10:00-11:30am - Engagement 101: Foundations of Tribal Sovereignty

• Historical grounding on policies that impact American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) learners
• Learn what the implications of tribal sovereignty are relating to education
• Learn about some of the issues with data collection and reporting of AI/AN learners

What is tribal sovereignty and how does it affect how educators serve our Native American and Alaskan Native students and families? Get an introduction to some of the historical policies that have impacted Native Education with members of OSPI’s Office of Native Education. You’ll also learn what it means to support AI/AN students who are citizens and descendants of sovereign tribal nations and some of the issues with data collection and reporting. 

3:00-4:30pm - 201: Engagement 201: Promising Practices in Native Education

• Best practices serving American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) learners and families
• Building relationships with AI/AN students and families
• Tapping into student and family voice 

Learn about how North Thurston School District is consulting and collaborating with the Nisqually Tribe and get ideas for how you might partner with your own local tribes. We’ll have leaders of the Muckleshoot Tribal School joining us to talk about how they’re building relationships and empowering their students. Get tips and tricks for engagement and learn more about supporting American Indian and Alaskan Native students. 

How To Collect Clock Hours

1. Register for morning sessions: GATE Equity Webinar 101 – you only have to do this once for each school year.
2. Register for afternoon sessions: GATE Equity Webinar 201 – you only have to do this once for each school year.
3. Register monthly for your 3 Free Clock Hours on pdEnroller. Check our website for the link.
4. Attend both sessions live and mark your attendance by participating in the polls. This will be used for clock hour verifications. 
5. Complete the pdEnroller Evaluation online. Clock hours will be awarded when we have verified your attendance, usually within a few days.

If you'd like to receive partial clock hours, this is also available. Questions about this process? Contact Ronnie Larson: ronnie.larson@k12.wa.us 

Graduation: A Team Effort (GATE) Equity webinars help growth minded educators and education advocates to learn from Washington districts who are closing opportunity gaps. Using OSPI data and experience from the field, GATE Equity webinars reveal the systems that drive success, an equity focus, and the key strategies that are getting students to graduation.  

We offer two distinct experiences that both feature Washington schools doing amazing work! GATE Equity Webinar 101 sessions, in the morning, are based on foundational best practices. GATE 201 Webinar sessions, in the afternoon, focus on a specific strategy from our monthly theme that you can apply to your context. Each webinar is an hour and a half long this year as we’ve added time for our audience to meet in small groups and apply the content to their own context. Our webinars are a great opportunity to learn from people who are trying innovative strategies across the state. If you know other educators that would benefit, please share the following opportunities to friends and colleagues.

Visit the GATE Equity Webinar page for more information. 

Check out past webinars on OSPI’s YouTube Channel. Subscribe by clicking the bell to get alerts when we post new videos.