The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
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QEM/TCUP STEM LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (LDI)
The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network has received support from the National Science Foundation (NSF)Õs Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) to offer a second STEM Leadership Development Institute (LDI) from August 2008-August 2009. The first LDI was offered August 2006-August 2007. The LDI is designed to support and encourage broader participation by Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian faculty and staff in leadership roles of STEM projects at their home institutions. Participants in the three-part Leadership Institute come from Native American, Alaska Native-serving, and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions that have multi-year projects supported through NSF/TCUP. Thirty participants from 16 TCUP institutions have been selected as Cohort II participants in the 2008-2009 Institute.
Blackfeet
Community College
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Fort
Berthold Community College
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Little
Priest Tribal College
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Sitting
Bull College
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Chief Dull
Knife College |
Haskell
Indian Nations University
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Navajo
Technical College
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Turtle Mountain Community College |
College
of Menominee Nation
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Lac
Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College
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Oglala
Lakota College
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University
of Alaska Fairbanks Ð
Interior Aleutians Campus |
DinŽ
College Ð Shiprock
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Little
Big Horn College
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Salish
Kootenai College
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University
of Hawaii at Hilo
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SCHEDULE: The Institute will take place in three sessions
between August 2008
and August 2009: a five-day workshop (Monday-Friday, August 4-8, 2008);
a two-day workshop (Friday-Saturday, February 6-7, 2009); and a five-day
workshop (Monday-Friday, August 3-7, 2009). Applicants must be fully committed
to completing the three-part Institute and its associated requirements. Click
here to view a topical outline of Session One. During the
InstituteÕs one-year timeframe, an on-going support system will exist for Cohort
II members that will include mentoring, a Listserv, videoconferencing, and
a Web-based information exchange site describing professional development opportunities.
LDI graduates will be prepared and expected to take a leadership role in the design, promotion, and management of new STEM Projects for their campuses and to provide enhanced support to the principal investigators and project directors of the TCUP projects at their institutions.
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INSTITUTE
COHORT I ÐÐ FELLOWS IN THE NEWS
QEM/TCUP
STEM Leadership Institute Ð Cohort I Participants, August
2006
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LDI Fellow Michael Ceballos opens research labs for American Indians at the University of Montana. |
Six LDI Leaders shared their Institute experiences
as part of a panel at the NSF/TCUP PI and PD Forum that took place
in Albuquerque, NM on April 25-26, 2007.
- Charles Jason Tinant, Oglala Lakota College - Alphia Creapeau, College of Menominee Nation - Wannetta Bennett, Turtle Mountain Community College - Michael Price, Leech Lake Tribal College - Michael Ceballos, Salish Kootenai College- - Angeline Sells, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute |
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Blackfeet Community College |
Leech Lake Tribal College |
Salish Kootenai College |
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College of Menominee Nation |
Little Big Horn College |
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute |
DinŽ College |
Navajo Technical College |
Turtle Mountain Community College |
Fort Berthold Community College |
Oglala Lakota College |
University of Alaska Fairbanks Bristol Bay and Interior Aleutians Campuses |
In
2006, the
QEM Network received support from the
National Science FoundationÕs Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)
for a workshop series focused on STEM leadership development. The STEM
Leadership Development Institute (LDI) supplements
QEMÕs activities under its overall TCUP leadership development initiative. The LDI was
designed to support and encourage broader participation by Native American
and Alaska Native faculty and staff in efforts to enhance STEM education at
their home institutions. The Institute for Cohort I participants consisted
of three sessions: Session I - a five-day Institute on August 21-25, 2006;
Session II - a two-day follow-up workshop on February 2-3, 2007; and Session
III - a five-day Institute on August 6-10, 2007.
An on-going support system for the Fellows included mentoring, videoconferencing, a Listserv, and a Web-based information exchange site. Graduates of the Leadership Development Institute, LDI Fellows, are assuming leadership roles in the design, promotion, and management of new STEM Projects for their campuses. (See In The News links above.) They also are providing enhanced support to the principal investigators and project directors of the current TCUP projects at their institutions.
ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible for participation
in the Institute, applicants must currently be employed at a Tribal College
or University (TCU), an Alaska Native-serving institution (ANSI) or a Native
Hawaiian-serving institution (NHSI) that has a multi-year NSF/TCUP
award. He/she must be an enrolled or affiliated member of a federally recognized
tribe/entity or have a demonstrated long-term commitment to and involvement
in STEM education at TCUs, ANSIs, or NHSIs.
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS: QEM will cover travel, lodging, and
meals for participants during each Institute workshop; provide a laptop
computer to each participant for use during the Institute year; and offer
a $2,400 fellowship, payable in three installments ($1,000; $400; and $1,000),
upon successful completion of each session of the three-part Institute.
Receipt of the final fellowship installment is contingent upon having completed
or developed a viable proposal seeking funding for an on-campus STEM project
that the participant will lead. Participants successfully completing the
Institute will be able to keep the computers issued to them.
During the InstituteÕs one-year timeframe, an on-going support system will exist
for Cohort II members that will include mentoring, a Listserv, videoconferencing,
and a Web-based information exchange site describing professional development
opportunities. LDI graduates will be prepared and expected to take a leadership
role in the design, promotion, and management of new STEM Projects for their
campuses and to provide enhanced support to the principal investigators and project
directors of the TCUP projects at their institutions.
Eligible individuals interested in being a member of the two-person team from
their institution at the Leadership Development Institute (LDI) should complete
the forms in the Application
Packet and submit it electronically by the Application
Deadline. The required letter of recommendation and recommendation
form can be sent electronically or via fax. QEM
will notify all applicants about decisions on their applications.
For more information, please contact Shirley McBay,
Project Director, via email (smmcbay1 @ qem.org) or telephone (202-659-1818).