Two More Days to Pre-Register for Native Student Dropout Prevention Conference: Announcing NIEA Capacity-Building Alert Vol.1, No.3

TWO MORE DAYS TO PRE-REGISTER FOR CONFERNCE ON STEMMING DROPOUTS AMONG NATIVE STUDENTS

Only one out of every two American Indian and Alaska Native students graduates on time, according to Education Week's annual Diplomas Count report. Developing and implementing strategies that keep our Native students in school is critical to that effort. This is why NIEA, along with the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network, and other organizations are sponsoring the 2012 National Forum on Dropout Prevention Strategies for Native and Tribal Communities, April 15-18 at the Sheraton Crescent Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona.

Register for the conference by March 30 for early-bird rates.

At the conference, you and your fellow NIEA members and Native educators can learn about new strategies for helping Native students at-risk of dropping out. You will also learn from education leaders and researchers such as Denise Juneau, Montana's Superintendent of Public Instructor; and Rev. Dr. Michael Oleksa, the Acting Chancellor of the Diocese of Sitka, Anchorage and Alaska. You will also have an opportunity to learn more from NIEA's own Dr. Dawn Mackety about spurring family engagement, and the issues involved in collecting data on the conditions of education for Native students.

Join your fellow Native teachers, leaders, and advocates to help keep our students in school -- and support our communities in choosing excellent education Register for the conference at http://www.cvent.com/events/2012-national-forum-on-dropout-prevention-for-native-and-tribal-communities-registration/event-summary-89c8eb5144ec485693a66df8e1c89335.aspx.

ON THE LIST: OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAPACITY-BUILDING

Federal Grant Opportunities

Alaska Native Education Program CFDA Number 84.356A (Eligible applicants include Alaska Native organizations; organizations with educational entities with experience in developing or operating Alaska Native programs or programs of instruction conducted in Alaska Native languages; cultural and community organizations; and state education agencies and charter schools considered local education agencies under state law as part of a consortium involving an Alaska Native organization.) Applications due May 15.
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Special Education Research CFDA Number 84.324A-1 (Eligible applicants include 501(c)3 nonprofits; public and state universities; and for-profit organizations other than small businesses.) Applications due June 21.
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education Research CFDA Number 84.305H (Eligible applicants include 501(c)3 nonprofits; public and state universities; and for-profit organizations other than small businesses.) Applications due Sept. 20.
Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): Investing in Innovation Fund (I3) Validation Grants CFDA Number 84.411B (Eligible applicants include school districts; and nonprofits working with school districts.) Applications due May 29.
Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): Investing in Innovation Fund (I3) Scale-Up Grants CFDA Number 84.411A (Eligible applicants include school districts; and nonprofits working with school districts.) Applications due May 29.
National Science Foundation's Cultural Anthropology Grant (Unrestricted eligibility): Applications due August 16.
National Science Foundation's Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Grant (Unrestricted eligibility): Applications due May 29.
National Science Foundation's Discovery K-12 (Unrestricted eligibility) Applications due December 6.

Nonprofit Grant, Job, Resource, and Scholarship Opportunities

The Ferguson Education Leadership Fellowship (Rocketship Education(Thirty-month postgraduate fellowship to work either at blended learning charter school operator Rocketship Education; online technology firm Curriculum Associates; or Revere Public Schools in Revere, Mass.) Applications due April 1.
Chief Advocate, Office of Hawaiian Affairs (Law degree with 10 years of senior or executive level experience.) Hiring process continues until job is filled.
AISIE Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation Scholarship(Eligible applicants are high school seniors in Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas and Washington.) Application due April 15.

NOW AVAILABLE: NIEA'S SPECIAL ADVOCACY BRIEF ON NATIVE HAWAIIAN EDUCATION
NIEA Native Hawaiian advocacy

Learn more about NIEA's efforts on behalf of Native Hawaiian students. Find out how you can help stop efforts to end funding for Native Hawaiian Education Act programs funded under Title VII of No Child/ESEA. Understand the need for fostering cultural immersion and language programs -- and how those efforts will help all Native communities. Read and share this special advocacy brief.

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READ AND WATCH

Strategizing on Advocacy for Native Education: The 2012 NIEA Legislative Summit
NIEA's letter to Oregon's state board of education supporting a ban on American Indian mascots
NIEA expresses concerns over No Child Left Behind Act/ESEA Waiver Process
NIEA supports maintaining much-needed federal accountability and data on Native student achievement
Profiles of partnerships between tribal education departments and local education agencies

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