"Rural School Leadership: Lesson's from Alaska provides practical school improvement strategies for leaders in rural schools"--
Rural School Leadership: Lessons from Alaska is a guide for leaders in rural schools. The book tells stories, provides clear examples and practical school improvement strategies. Throughout the book, authors discuss how leaders can help their schools meet the needs of both Indigenous and Western systems. Chapters are organized around specific areas of interest for rural school leaders, such as cross-cultural leadership, academic improvement, and leading small schools.
Rural School Leadership: Lesson's from Alaska provides practical school improvement strategies for leaders in rural schools.
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Given the increasing cultural diversity within our American school system, it is imperative that we are mindful of the stories, culture, values, and lived experiences that are told from the Indigenous perspective. When school culture and community values are aligned, students, families, and teachers will feel more empowered and supported. In order to be an effective leader, it is important for leaders to understand the people they are serving and working alongside, building connections to who they are and what they value. -- Tanya Mau, Hawaii Teacher Induction Center
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Rural School Leadership: Lesson's from Alaska provides practical school improvement strategies for leaders in rural schools.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Rural Alaska Schools
Janice DeVore Littlebear, Sean Asikluk Topkok, Christian P. Wilkens
Chapter 2: Being New
Robin Jones, Meghan Redmond
Chapter 3: Cross-Cultural Leadership
Robert S. Thompson
Chapter 4: Adapting Curriculum
Carol Thompson
Chapter 5: Career, Technical and Subsistence Education
Christian P. Wilkens
Chapter 6: Teaching through Culture
Abby Qirvan Augustine
Chapter 7: Academic Success: Leadership that Drives Change
Robert S. Thompson
Chapter 8: Small K-12 Schools
Evelyn Willburn, Deidre Jenson, Benjamin Glover
Chapter 9: School Climate, Safety and Learning
Lesa Meath, Janice DeVore Littlebear
Chapter 10: Supervision: Improving, Recruiting and Keeping Good Teachers
Robert S. Thompson, Christian P. Wilkens
Chapter 11: New Directions: Learning from Others
Janice DeVore Littlebear, Robert S. Thompson, Christian P. Wilkens
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Appendix A: Tribes in Alaska by Location
Appendix B: Alaska Standards for Culturally Responsive Schools
Appendix C: Alaska Indigenous Languages Map
Glossary
References
About the Editors
About the Authors
Christian P. Wilkens is an associate professor at the State University of New York, Brockport. He taught in Dzįnti Kihéeni [ Juneau], Alaska, worked for the Alaska Department of Education, and has served as a school improvement coach in Kivalińiq (Kivalina), Teey (Tetlin), Gitringith Chagg (Anvik), and Qalqaq (Lower Kalskag).
Janice DeVore Littlebear taught for 15+ years in one of the most diverse communities in Ameria, then mentored early career teachers across Alaska. She has traveled the globe working with teachers, brought cultural pedagogical practices to the Alaska Statewide Mentor Project (ASMP), and directed the Teacher Education K-8 Certificate program at Alaska Pacific University until retiring from APU in 2021. Today she continues as Lead Cultural Consultant for ASMP, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Robert S. (Bob) Thompson has served as a teacher and principal in urban and rural Alaska for the last 35 years. He started his career in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in 1986. In 2002, he and his wife began work in rural Alaska, including Alak School in Uluniq (Wainwright), Hopson Middle School in Utqiagvik, and later at Chief Ivan Blunka School in Cetuyaraq (New Stuyahok). He has been involved with the State System of Support Coaching Program since its inception and served as the managing director of the program for four years. He now continues his consulting work from his home in Palmer, Alaska.
