QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES (QEM) NETWORK

National Science Foundation (NSF) Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)

Workshop on Culture and Curriculum for Faculty Teaching STEM Courses at

Institutions with TCUP Multi-year Awards

Embassy Suites Albuquerque ¥ 1000 Woodward Place, NE ¥ Albuquerque, NM ¥ Tel. 505/245-7100

 

October 16-17, 2009

 

AGENDA

Purpose:    To bring together STEM faculty at TCUP Grantee Institutions to discuss ways they might use/ are using Native Culture to enrich the STEM courses they are teaching

 

Note: Participants are expected to take advantage each morning of the complimentary full breakfast
           available to all guests at the Embassy Suites Albuquerque.

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

 

AM

  8:15            Registration                                                                                                    outside of La Ventana Room

 

  8:45            QEM Welcome                                                                                                                  La Ventana Room

                                  Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

 

                       Opening Prayer

 

                       Welcome to Albuquerque

                                  Sherry Allison, Acting President

                                             Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI)

 

  9:00            Workshop Purpose and Introductions

                                  Shirley McBay, QEM Network

 

  9:15            Panel: Using the Knowledge of Tribal Elders, the Community, and Language

                                    to Expand the Use of Native Culture in STEM Courses

                       Moderator:    Holly Youngbear-Tibbetts, Dean, External Relations

                                               College of Menominee Nation, and QEM Consultant

                       Panelists:

                                  Robert Yazzie, Director, DinŽ Policy Institute, DinŽ College

                                  Linda Different Cloud-Jones, Ph.D. Candidate

                                             Montana State University, and QEM Consultant

                                  Alyce Spotted Bear, Instructor, Liberal Arts and Tribal Studies

                                             Fort Berthold Community College

 

10:15            Break

 

10:30            Western and Native Ways of Understanding the Natural World:

                       Similarities and Differences

                                  Daniel Wildcat, Co-Director

                                             Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center

                                             Haskell Indian Nations University

11:00            Panel: Enriching STEM Curricula at Tribal Colleges and Universities,

                                    Alaska Native-serving Institutions, and Native Hawaiian-serving

                                    Institutions using Native Culture

                       Moderator:  Gerald ÒCartyÓ Monette, Senior Advisor, QEM Network

                       Panelists:

                                  Misaki Takabayashi, Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Science

                                             University of Hawaii at Hilo

                                  Kim Williams, TCUP Program Manager

                                             University of Alaska Fairbanks–Interior Aleutians Campus

                                  Daniel Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations University

 

NOON/PM

12:00            Working Luncheon–Table Discussions: Review of Morning SessionÕs Topics                   Atrium

 

  1:00            Panel: Promising Practices for the Integration of Native Culture                       La Ventana Room

                                    into Mathematics, Biology, and Environmental Science

                                   Courses at TCUP Grantees

                       Moderator:  Costello Brown, Senior Associate, QEM Network

                       Panelists: 

                                  Linda Different Cloud-Jones, QEM Consultant

                                  Gabriel Begaye, Chair, Department of Mathematics

                                             Haskell Indian Nations University

                                  Perry Charley, Coordinator, DinŽ Environmental Institute, DinŽ College

 

  2:00            Plenary–Group Discussion: Other Participants Share their Experiences

                                                                           in Advancing STEM with Native Culture

                                  Facilitator: Althea Burns, Associate, QEM Network

 

  3:00            Break

 

  3:15            He Sapa Oyate: Geosciences Community at the Heart of Everything That Is

                                  Donna Kliche, Principal Investigator and Research Scientist III

                                             South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

 

  3:45            Concurrent Sessions: Participants Identify Potential Strategies for Including 

                                                                Native Culture in the STEM Courses They Teach

 

                       Session I: Faculty Teaching Mathematics

                                  Facilitator: J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

 

                       Session II: Faculty Teaching Biology/Environmental Science/Earth Science

                                  Facilitator: Linda Different Cloud-Jones, QEM Consultant

 

  4:45            Reports from Concurrent Sessions on the Integration of Native Culture and STEM

                                  Facilitator: Holly Youngbear-Tibbetts, QEM Consultant

 

  5:15            Adjournment

                       Dinner on Your Own

 

Overnight Assignment: Participants are to write a detailed description of how they plan to

                                             integrate Native Culture in at least one of the STEM courses they teach.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

 

AM

  9:00            Participants Report on Strategies They Will Use to Include Native                   La Ventana Room

                       Culture in their Courses and Submit their Written Descriptions

                                  Facilitator: Costello Brown, QEM Network

 

 10:00           A Native-centered Approach to Guiding Undergraduate Student Research:

                       The North Dakota Tribal College Faculty Research Model

                                  Gerald ÒCartyÓ Monette, QEM Network

 

10:30            Break

 

10:45            Involving TCUP Institutions in Research Collaborations that

                       Address Native Concerns

                                  Daniel Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations University

 

11:15            Panel: Using Distance Education, the Internet, and Service Learning to

                                    Include Native Culture in STEM Curriculum

                                  Moderator:  J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

                                  Panelists:

                                  Lucas Miller, Mathematics Instructor, Haskell Indian Nations University

                                  John Rand, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Science

                                             University of Hawaii-Kapiolani Community College

                                  Charles Jason Tinant, Principal Investigator, NSF TCUP Phase II Program

                                             Oglala Lakota College

 

PM

12:15            Working Lunch                                                                                                             Atrium

 

  1:15            How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Native Culture-enriched                            La Ventana Room

                       STEM Courses

                                  Holly Youngbear-Tibbetts, QEM Consultant

 

  2:00            Talking Circle

                                  Facilitator: Gerald ÒCartyÓ Monette, QEM Network

 

  2:30            Adjournment