Handouts for Navigating the New Normal: AI/AN School Communities Reopening in 2021-2022

Thursday, August 19 3-4:30 ET . 2-3:30 CT . 1-2:30 MT . 12-1:30 PT . 11-12:30 AKT

Learning Objectives: 1. Define Social Emotional Learning components 2. Identify ways to implement SEL in 2021-2022 3. Predict SEL in students after 2020-2021 school year

Melody Redbird-Post, PhD, is an enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe. She has a Doctorate in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, a Master’s in Education: Early Childhood Education, a Bachelor’s in Administrative Leadership, and a dissertation on Curriculum Development in Indigenous Early Childhood Language Immersion Programs. Dr. Redbird-Post has served in various capacities within the early care and education systems of Tribal communities including Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Head Start programs, and she provides training and technical assistance as part of ICF’s Early Education Services. She brings 12+ years of experience in Tribal program administration, 14+ years of experience in implementing family engagement practices in Tribal programs, Tribal communities, early childhood and K-12 school settings and 15+ years of experience in Tribal education program implementation. She currently serves on the Anadarko Public Schools Indian Education Parent Committee and resides in Anadarko, Oklahoma with her husband, their five children and three dogs.

Melissa Isaac is Anishinaabe. She is sturgeon clan and a citizen of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan. Melissa is wife to Nathan Isaac and the mother of their four children. Melissa is the Director of Education for her Tribe’s education system. Melissa also serves as the Giigdokwe for the Confederation of Michigan Tribal Education Departments (CMTED). CMTED brings the educational leaders of the 12 federally recognized tribes in Michigan together to collaborate, share ideas and advocate for the Anishinaabek learners in the State of Michigan. They are actively involved in education reform with the Michigan Department of Education. Melissa was selected by Governor Gretchen Whitmer's administration to serve on both the Return to School Advisory Council which created the MI Safe Schools: Michigan’s 2020-21 Return to School Roadmap and the Student Recovery Advisory Council of Michigan which created the MI Blueprint for Comprehensive Student Recovery.

David Sullivan (Kiowa-Choctaw) has served in education as a community leader, collective action network officer, federal consultant, community trainer, district administrator, world language teacher, student equity advocate, and systemic impact leader working for intercultural, intergenerational communication between parents, students, elders, community organizations and tribal governments for over 27 years. The focus of his work centers on systemic literacy, holistic thinking, systemic impact leadership, family/community strengthening, indigenous language revitalization and partnership formation. Mr. Sullivan has carried out this work in various capacities in Oklahoma and the nation through multiple grassroots community coalitions, the University of Oklahoma American Indian Institute, the Anadarko Public Schools and numerous partnership-based projects.

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August 20, 2021
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