Overview

• Youth Development Specialist Role

• School Staff - YDS School Assignments

• Volunteer Program (VISION)

• American Indian Student Association(AISA Club)

• American Indian Science &Engineering Society (AISES Club)

• Dropout Prevention

• Get Involved

• Building Relationships for Effective Dropout Prevention

• Helpful Websites

• Forms & Publications

• YDS Forms

• Helpful Websites

• Gov. Cooper

• SACIE Report

• SACIE Report 2020

Community Involvement

• •Elders to support Indian Education and advocate for schools

• •Parental Involvement

• •Network with local, state, and national – multiple entities

• •Faith-based

• •Support each other in professional and community outreach

• •Visibility within community

Parent Involvement

• Scholarship/Financial Aid Handbook Workshop

• Summer Camp Workshop

• Access to the Computer Lab

• Indian Education library material

• Year-round tours of the Museum and Art Gallery

• Serve on parent committee. (Parents are elected in the spring. This committee meets monthly).

• Parents/Elders presentations

• Conference chaperones

• Reading Workshop

Student Involvement

• Monitoring attendance and drop out prevention

• Conferences with students, teachers, administrators, and parents

• Reading tutorial and enrichment

• Cultural presentations at schools

• American Indian Student Association (AISA) Club

• American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)

• Scholastic Aptitude Test prep (SAT) class

• Financial assistance with SAT, ACT, and college applications

• Local, state, and national conference participation.

• Use of the IERC computer lab, library, museum and art gallery.

• VISION volunteer for grades 9-12

• Summer Camps grades 3-12