Tools to Help Your Students Succeed

For Schools



In This Section Section Home Staff Directory Nominate for Title VI MPS Welcome Back Powwow American Indian Family Involvement Week, Formerly NAFID For Families Newsletters Title VI Parent Committee Advocacy for Families For Schools Resource Library for Staff Curriculum Professional Development Event Calendar Newsletters Parent email sign-up College Readiness Title VI Memorandum of Agreement Youth Council Indigenous Languages	Tools to Help Your Students Succeed Home > For Schools Tools to Help Your Students Succeed The role of the Indian Education Department is to provide instructional support to schools in order to increase academic success for Native students in Minneapolis. By having access culturally relevant curriculum and high quality professional development through Indian Education, teachers have the opportunity to enhance their practice to better educate Native students. We offer teachers lesson plans, teaching trunks, a resource library, Indigenous language learning, and connections to the Native community in Minneapolis. Check out materials from our staff resource library! Smudging Basics MPS Indian Education sometimes will provide teachers at the Best Practices Schools a smudge kit to use with their students in their classrooms. Many teachers require further information about this practice. For smudging basics, please click HERE Historical Trauma & Engaging Native Students Native American students in Minneapolis often suffer from the effects of Historical Trauma. To learn some strategies in helping your Native students succeed in your classroom, please review the presentation above.		Requesting Funds MPS Indian Education has limited funding available to MPS schools to help with academic fees for American Indian students. These funds are available for American Indian students who have a completed 506 form on file in the Indian Education Office. Funds are awarded under the discretion of the Director of Indian Education. Only MPS staff can place a request for funds.