Salish Kootenai College-Rural Systemic Initiative

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The Salish Kootenai College Rural Systemic Initiative (SKC RSI-Phase II) will result in atransformation of the educational experience for both teachers and students. Professionaldevelopment for teachers, adoption of effective assessment strategies, and promotion of community involvement in the educational process will enhance the quality and quantity of thelearning experience for students in science, mathematics, and technology within and beyond theschool walls. The classroom teacher is the key to the effectiveness of the delivery of curricularchanges to the individual student. In the SKC RSI project, the primary goal is to have everyteacher achieve the status of "master teacher" and to have every student achieve the status of "master learner." It is important to understand that the journey of the educational experience Is a balanced effort between teachers and students.The overall goal of this proposal is to implement a comprehensive, sustainable, adaptablesystem-wide reform of science, mathematics and technology instruction and learning on theFlathead Indian Reservation in Montana. This will lead to increased achievement for all studentsand specifically emphasizes greater achievements for two groups of under-served populations inthis rural setting: Native American students and girls. SKC is the resource identifier for science, mathematics, and technology areas and hasalready developed coursework in biology, chemistry, physics, and earth sciences. SKC will, ineffect, become a "mini clearinghouse" for science, mathematics, and technology (SMT) areasusing American Indian-specific teaching and learning materials in professional developmentin SMT areas for teachers and students. SKC is currently preparing assessment strategiesand activities that will be shared with other TCRSI projects.Other major goals are the improvement of science, mathematics, and technology educationon the Flathead Indian Reservation including access to high quality, standards-based instruction for all students, innovative use of educational technologies for interactive deliveryand the training of the teaching workforce to meet the demands of a new instructionalparadigm. Rigorous, standards-based instruction for all students will be implemented on theFlathead Indian Reservation and the curriculum, professional development, and assessmentsystems to support that instruction. The development of the policy changes and resourceallocations to support these efforts are the long-term goal of the SKC RSI Program.