Widening
the Circle, Act 31
Teacher Education Symposium:
Helping Teachers to Teach about Wisconsin Indians’ History and Culture, Authenticate Materials, and Infuse Curriculum
April 7th, 8th, 9th, &10th, 2011 at the Hmong Mututal Center, & Western Technical College - La Crosse, WI
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Schedule (Coming Soon) |
The La Crosse Native American Student Association (NASA) in conjunction with the Hmong Organization Promoting Education, UW-La Crosse School of Education, the Native American Hmong Initiative (NAHI), Kappa Delta Pi and the WI Department of Public Instruction is holding a symposium Thursday evening, Friday and Saturday at the Lunda Center at Western Technical College, La Crosse from 8:30am to 6pm. Costs for attendance at the symposium, which includes lunch, can be found on the registration link. If costs are a problem please contact us to for assistance. The symposium is open to K-12 educators, post secondary educators, administrators, students in all areas of study, and other interested parties.
Two UWL graduate academic credits are available associated with the symposium. Please see the link above for "Graduate Credit Information and Registration Form. UW-L online credit application, credit registration and payment for credit course are separate from registration and payment for symposium.
For further details contact us at indigenouseducation@gmail.com or call 608.785.8838.
This
conference is being held to help educators and future educators
better understand the role of Act 31 and how to implement it
into their classes. Act 31 mandates teaching about Native
American history and treaty rights in the state of Wisconsin.
The symposium will focus on helping educators learn about
important Native contemporary and historical issues, as well as
gaining the ability to authenticate resources to find out which
resources are good and appropriate to use, then how to infuse
those resources into their curriculum in a meaningful way. The
symposium will also give participants the opportunity to meet
with Native leaders and educators, build relationships that will
provide a solid resource base, and learn about Native
culture.
There will be a wide range of presenters from various Native nations across Wisconsin who will present on stereotypes, history and culture, curriculum infusion, the history of Wisconsin’s First Nations, Act 31, resource authentication and much more. A complete schedule and list of presenters is available upon request or pre-registration.
Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m. The symposium will start at 8:30 a.m.
This year’s symposium will be held in two locations:
(A)
Hmong Community Cultural Center
1815 Ward Av. La Crosse, WI
&
(B)
Lunda Center
400 7 St. North La Crosse, WI
