Integrating Indigenous Learning: Koom tes nrog Office of Native Education
Thaum ntxov lub hlis no ntawm Washington State Indian Education Association Conference hauv Yakima, Washington STEM tau raug caw los qhia txog kev sib koom tes tshiab thiab kev ua ub no nrog Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Kawm Hauv Tebchaws (ONE). Washington STEM's Chief Impact & Policy Officer, Jenée Myers Twitchell, thiab Senior Program Officer, Tana Peterman, tau qhia thiab kawm ua ke nrog cov neeg koom nrog lub rooj sib tham txog txoj hauv kev kawm txog kev ua haujlwm thiab nyiaj txiag los ntawm Career Connect Washington teg num. Lawv—nrog rau Washington STEM cov npoj yaig Susan Hou thiab Dr. Sabine Thomas, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Central Puget Sound STEAM Network, uas tseem ua haujlwm nrog Duwamish thiab Coast Salish cov zej zog hauv kev kawm thaum ntxov-tshaj tawm lawv cov kev paub los tsim kev koom tes nrog ONE dhau los 18 lub hlis thiab yuav ua li cas qhov kev sib koom tes no nthuav dav mus rau cov kev kawm thaum ntxov thiab kev kawm ua haujlwm hauv tsev kawm theem siab thiab kev kawm qib siab.
Washington STEM kuj tau kawm los ntawm IB tus neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov thawj coj ntawm pawg neeg tseem ceeb txog cov teeb meem ntsig txog yuav ua li cas Asmeskas Khab thiab Alaskan Native cov tub ntxhais kawm raug txheeb xyuas hauv tsev kawm ntawv, xeev, thiab tsoomfwv cov ntaub ntawv kev kawm thiab cov txiaj ntsig tau. Txog qhov kawg, Washington STEM thiab IB tus neeg ua haujlwm tau pom zoo los koom tes hauv daim ntawv qhia txog kev nthuav dav ntxiv txog yuav ua li cas pab pawg neeg, tshwj xeeb yog cov nyob hauv Washington State thiab Pacific Northwest, tau coj thiab tawm tswv yim rau txoj hauv kev tshiab ntawm kev kho cov tub ntxhais kawm cov ntaub ntawv pej xeem. Qhov teeb meem ntawm "Kev Tshaj Tawm Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj Tshaj rau," tshawb nrhiav cov txheej txheem cov ntaub ntawv teb li cas rau cov keeb kwm tsis raug thiab tsis txheeb xyuas cov tub ntxhais kawm uas koom nrog pawg neeg uas muaj ntau haiv neeg lossis ntau haiv neeg.
Susan Hou, cov tub ntxhais kawm tiav los ntawm University of Washington thiab Community Partner Fellow nrog Washington STEM, tau hais tias, "Txawm hais tias cov haiv neeg tau hu rau thiab ua haujlwm rau Kev Sawv Cev Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Plaws rau ntau xyoo, cov koom tes tsis yog pab pawg tsis tau hais txog qhov teeb meem no. Peb cia siab tias los ntawm lub suab nrov ntawm cov tuam tsev cov haiv neeg thiab cov thawj coj ntawm lub xeev, cov kws kho mob, cov kws qhia kev kawm, cov chaw ua haujlwm thiab cov zej zog, uas hwm pab pawg neeg sovereignty, thiab uas koom rau kev ncaj ncees. "