Education Opportunities for Paraprofessionals
Information, applications and registration forms can be requested from:
Susan Conrad
Oglala Lakota College
605-455-6094
Fax 605-455-2603
sconrad@olc.edu
Serving Native Schools Project is funded through a collaboration between OSDEC, Senator Tom Dashle’s office and the USDOE Star Schools Program.
Oceti Sakowin Distance Education Consortium
Ted Hamilton
Project Director
(605) 867-5654
(308) 862-1313 Cell Phone
thamil@tcsdk12.org
Oceti Sakowin
Distance Learning Consortium
Star Schools Project Members
www.tcsdk12.org/oceti/sakowin.htm
American Horse School
Cheyenne-Eagle Butte Schools
Crazy Horse School
Little Wound School
Loneman School
Lower Brule School
Pine Ridge Schools
Porcupine Contract School
Red Cloud Indian School
Tiospa Zina School
Todd County School
Wounded Knee School
Cheyenne River Community College
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Circle of Nations School
Crow Creek Tribal School
Flandreau Indian School
Flandreau Public School
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
Lower Brule Community College
Mid-Central Educational Cooperative
St. Francis Indian School
Santee Community School
Shannon County Schools
Sinte Gleske University
Tiospaye Topa
Oglala Community School
Oglala Lakota College
Takini School
TIE
Wakpala High School
Serving Native Schools Project
Associate of Arts Degree
in
Elementary Education
Oglala Lakota College
Box 490
Kyle, SD 57752
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE
IN
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
The Oceti Sakowin Distance Education Consortium is assisting teacher aides in attaining their AA degree. The Serving Native Schools Project will be offering all the courses necessary to complete the degree via distance learning. Both video-conferencing technologies and asynchronous web based delivery will be used by the instructors.
The SNS Project will provide tuition and fees for each participant. Computers (1-3) will be provided to each participating school. Schools will provide release time for participants to attend video-conferencing courses and to work on their computer based assignments.
Participants that already have earned some college credit may apply to be
a part of this project as well.
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
CORE REQUIREMENTS (43 credits)
StSk 103 College Reading & Study Skills 3hrs.
Engl 103 Freshman English I 3hrs.
Engl 113 Freshman English II 3hrs.
SpCm 103 Speech Communications 3hrs.
Math 134 Intermediate Algebra 3hrs.
Mus 203 Music and Culture 3hrs.
Pols 103 American Government 3hrs.
Psy 103 General Psychology 3hrs.
Bio 113 People and the Environment 3hrs.
Geog 213 World Geography 3hrs.
Ed 483 Teaching with Technology 3hrs.
HISA 203 or 213 American History I or II 3hrs.
Lit 313 World Literature 3hrs.
LAKOTA STUDIES REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)
Lak 103 Lakota Language I 3hrs.
Lak 233 Lakota Language II 3hrs.
LaSoc 103 Lakota Culture 3hrs.
Lak Elective __________________________ 3hrs.
Lak Elective __________________________ 3hrs.
AA LEVEL ELEMENTARY EDUCATION COURSEWORK (13 credits)
Ed 283 Foundations of Education 3hrs.
Sci 204 Integrated Science for the Elem. Teacher I 4hrs.
Math 323 Math for the Elementary
Teacher I 3hrs.
Lit 303 Reading Children’s Literature 3hrs.
Arts 153 School arts and Crafts 3hrs.
TOTAL 70hrs.
This degree serves as a stepping stone to the B.S. degree in Elementary Education.
The Serving Native Schools Project is offering this AA degree program in response
to the No Child Left Behind Act. Paraprofessionals, who were employed before
January 8, 2002, must meet one of the following requirements within the next
three years and no later than January 2006.
They must:
1) Complete at least two years of study at an institution of higher learning (64 credits);
or
2) Earn an associate (or higher) degree.