Rural School Leadership

Auteur

Christian P. Wilkens is an associate professor at the State University of New York, Brockport. He taught in Dzánti K'ihéeni [Juneau], Alaska, worked for the Alaska Department of Education, and has served as a school improvement coach in Kivaliñiq (Kivalina), Tee y (Tetlin), Gitr'ingith Chagg (Anvik), and Qalqaq (Lower Kalskag).

Janice DeVore Littlebear taught for 15+ years in one of the most diverse communities in Ameria, then mentored early career teachers across Alaska. She has traveled the globe working with teachers, brought cultural pedagogical practices to the Alaska Statewide Mentor Project (ASMP), and directed the Teacher Education K-8 Certificate program at Alaska Pacific University until retiring from APU in 2021. Today she continues as Lead Cultural Consultant for ASMP, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Robert S. (Bob) Thompson has served as a teacher and principal in urban and rural Alaska for the last 35 years. He started his career in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in 1986. In 2002, he and his wife began work in rural Alaska, including Alak School in Ul uniq (Wainwright), Hopson Middle School in Utqiagvik, and later at Chief Ivan Blunka School in Cetuyaraq (New Stuyahok). He has been involved with the State System of Support Coaching Program since its inception and served as the managing director of the program for four years. He now continues his consulting work from his home in Palmer, Alaska.

Texte du rabat

Rural School Leadership: Lesson's from Alaska provides practical school improvement strategies for leaders in rural schools.

Résumé
Rural School Leadership: Lesson's from Alaska provides practical school improvement strategies for leaders in rural schools.

Contenu

Introduction

Chapter 1: Rural Alaska Schools

Janice DeVore Littlebear, Sean Asik uk Topkok, Christian P. Wilkens

Chapter 2: Being New

Robin Jones, Meghan Redmond

Chapter 3: Cross-Cultural Leadership

Robert S. Thompson

Chapter 4: Adapting Curriculum

Carol Thompson

Chapter 5: Career, Technical and Subsistence Education

Christian P. Wilkens

Chapter 6: Teaching through Culture

Abby Qirvan Augustine

Chapter 7: Academic Success: Leadership that Drives Change

Robert S. Thompson

Chapter 8: Small K-12 Schools

Evelyn Willburn, Deidre Jenson, Benjamin Glover

Chapter 9: School Climate, Safety and Learning

Lesa Meath, Janice DeVore Littlebear

Chapter 10: Supervision: Improving, Recruiting and Keeping Good Teachers

Robert S. Thompson, Christian P. Wilkens

Chapter 11: New Directions: Learning from Others

Janice DeVore Littlebear, Robert S. Thompson, Christian P. Wilkens

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Appendix A: Tribes in Alaska by Location

Appendix B: Alaska Standards for Culturally Responsive Schools

Appendix C: Alaska Indigenous Languages Map

Glossary

References

About the Editors

About the Authors