Howard Connick:
At-large, Albuquerque,
Nora Morris:
Tohaajiilee, NM
IPC Chair
Vice Chair
Andrew Conseen Duff: At large Member
Albuquerque, NM
Sheryl Baca:
Albuquerque, NM
Teacher/ Counselor
Vacancies:
Student Reps.
And Others

By working together with schools, parents and communities, APS Indian Education
Department will develop enhanced and supportive Indigenous educational opportunities for all Native American students by increasing knowledge of Native values through teaching language and cultural differences.

Albuquerque
Public Schools
34 th largest school district in the U.S. with;
• 90,000 students
• 14,000 employees
• 140 schools
• 5,932 American Indian students representing over
115 tribes
• 5,341 students with complete ED 506
Indian Education Depart.
• 16 resource teachers (3 high school, 3 mid, 9 elementary, 1 mentor)
• 20 before & afterschool programs
• 8 Home to School
Liaisons
• 1 Instructional Manager,
4 Office staff, & 1 Director

• Indian Education Department
• Curriculum Collaboration- Teachers, District
Departments, Staff, Indian Parent Committee and the Indian Education Committee
• Parents- Monthly Meetings
• Educators- Weekly Resource Teacher Meetings

Personal and
Committee
Investments-
Student Investments-
Student Achievement Recognition events, plays, concerts, zoo night
Community Investments-
Pow Wows, science fairs, college prep days, job fairs, feast day and we attend local conferences on
Indian Education
Organizational Investments-
Native American Community
Academy, All Indian Pueblo
Council, APS-Equity Council,
Budget Committee, Government to
Government, Navajo Nation
Clothing Program, New Mexico-
Public Education Department and the National Indian Education
Association

• Development of a relationship between the Local Education
Agency to design and develop a comprehensive Indian Education
Plan
• Encouragement of local community participation by being part of our education community
• Promotion of information dissemination to our parents about what matters most in their children’s education

Direct engagement of administration and educators about policy, programs, and budgets that impact our children’s education
Development of our committee knowledge base to be transparent and accountable to our constituencies through;
•Published monthly itemized budgets
•Department action plans
•Public Forum for comments and applications

Move your meetings to the parents
( to the children’s home schools)
 Public posting of meeting dates, time, and location
 Pre- Prepare for your meetings

Send out minutes, pertinent documents and decision papers by e-mail

Ask lots of questions
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Report out the discussions and decisions

Goal 1. Support increase of graduation rate of APS Native
American students through increased communication with the greater community through:
• The annual parent conference,
• Attendance of family appreciation activities,
• Web site content,
• Mixed media,
• Parent contact with IPC, and
• Special parent recognition at regularly scheduled parent meetings
Measurable Objective 1: Communication with the greater community will increase by 10% for School Year
2010-2011 and by 5% for each consecutive year to 2014.

2. To support increase of daily attendance of Native
Americans students in APS by dissemination of information about resources that are available to parents through:
• Literature,
• Pamphlets,
• Presentation to parent committee during a regularly scheduled meeting,
• Teacher/student presentations and raffles at each meeting.
Measurable Objective: Parental involvement will increase by 10% for School Year 2010 to 2011 and by 5% for each consecutive year to 2014.

The Highest Honor Is Being A Responsible Indian Parent
And Becoming Engaged In Your
Child’s Education
~Thank You ~
Albuquerque Public School-Indian Education
Department, Teachers, and Parents