Sep 17, 2019

>Understanding the Minneapolis Public Schools: Current Condition, Future Prospect< >>>>> Chapter Twenty-Eight (Part One, Facts) >>>>> Divisions, Departments and Office of the Minneapolis Public Schools >>>>> Department of Indian Education

The Department of Indian Education, which exists under a Minnesota legislative mandate, brings special cultural programming to Minneapolis Public Schools sites that have the highest enrollment of American Indian students;  the department also reaches out in family engagement efforts.   
 
Academic proficiency rates for American Indian students enrolled in the Minneapolis Public Schools for academic years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 as follows:
 
MPS Academic Proficiency Rates for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, & 2018
 
Math                     2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
  
American             23%        19%           19%       16%        17%
Indian
 
Reading               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
  
American             21%        20%           21%       22%        23%
Indian
 
Science               2014       2015       2016      2017      2018
 
American             14%        16%           13%       16%        13%
Indian
 
There has been quite a bit of turnover in the Department of Indian Education since last academic year 2018-2019. 
 
Please peruse the following lists, indicative of new staff since March 2018 and the full lists for March 2018 and September 2019
 
Department of Indian Education Staff in September 2019 New Since March 2018
 
>>>>>  Jennifer Simon, Director
(Cheyenne River Lake)
>>>>>  Diane Leskey, Office Senior Specialist
>>>>>  TBD, Counselor on Special Assignment
>>>>>  TBD, TOSA, Special Education
>>>>>  Anjanette Parisien, District Program Facilitator
(Turtle Mountain)
>>>>>  Shane Thompson, School Success Program Assistant
(Seneca)
 
Also note these unfilled positions  >>>>>
 
>>>>>  TBD, Counselor on Special Assignment
>>>>>  TBD, TOSA, Special Education
>>>>>  TBD, District Program Facilitator
 
Department of Indian Education Staff in March 2018 No Longer in the Department
 
>>>>>   Anna Ross, Director
>>>>>   Terry Bignett, School Success Program Assistant
>>>>>   Tami Johnson, Ida Downwind
>>>>>   Elaine Kopischke, Office Specialist
>>>>>   James Vukelich, School Success Program Assistant
>>>>>   Odia Wood-Krueger, District Program Facilitator
 
Department of Indian Education Staff, September 2019
 
1.  Jennifer Simon, Director
(Cheyenne River Lake)
2.  Diane Leskey, Office Senior Specialist
3.  Jodi Burke, Counselor on Special Assignment
4.  TBD, Counselor on Special Assignment
5.  Tracy Burke, Counselor on Special Assignment
6.  Alicia Garcia, Social Worker
(Taos Pueblo)
7.  Braden Canfield, Social Worker
8.  TBD, TOSA, Special Education
9.  Anjanette Parisien, District Program Facilitator
(Turtle Mountain)
10.  Gary Lussier, District Program Facilitator
(Red Lake)
11.  TBD, District Program Facilitator
12.  Shane Thompson, School Success Program Assistant
(Seneca)
13.  Christine Wilson, Family Engagement Specialist
(White Earth)
14.  Miskwa Mukwa Desjarlait, Youth Engagement Specialist
(Red Lake)
 
(March 2018)  >>>>>
 
Staff Member                                   Position
 
1)           Anna Ross                                            Director
2)            Terrell Bignell                                   School Success  
     Program Assistant
3)            Jodi Burke                                           Counselor on Special
     Assignment
4)            Tracy Burke                                        Counselor on Special
     Assignment
5)            Braden Canfield                               Social Worker
6)            Miskwa-Mukwa Desjarlait          Youth Engagement Specialist
7)            Ida Downwind                                  District Program Facilitator
8)           Alicia Garcia                                        Social Worker
9)            Tami Johnson                                    Counselor on Special
     Assignment
10)          Elaine Kopischke                             Office Specialist
11)          Gary Lussier                                       District Program Facilitator 
12)          James Vukelich                                School Success  
     Program Assistant
13)          Christine Wilson                              Family Engagement Specialist
14)          Odia Wood-Krueger                       District Program Facilitator 
 
 

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