Proceedings of the Teaching and Learning Institute 2011

These are the proceedings of NWIC’s 2nd annual Teaching and Learning Institute, which was held June 27-29, 2011 on the Lummi campus.

The Institute was attended by over 30 full- and part-time faculty plus academic administrators from the Lummi and all other full service educational sites.  The following proceedings include videos, PowerPoint presentations and faculty documents created at the Institute.

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Proceedings for Day 1 of the Institute (June 27, 2011)

* Opening team building activity – Participants’ responses to the question: “What would you like to leave [the Institute] with?” – click to view notes

* Becoming a Four Year Tribal College – Dr. Laurel Vermillion, President, Sitting Bull College – Click to watch video of presentation

* Small group break out session -responses to the question “Who has inspired you and why?” – click to view notes

* Afternoon small group discussion of book chapter  “It Is Not Necessary For Eagles To Be Crows? – Integrating Culture in STEM programs at Sitting Bull College”  by Dr. Jeremy Guinn. – click to view notes

Proceedings for Day 2 of the Institute (June 28, 2011)

* Small group discussion – What do you do to motivate students? – click to view notes

*Overview of  the Achieving the Dream Initiative – Click to view PowerPoint presentation

*Overview of  the Teaching and Learning Initiative – Click to view PowerPoint presentation

*Active Learning  overview – Click to view PowerPoint presentation

* Action research group activity – Click to view notes

* Indian Education and the Tribal Sovereignty Curriculum – Click to view video

* Group Discussions on tribal sovereignty curriculum – click to view notes

* Creating a Landscape for Learning book chapter presentation – click to read the chapter

Proceedings for Day 3 of the Institute (June 29, 2011)

* Thinking and Writing as Voices for the Community: Native Leaders/Native Learners – Lee Vasquez-Ilaoa, Ph.D, OSU-Oklahoma City and Bacone College – Click to view PowerPoint presentation – Click to watch video of presentation

* Establishing Academic Foundations at the Developmental Education Level and The Myth of Indian Time – Don McCluskey, NWIC Faculty –  Click to view PowerPoint presentation –  Click to watch video of the presentation

* Closing of the Institute and suggestions – click to view notes

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