1 may 8, 2007 update on moa signed between mps board of education and metropolitan urban indian...
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May 8, 2007May 8, 2007
Update on MOA signed between MPS Board of
Education and Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors
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M O A
• Partnership
• Five years
• Goal
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Purpose
• Provide update on what has happened since the MOA was signed last fall
• Provide ideas on next steps
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Since Signing
Task force named from Task force named from larger work grouplarger work group
•Articulated vision of Pre-K to 14 pathway
•Applied for federal Pr-K grant
•Framed work at the schools
•Established Alignment Team
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MOA Vision
Anishinabe Academy
Pre-K to 5
All Nations
9 - 14
Pathway
Anishinabe Academy
Pre-K - 5
Anne Sullivan
6 - 8
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MOA Vision
Anishinabe Academy
Pre-K to 5
All Nations
9 - 14
•Students as producers instead of consumers
•Restored and shared accountability
•Service Learning/Project-Based
•Integrated PD among schools
•Master Apprentice model
•Integrating Seven Themes
•Academic Rigor
•Cohort Model
Anishinabe Academy
Pre-K - 5
Anne Sullivan
6 - 8
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Framing the WorkTask Forces to Implement the Memorandum of Agreement between
the Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors and Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education
GOAL
Improved academic performance of American Indian students
Task Force's Charge
To develop objectives and action plans in each MOA area based on the needs and dynamics of that school
MOA Area MPS Administration
South
High
Anishinabe
Academy
Sullivan
Alignment Team
Curriculum/Standards (content)
Appropriate staff as
needed (e.g., when staffing is discussed
Dan Lowenson and Ava
Nielsen will be part of group,
likewise, Eleanor
Coleman for family
involvement)
Elaine Salinas, Justin
Heinemann, Gina
Downwind, Joe Rice,
Linda Nelson, Lori Lussier,
Joe Kingbird and
other teachers deemed
appropriate by administration
LeMoine LaPointe, Rich Romano,
Tim Brown, Peggy
Poitra, Mike Huerth, Marie Wilson
and other teachers deemed
appropriate by administration
Larry LookingElk,
Farron Jackson,
Graham Hartley, David
Branch, Donald Coe, and other teachers deemed
appropriate by
administration
Tim Brown, Elaine
Salinas, David Heistad, Dorothy Hoffman,
Roger Buffalohead,
Joe Rice, Bernadeia
Johnson, MFT
Staffing
Resources
Family Involvement
Professional Development (methods)
Research/Database
Continuous Improvement Tool
Continuous Improvement Site Team
Alignment between best practice sites
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Next Steps
Look at other schools•Minisinaakwaang Leadership AcademyMinisinaakwaang Leadership Academy
•High Tech HighHigh Tech High
School workgroups plan for PD workgroups over the summer
Develop evaluation system
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MOA Vision
Anishinabe Academy
Pre-K to 5
We make the road by walking
