QEM Workshop–Recruitment and Retention of Native American Male Students in STEM

Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

Workshop on the Recruitment and Retention of Native American Male Students in

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

NATIVO Lodge • Albuquerque, NM

April 9-10, 2010

AGENDA

Note: All plenary sessions will take place in the Pinon Room.

FRIDAY, APRIL 9

8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 Opening Plenary Session

Introductions, Review of Purpose, Meeting Packet, and Agenda

Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

9:15 Overview of Research Findings (Data and Lessons Learned) on STEM Participation

and Achievement of Native American Males

Research Findings: J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network

Panel on Lessons Learned:

Patrick Weasel Head, former Director of American Indian Student Services

University of Montana-Missoula and QEM Consultant

Lloyd Lee, Assistant Professor, Native American Studies Department

University College, University of New Mexico

Anselm Davis, former Executive Director

White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities (WHITCU)

Q&A: Group Discussion of Findings, Status, and Broadening Participation Challenges

Session Moderator: Althea Burns, Associate and Conference Coordinator, QEM Network

10:45 Coffee Break

11:00 Effective Strategies, Best Practice, and Institutional Challenges in Recruitment and

Retention of Native American Males in STEM

Panelists:

Perry Charley, Coordinator, Diné Environmental Institute, Diné College

Paul Grahovac, Director, Student Support Services

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College

Victor Zinger, Associate Professor of Mathematics and General Studies

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Bristol Bay Campus

Group Discussion of Strategies and Best Practices – Identification of Success Factors

Session Moderator: Steve DuPuis, QEM/Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)

Fellow, National Science Foundation (NSF), and Director,

Indigenous Math & Science Institute, All Nations LSAMP & SKC-Wireless

Salish Kootenai College

12:30 Working Lunch (Buffet)

Teams discuss their Institutions’ Current Recruitment/Retention Strategies
Example: University of Hawaii --Resources for Native Hawaiians

1:30 Barriers to the STEM Education of Native American Males and What Can be Done to

Improve Outcomes: Views from A College Student

Speaker:

Stephan Chase, Environmental Science Major, Diné College

Group Discussion of Barriers and Proposed Strategies

Session Moderator: Althea Burns, QEM Network

2:30 Concurrent Sessions: A Closer Look at Pathway Transition Points

(see assignment sheet for working groups)

Each working group is to discuss the following topics:

- Best practices, strategies, and models for increasing STEM enrollment/participation of

Native American males

- Current status and contributing factors in Native American male educational attainment

and achievement in STEM

- Recommendations for key/essential components of a pathway-focused replication model

Group I Facilitators: Patrick Weasel Head and J. Arthur Jones

Group II Facilitators: Anselm Davis and Althea Burns

3:30 Break

3:45 Plenary Session:

Development of Innovative and Creative Enrollment and Support Strategies

and Initiatives in STEM at Critical Junctures Along the Educational Pathway

- Working groups present overview of their discussions/recommendations

regarding key strategies and pathway components

- Group discussion of facilitating/inhibiting factors in the implementation

of initiatives to address Native American Male participation in STEM

(Topics will include the Impact of Cultural Traditions on Native American Male Participation)

Session Moderator: Patrick Weasel Head, QEM Consultant

4:45 Review of Overnight Assignment and Next Day’s Agenda

Shirley McBay, QEM Network

5:00 Adjournment, Day One

Dinner on Your Own

Overnight Assignment: Institutional teams discus potential changes/modifications to their approaches to the recruitment and retention of Native American Males in STEM.

SATURDAY, APRIL 10

8:30 Continental Breakfast

9:00 Plenary Session: Report on Overnight Assignment on Recruitment/Retention Strategies

Institutional teams present ideas for changes/modifications to their current efforts

(key elements, pathway target, and expected outcomes)

Session Moderator: J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

10:00 Facilitating/Inhibiting Factors in Program Implementation and Lessons Learned

Presenter and Discussion Leader: Patrick Weasel Head, QEM Consultant

10:30 Coffee Break

10:45 Concurrent Sessions:

Development of pathway-based STEM recruitment and retention strategies for

Native American Males, with a specific focus on three critical transition junctures:

- High School to College/2-year College Transition

- 2-year to 4-Year College/University Transition

- Undergraduate to Graduate School Transition

Group I Facilitators: Patrick Weasel Head and J. Arthur Jones

Group II Facilitators: Anselm Davis and Althea Burns

NOON/PM

12:00 Working Lunch (Buffet)

- Working Groups present summary of key discussion points and strategies

for pathway-focused replication model

Discussion Moderator: Althea Burns, QEM Network

1:00 Plenary Session: NSF/Foundation/Corporate Funding Opportunities for

STEM Capacity-Building–Recruitment/Retention

Jody Chase, Program Director, Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)

National Science Foundation (NSF), and

Steve DuPuis, QEM/TCUP Fellow, NSF

Althea Burns, QEM Network (Scholarships/Private Foundation/Corporate Funding Opportunities)

1:30 Closing Comments and Next Steps

Institutional Representatives, QEM Consultants, NSF Staff, and QEM Staff

1:45 Adjournment