American Indian Education Program at Bdote Learning Center

BDOTE LEARNING CENTER DISTRICT ASSESSMENT OF AMERICAN INDIAN PROGRAM PRESENTATION FEB. 20, 2024

American Indian Count The American Indian Count is done using the state data that was provided by Bdote Learning Center in the MARSS system that is connected to our student identification system (sis) JMC. The American Indian Count data is reported from the October 1 MARSS reporting deadline. We get this information from enrollment packet with forms parents fill out when enrolling students. MDE uses the student count information reported on this date to determine participant eligibility for the subsequent school year. For example, students that are reported as American Indian on October 1, 2022 determine the eligible AIEA program participants in SY2023-24.

American Indian Count Contd The American Indian student count from October 2022 was 93 students. We started the school year with 84 students in October 2023. Currently we sit at 95 students. Total student count over the 2023-2024 school year is 125 students. 121 of the 125 students identify as American Indian/Native American. Our American Indian student count for the next school year would be between 81 83 students based on the October 2023 student count.

American Indian Education Program Bdote Learning Center works with the AIPAC to create plans for students and assign purpose to the American Indian Education funds. Bdote Learning Center s mission and vision are centered around Native American education and language. The mission of Bdote Learning Center is to develop culturally aware, successful, high performing students by providing them with an academically rigorous education that is place-based and ROOTED IN NATIVE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPES. Bdote Learning Center is a Native American non-profit led by a majority Native American Board of Directors and majority Native American staff to help ensure this mission.

American Indian Education Program Contd Language immersion is taught in Kindergarten - 3rdgrade currently. Grades 4 8 receive language instruction but also have instruction in math, English, science, and social studies which are state standards. Most of the subjects incorporate language and culture. For example: in English they read Native American authored books, they read cultural books about stories in their language classes, do science around things like smudging, tobacco, and talking about life cycles of animals like buffalo. Some math lessons have included algebra around winter count. This year some lessons have been around snow snakes, traditional rice cooking lessons, moccasin making, tipi s, and winter count in various classrooms.

American Indian Education Program Contd Student needs are assessed collaboratively with teachers and families overall by looking at student classwork, student testing data, and through referral from staff or family. Students who need help with English and Math have pull outs on Friday to get additional 1 to 1 instruction. Other students can meet with other ADSIS staff during the school day if struggling with content. We have a full time Social Worker who helps address social emotional needs with students and can meet with students daily or weekly. We have play therapists who come and meet with students during the day. Indian Health Board picks some students up for appointments. We also have Speech Language Specialist, Hearing Specialist, Occupational Therapy Specialists, and Psychologists who come in to meet with students during the school day. In the past and currently we have worked with Ready Set Smile to get dental care during the school day.

Title VI American Indian Eligibility Upon Enrollment students are required to fill out the Title VI Form that is on our website as well as JOM forms that are included in the Bdote Learning Center enrollment packet. These forms are now required before starting school at Bdote Learning Center. You only have to fill these forms out once upon enrollment at Bdote Learning Center.

Title VI Funds Bdote Learning Center administration works in collaboration with the Bdote Learning Center AIPAC to create a budget and narrative for both the state and federal Title VI Funds. Bdote Learning Center administration and administrative assistant are responsible for collecting the forms and adding them to student files and marking them in our SIS, JMC. Part 1 of the Federal Title VI funding is due March 7, 2024.

