In this beautiful episode, Shane and Alcine listen to leaders Stacey Coonsis and Valerie Kie as they share their stories, identities, and deepest hopes for the schools they lead. As Elementary Head of School for the Native American Community Academy in Albuquerque, Stacey talks about what it means to lead as a Dine’ matriarch toward NACA’s mission of creating new leaders who are not just academically prepared, but also secure in their identities and wellbeing. We learn about NACA’s holistic data framework, the Wellness Wheel, and the family conferences in which students and families analyze the learner’s physical, community, and relational wellness. Val illuminates how the NACA-inspired School Network (NISN) expanded from NACA, the original school, to 13 Indigenous-centered and led schools across the country. We get a one-inch window into the original curriculum design work at NACA that helps to build a curriculum “indicative of (our) ways of knowing and being and the values (we) have.” And we dismantle the myth of “learning loss” as Stacey paints a vivid picture of what it looked like for Indigenous children to learn in community, alongside adults and elders, before there were formal schooling establishments during Covid.
For Further Learning:
[RE-RELEASE]: EP 6: “We Need to Marginalize Standardized Testing” with Young Whan Choi
[RE-RELEASE] EP 14: “You are all elders in training” with Dr. Lisa Delpit and Dr. Jamila Dugan
Episode 26: “Redemption Moments": Grading as a Pathway to Equity with Joe Feldman
[RE-RELEASE] Episode 2: “You Are Somebody’s Ancestor: Teach Like it” with Dr. Chris Emdin
Episode 25: “My Life is a Series of Stories”: Reflecting on this Moment and Season 3 with Dr. Sawsan Jaber
Episode 24: “Get Off Your Pedestal!” and Other Brilliant Advice from High School Student Leaders Ari and Harshan
Episode 23: A Mindset of Courage: How To Stop Doubting Ourselves with Dr. Montessa Muñoz
Episode 22: "Leading Like a Teacher”: The Role of Deep Listening in School Transformation (Re-release)
Episode 21: Students were “buzzing” and “empowered” as they transformed their schools, with Linda Pollastretti and Sandeep Gill
Episode 19: “We’ve been looking for you”: A Conversation with Dr. Sidney Stone Brown on Native Self-Actualization, Maslow’s Hierarchy, and the Data We Need
Episode 18: CULT OF PEDAGOGY! “A Seat at the Table” with Jennifer Gonzalez and Amanda Liebel
Episode 17: Building “A Place Called Home” with Math Educator Geniuses Crystal Watson and Dr. Dawn Williams
Episode 16: “Public Learning As a Way of Being”: A Conversation on Chapter 7 with Carrie Wilson and Jennifer Ahn
Episode 15: “Student Voice Changes the Conversation”: Reflecting on Season 2 with Alcine and Shane
Episode 14: “You Are All Elders in Training” with Dr. Lisa Delpit and Dr. Jamila Dugan
Episode 13: “The Beyonce Experience for Deeper Learning” with Gail Higginbottom and Jal Mehta
Episode 12: “We Made Classrooms Public Spaces” with Jessica Huang and Matt Alexander
Episode 11: “Calling BS on the System” with Joe Truss
Episode 10: “Learning in the Most Delicious Sense”: The Civil Rights Road to Deeper Learning
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