are NO registration fees to participate in these webinars offered by the DPI American Indian Studies Program, which are funded through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA).

Funding for this training limits individual acceptance to WISCONSIN RESIDENTS only. Registration is limited to 300 individuals per session. Pre-registration is required. 

***Each session must be registered separately for the First Nations Studies 2021-22 Webinar Lecture Series.

 

Questions

Judy Ross, Program Assistant III

CESA #12 - Center for Special Education and Pupil Services

American Indian Studies Program, https://dpi.wi.gov/amind

618 Beaser Avenue, Ashland, WI  54806

Direct Line: 715-685-1837 

E-mail: judyr@cesa12.org

For more great training opportunities offered by DPI American Indian Studies Program, please visit our website at https://dpi.wi.gov/amind/events/upcoming.

 

BEFORE REGISTERING FOR THIS WORKSHOP PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR DISTRICT'S APPROVAL TO ATTEND.

Cancellation Policy:

Any registration cancellation must be received by the registration deadline date stated on the event for a refund to be issued. Persons registering and not in attendance on the day of the session will be charged the full registration fee (substitutions are accepted). CESA 12 reserves the right to cancel any session due to insufficient enrollment. Participants will be notified by email or phone if a cancellation occurs.

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In-person trainings

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