Title VI Budget BLC Proposed AIPAC Budget Area of Focus Budget Amount Explanation $ (76,500.00) Supplies for hands on cultural artist projects. Example: regalia making, drum making, moccasin making beads, fabric, sewing machines, thread, leather, sinew, ribbon, paint, jingles, shirts, paintbrushes, etc. FTE for Native teachers that teach regalia making & cultural activites $0.00 Showcase event like fashion show, art display, concert, etc. $ 27,125.00 Expense $ 8,000.00 $ 19,125.00 Supplies FTE for Native Teachers Teaching Regalia Making A4 $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 2,000.00 Stipends for Native Career Folx/High Schooler A1 Paying for career people to visit and speak to kids. A4 Showcase Event A4 High School Visits A1 Visiting high schools with parents. Gifts or stipends for contracted venders and participants Gifts A1 Total: Food for students, contracted individuals, participants & families Nutrition A1 A2, A3, A4, A5 $ 5,000.00 $ 5,000.00 Showcase event like fashion show, art display, concert, etc. Gas for speakers, contracted vendors, families, school vans, cabs, maintenance of community vans, and buses or cabs for transport. $0.00 Showcase event like fashion show, art display, concert, etc. Showcase Event Gas/Mileage/Transportation Showcase Event A1 A1 $ 6,000.00 Total: Total: $ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00 Gifts or stipends for contracted venders and participants $ - $ 19,125.00 $ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00 $ 1,000.00 Ceremonies like sweat, sun dance, pow wow, etc. to help the social emotional needs of students and families. Salary or FTE for Native language teachers & teachers teaching cultural practices Gifts & Stipends A5 Ceremonies Salary or FTE for Native Language Teachers & Cultural Practices A2 Total: 4 Gifts or stipends for contracted venders and participants Gifts & Stipends A2 $ 76,250.00 Gas for speakers, contracted vendors, families, school vans, cabs, maintenance of community vans, and buses or cabs for transport. Gas/Mileage/Transportation A2 Nutrition A2 Food for students, contracted individuals, participants & families Lodging for participants, background checks for families using community van, ceremonial items, & any clothing or sanitary needs pertaining to event. $ 3,000.00 $ 27,125.00 Supplies A2 Total: $ 6,000.00 $ 2,000.00 $ 1,000.00 Indoor Playgrounds, Trampoliine Parks, Aquarium, Nick U, Valley Fair, etc. Gas for speakers, contracted vendors, families, school vans, cabs, maintenance of community vans, and buses or cabs for transport. Cultural & Fun Field Trips A3, A4 Transportation/Gas/Mileage A3 Nutrition Showcase Event A3 A3 Food for students, contracted individuals, & families $0.00 Showcase event like fashion show, art display, concert, etc. $ 9,000.00 Total:

Title VI Budget Other Professional Development (Non travel Related): Administrative Cost Total Administrative Cost Other Professional Development (Non travel Related): Program Cost Total Program Cost Budget Totals: Budget Supply Administrative Cost Total: Budget Contractual Administrative Cost Total: Budget Other Administrative Cost Total: Budget Supply Program Cost Total: Budget Contractual Program Cost Total: Budget Other Program Cost: Budget Total Program Cost: Budget Cost Leftover: Supplies Budget Complete all columns for each type of supplies to be funded by the program. The waiver request form will not be submitted in the system. If you are unable to reduce the direct administrative costs to less than 5%, you must complete the waiver request form and submit it directly to OIE at Indian.Education@ed.gov.To request a copy of the waiver request form, please contact your assigned Program Officer or Indian.Education@ed.gov. Student Consumables: Administrative Cost Total Administrative Cost Student Consumables: Program Cost Total Program Cost Technology: Administrative Cost Total Administrative Cost Technology: Program Cost Total Program Cost Contractual Direct Instructional Delivery: Administrative Cost Total Administrative Cost Contractual Instructional Delivery: Program Cost Total Program Cost Contractual Student Evaluations: Administrative Cost Total Administrative Cost Contractual Student Evaluations: Program Cost Total Program Cost Contractual Other 1 Ojibwe Language Teacher: Administrative Cost Total Administrative Cost Contractual Other 1 Ojibwe Language Teacher: Program Cost Total Program Cost Contractual Other 2 Dakota Language Teacher: Administrative Cost Total Administrative Cost Contractual Other 2 Dakota Language Teacher: Program Cost Total Program Cost Other Student Activities Related to Service: Administrative Cost Total Administrative Cost Other Student Activities Related to Service: Program Total Program Cost 0 2800 0 0 0 9000 11000 8800 28800 0 0 5000 0 4000 0 0 0 0 0 5500 0 5500 0 6000

Johnson OMalley (JOM) Funding Upon Enrollment students are required to fill out the Title VI Form that is on our website as well as JOM forms that are included in the Bdote Learning Center enrollment packet. These forms are now required before starting school at Bdote Learning Center. You only have to fill these forms out once upon enrollment at Bdote Learning Center. Bdote Learning Center administration and administrative assistant are responsible for collecting the forms and adding them to student files and marking them in our SIS, JMC, as well as sending them to our JOM coordinator Billie Annette for verification.

Federal Impact Aid & Consultation Bdote Learning Center Directors in collaboration with their accounting firm Clifton Larsen Allen file and report for any federal impact aid. Currently Bdote Learning Center has an ESSER grant finishing up. The requirements for this aid as well as American Indian Education aid is to meet with the Tribal Nations Education Committee (TNEC), made of representatives from all of Minnesota s tribal nations and report to them twice a year. We will have to report the AIPAC vote of concurrence to them this month along with the data and information we are sharing with you.

Completion & Submission of Annual Plan Bdote Learning Center submits a World s Best Workforce (WBWF) Plan by December 15 of each year. A WBWF strategic plan is a multi-year, detailed document that illustrates how a district or charter school will execute its goals or initiatives concerning the four WBWF goals. The Goals are: All children are ready for school. All racial and economic achievement gaps between students are closed. All students are ready for career and college. All students graduate from high school.

