Wayawawicakiya Waste (Good Teacher) STEM Teachers of Excellence Education Program (STEEP)

Oglala Lakota College Wayawawicakiya Waste（Good Teacher）STEM Teachers of Excellence Education Program的主要目标是增加农村学校系统中高素质的保留地认证数学和科学中学教师的数量。 统计数据显示，在南达科他州（SD）的保留地，中学的优质教师严重短缺。 Oglala Lakota学院（OLC）已经开始通过创建物理科学复合中学学士学位课程来解决这个问题。 获得这个学位的毕业生被认证为在南达科他州教授中学化学和物理，并在数学，生物学和地球科学方面获得认可。 Wayawawicakiya废物计划建立了25名新中学教师毕业的能力，并维持了未来教师的管道。 OLC拥有基础设施和专业知识，可以为南达科他州的学生提供远程学位课程。 此外，该计划提供面对面的暑期课程，旨在让学生参与方法技术，科学实践经验，实践教学和建设性评估会议的机会。 为了妥善解决保留地学校系统的问题，一个项目必须包括在职K-12教师。 Wayawawicakiya Waste计划通过为K-12教师和管理人员提供数学和科学方面的专业发展机会，扩展了OLC与合作伙伴K-12学校之间的合作关系。 增加高质量中学教师的数量和提高在职教师的技能，使广泛的影响，在南达科他州的学校系统占主导地位的美洲土著学生。 合作伙伴K-12系统招收了14，000多名学生，其中约90%是美洲原住民。

The main goal of the Oglala Lakota College Wayawawicakiya Waste (Good Teacher) STEM Teachers of Excellence Education Program is to increase the number of highly qualified reservation based certified math and science secondary teachers in rural school systems. Statistics indicate there is a severe shortage of quality teachers in secondary schools across reservations in South Dakota (SD). Oglala Lakota College (OLC) has begun to address this problem by creating a composite secondary baccalaureate degree program in Physical Science. Graduates earning this degree are certified to teach secondary chemistry and physics in South Dakota, and endorsements exist in math, biology and earth science. The Wayawawicakiya Waste program builds the capacity to graduate 25 new secondary teachers and sustain a pipeline of future teachers. OLC has the infrastructure and expertise in place to offer degree programs at distance to students across South Dakota. In addition, the program offers face-to-face summer sessions designed to engage students in methodology techniques, hands-on experience in science, opportunities to practice teaching and constructive evaluation sessions. To properly address the problem in reservation school systems, a project must include in-service K-12 teachers. The Wayawawicakiya Waste program extends the collaborative relationships between OLC and partner K-12 schools by providing professional development opportunities in math and science for K-12 teachers and administrators. Increasing the number of high quality secondary teachers and improving in-service teacher skills makes a broad impact in South Dakota school systems dominated by Native American students. Partner K-12 systems enroll over 14,000 students, approximately 90% of which are Native American.