Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Federally Funded
Schools on Reserves:
An Academic Crisis
- Federal government
and AANDC transfer
funds to First Nations to
control local education
- Provincial Schools
receive double the
amount for tuition per
student than the non
aboriginal counterpart
- Those with little formal
training (often locals) in
Education are put in positions
of power (Board Members,
Committees, Directors,
etc.)
- Limited understanding
of curriculum and
expectations in
comparison to
Provincial standards
- Lack of effective managment
- Misappropriation of funds:
Training for board members,
committees; usually out of
town; frequent absenteeism.
- Hiring and re-hiring of teachers
- Local
Teachers
- May deliver a great
quality of education
because they are
personally invested
in their community
- May deliver a
poor quality of
education do to
feeling of job
security and
entitlement
- Outside
Teachers
- Often first year
teachers with
minimal knowledge
of aboriginal issues
and culture
- Quality teachers
will be drawn out
by salaries in
Provincial
schools
- Salaries will not
match
provincial
scales
- High Staff Turnover
- Less Funding
for
Educational
resources
- Missed,
Undiagnosed
Students
- Behavioral
Issues
- Teacher Burn Out
- Overworked and
Underpaid Staff
- High Staff
Turnover
- Difficulty in delivering
consistent school-wide
programming
- No school
policy on
absenteeism
of students
- Social Services and
Schools do not work
together to address this
iissue
- Multi levels of
student not being met
- Frequent
Absenteeism
- Lack of access:
technological,
extra-curricular and
assessment tools
- Less money for
support staff to
satisfy number
of needs
- THE POVERTY
CYCLE
- Struggle to get
employement
- Living life of poverty
- Disadvantaged
in skills and
education
- THE POVERTY CYCLE
- LOW EXPECTATIONS
& LEARNED
HELPLESSNESS
- Effective Schools Systems:
- Positive Home School Relations
- A Safe and Orderly Environment
- Effective use of class time
- Frequent Monitoring of Student Progress
- Supportive Management and Leadership
- HIGH EXSPECTATION FOR SUCCESS
- A Clear, Consistent School Mission