Technical Assistance Resources

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General

For prior event recordings, please visit the Professional Development Program Playlist.

PD Talking Circle: August 2023 This Talking Circle discussed APR updates, GAN and budget revisions and allowed grantees an opportunity to share program completion hurdles.

PD Talking Circle – June 2023

This PD Talking Circle discussed Native STEAM and Professional Development Program participant stipends.

PD Annual Performance Reporting (APR) Webinar 2023

This webinar provides guidance, tools, and resources for completing annual performance reporting for PD grantees.

PD Talking Circle – February 2023

This Talking Circle allowed grantees get to familiar with their new Program Officer as well as have a discussion around their Induction Programs.

PD Talking Circle – January 2023

This PD Talking Circle discussed OIE transition updates, introduced the new program officer, as well as milestones and guidance for this transition period.

PD Talking Circle – December 2022

This Talking Circle provided a discussion on culturally responsive education for PD Grantees.

PD Talking Circle – September 2022

This PD Talking Circle reviewed pertinent fiscal and budget information for grantees.

PD Talking Circle – August 2022

This PD Talking Circle provided APR feedback, information about FY 2022 Continuation awards, and PDPDCS Updates and Budget Revisions.

Indian Education Professional Development Program New Grantee Orientation – August 2021 This webinar welcomed the new FY21 Indian Education Professional Development (PD) Program grantees. It provided an overview of the Office of Indian Education (OIE), the PD program, the Grant Award Letter, and general fiscal practices and requirements.

Professional Development Program Data Collection System (PDPDCS)

Professional Development Program Data Collection System (PDPDCS) Help Desk
8AM to 8PM ET M-F, Toll Free: 1-888-884-7110/For TTY dial 711 for your state’s Relay Service Provider
E-mail: paybackobligations@ed.gov

Professional Development Program Data Collection System (PDPDCS) Orientation This webinar provided grantees an overview of the PDPDCS system. It covered grantee and participant responsibilities, as well as what needs to be completed prior to participant recruitment. It also provided an overview of new changes to the system allowing for a reduction in paperwork.

OIE Professional Development Program Participant Meeting This webinar was geared toward participants in the various PD grant projects. It provided an overview of the Indian Education Professional Development program and the Professional Development Program Data Collection System (PDPDCS). Participants learned exactly how to complete their requirements within the PDPDCS system and how to access assistance as needed.

Induction Services

PD Program: Induction Services – December 2020 This webinar discusses promising practices for induction services featuring Dr. Carmelita Lamb and Dr. Maria Tenorio.

Distance Learning

Distance Learning Session 12: Virtual Share Fair – June 2021 This distance learning session provided an opportunity for grantee’s virtual learning programs to be highlighted and best practices and challenges to be shared. This session culminated the distance learning series for this year.

Distance Learning Session 11: Student Engagement – May 2021 This distance learning session provides a walkthrough, tips, and strategies for increasing online student engagement through effective interactions and student choice featuring Google Keep, Edublogs, Book Creator, Spreaker, and Google Sites.

Distance Learning Session 10: Games and More! – May 2021 This distance learning session provides a walkthrough, tips, and strategies for creating virtual games featuring Doozy, Flippity, Tiny Tap, Oodlü, and Goosechase.

Distance Learning Session 9: Virtual Field Trips – April 2021 This distance learning session provides a walkthrough, tips, and strategies for creating and engaging students in online field trips featuring a multitude of resources for ready made field trips and custom created by you field trips.

Distance Learning Session 8: Small Group Engagement – April 2021 This distance learning session provides a walkthrough, tips, and strategies for engaging students in small groups focusing on social, logistical, and motivational considerations.

Distance Learning Session 7: Virtual Assessment – March 2021 This distance learning session provides a walkthrough, tips, and strategies for assessing learning virtually featuring Kahoot, Flipgrid, and Formative.

Distance Learning Session 6: Audio and Video Recording – March 2021 This distance learning session provides a walkthrough, tips, and strategies for creating audio and video recordings featuring Vocaroo, Screencastify, Screencast-o-matic, Animoto, and Zoom.

Distance Learning Session 5: Collaborating Online – February 2021 This distance learning session provides a walkthrough, tips, and strategies for collaborating virtually with students and staff featuring Edmodo and Google Classroom.

Distance Learning Session 4: Engaging Students Offline – February 2021 This distance learning session provides a walkthrough, tips, and strategies for engaging students offline featuring the Yukon Koyukuk School District.

Distance Learning Session 3: Communicating With Students and Families – January 2021 This distance learning session provides a walkthrough, tips, and strategies for effective virtual communication with families and students featuring Bloomz, ClassDojo, and Remind.

Distance Learning Session 2: Surveys and Forms – January 2021
This distance learning session provides a walkthrough, tips, and strategies for creating and using surveys and forms featuring Google Forms and Survey Monkey.

Distance Learning Session 1: Platforms – December 2020 This distance learning session provides a walkthrough, tips, and strategies for using online learning platforms featuring Zoom and Google Meet.

Logic Models and Data-Driven Decision Making

Data Sharing Agreements – October 2021

This webinar walked through important considerations for developing collaborative partnerships and developing data sharing agreements including a general data sharing agreement template.

Day 3: Data-Driven Decision Making – June 2021

The third session introduced the concept of data-driven decision making, how to integrate this into program planning and implementation, and how it works with logic models and evaluation.

Day 2: Logic Models – June 2021

The second session in this three part series provided an opportunity to work through creating a logic model and how the logic model fits into program evaluation.

Day 1: Logic Models – June 2021

The first session in this three part series provided an introduction to logic models, walks through how to create one, and provides a number of models and templates.

Service Payback Obligation

The lists below provide the latest information regarding the percentage of American Indian/Alaska Native students in each local educational agency, for each of the following states: AZ, CA, ID, MA, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NY, OK, OR, SD,UT, VA, WA, and WI. If you are looking for a state not listed, please contact Bianca.Williams@ed.gov to request this information.

State LEA Average Percent of American Indian/Alaska Native students, 2019-20 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title VI Student Counts

State LEA Average Percent of American Indian/Alaska Native students, 2018-19 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Data

OIE Professional Development Program Participant Meeting – July 2021

This webinar was geared toward participants in the various PD grant projects. It provided an overview of the Indian Education Professional Development program and the Professional Development Program Data Collection System (PDPDCS). Participants learned exactly how to complete their requirements within the PDPDCS system and how to access assistance as needed.

PD Program Talking Circle – June 2021

This PD Talking Circle focused on when and how to appropriately exit participants, as well as, information on supporting participants in training and induction, budget considerations for the new year, and induction services requirements.

Trauma and Resiliency

Trauma and Resilience in Tribal Communities: Part 1

An introduction to research on trauma as it relates to AI/AN people and tribal communities, including trauma types, brain science, developmental and behavioral effects, and the interconnected nature of historical and current traumas. Also includes practice scenarios and significant attention to resilience strategies. This is Part 1 of a two-part series.

Trauma and Resilience in Tribal Communities: Part 2