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Office of Indian Education reports enrollment, programs and funding; district notes data limits
Summary
Anna Brokenleg, supervisor for the Office of Indian Education, presented program scope, enrollment trends, staffing and funding sources, including Title VI and Johnson O'Malley funds, and asked the district to improve data-tracking for students who identify with multiple ethnicities.
Anna Brokenleg, supervisor for the Sioux Falls School District 49-5 Office of Indian Education, presented an overview of the offices programs, student enrollment and funding during the board work session.
Brokenleg said the Office of Indian Education supports indigenous students through curriculum, language and cultural programming and case management. "Our mission is to empower our native students by connecting them to their culture, their history," she said.
Brokenleg described program staffing and services. The district has elementary Oceti Sakowin (OSO) facilitators, middle- and high-school OSO teachers that offer stand-alone courses and case management for Native students, two citywide liaisons who split east- and west-side responsibilities, clerical staff and social workers who work with attendance and family needs. She said OSO teachers case-manage every Native student in their building and aim for one to two…
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