American Indian Staff Bdote Learning Center currently has 21 staff members. 17 of those staff members identify as American Indian. 14 of those identifying as American Indian are enrolled members of a federally recognized tribe. Staff identify as White Earth, Fond Du Lac, Lac Courte Orielles, Turtle Mountain, Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, Red Lake, Bois Forte, Ho Chunk, Leech Lake, Standing Rock, Oglala Sioux, and Lower Sioux. Most of their identification is listed on our staff website under their respective names.

American Indian Teacher Recruitment This year was the end of our ANA SEDS grant that was recruiting and building American Indian Teachers. Several of our current staff were interns in that program. We plan to apply for another one of these grants to further growth and certifications for qualified American Indian individuals. Currently Bdote Learning Center has partnerships with Thunder Valley CDC, Lower Sioux Community, Prairie Island Indian Community, Midwest Indigenous Immersion Network, and working on more to help encourage American Indian enrollment in education programs. We have attended U of M classes to recruit teachers and interns for our programs. We list positions and opportunities on Linked In, Indeed, MNSCU Minnesota Colleges List Serv, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tik Tok, and our website.

Community Coordinators As Bdote Learning Center is a small school we coordinate with families mostly through JMC which sends calls, emails and texts. We also send flyers and letters home with students. All staff is responsible for reaching out to families for various reasons. Bdote Learning Center is working on getting phones installed, our current infostructure does not support our new phones, and as soon as our audit is done we intend to pay the $28,000 - $32,000 to rewire the school to get them up and running.

Licenses for Language & Culture Teachers Bdote Learning Center has a relicensure committee that helps facilitate and aid the licensing processes for our teachers. With our ANA SEDS grant we helped build a structure to grow our own teachers. Unfortunately, the state requirements are constantly changing an require college degrees. With this grant we have begun identifying classes and places that can aid in achieving degrees and certifications while still working. LCO, FDL, Sisseton, UofM are all colleges with programs. Everything has a cost and we are doing our best to help support these needs for staff as they present themselves.

Tribal Relations & Policies Bdote Learning Center Directors have gone to local tribal agencies and offices to look for services that may serve enrolled students like therapy. They consult multiple times a year with TNEC to address policies, cultural practices, student performance, staffing, etc. Staff have professional development bi weekly and at the beginning of the year to address MDE required trainings as well as cultural practices and policies. Bdote Learning Center follows state and federal policies as well as policies created to sustain its mission and vision which are listed on our website.

AIPAC As Directors are newer they have a timeline of plans to make sure AIPAC is involved in the WBWF as well as Title 1 family engagement plan for the 2024 2025 school year. Our WBWF plan as well Family Engagement are listed on the website.

Events We currently do not have ongoing language tables because Parents and Families requested they be in person and we could not find anyone available to do in person language tables. Prior to this year we had 3 parents or families attending language tables regularly and about 8 the year before. This is why we do our best to share language tables that our communities are doing.

Curriculum Bdote Learning Center is actively creating a curriculum map for the curriculum that is taught to students. We are hoping to finish this in a few more years by taking lesson that previous employees and current employees have implemented. It is mostly sorting through many materials. Some of our curriculum is listed on the Midwest Indigenous Immersion Network website. We have partnerships with Thunder Valley CDC in the works for an in depth Dakota reading curriculum based off our reading level project that was done with a MIAC grant a few years ago. All our curriculum is aligned with state standards.

Satisfaction Surveys Students have been randomly given satisfaction surveys about various presentations, field trips, and the school each year during their class time.

Special Education 21 of our 125 students are identified as Special Education. As 121 of 125 students identify as Native American it is hard to disseminate data. We can compare our rates to other schools districts or charter schools similar to us.

Drop Out Rates We currently do not have a drop out rate as we are a K-12 school.

Disciplinary Data Our disciplinary data is public on MDE website. The report is called the DIRS report.

Attendance The state calculates attendance by the percent of time a student is in class. They do not care if the student is excused, they see an absence as an absence. We transport students across the twin cities metro which has helped attendance of students that have transferred in from other schools that have had difficulty. Most that service is direct service where students are picked up from their house instead of at a bus stop. Bdote Learning Center also offers free meals to all students regardless of their economic status which helps with attendance. Our current attendance is at

Graduation Rates As Bdote Learning Center is a K-8 school we do not have graduation rates for high schools. At this time we have our 1stgroup of 8thgrade graduates that would be graduating from high school this year. We have not come up with a sustainable way to track them. 100% ofour 8thgraders have graduated over the past 4 years.