Lecture Video Week 4 F3

Foundations III

Theme: Planning with the TRC’s Calls to Action Topic(s): Indigenous Education Integrating with long-range planning Scope and sequence guides

Week 4

Foundations III

Theme: Planning with the TRC’s Calls to Action Topic(s): Indigenous Education Integrating with long-range planning Scope and sequence guides

Week 4

Week 4 Theme:Planning with the TRC’s Calls to Action Long-range planning

Week 4 Theme:Planning with the TRC’s Calls to Action Long-range planning

Lecture Video Agenda

1. The TRC & Calls to Action
2. Orange Shirt Day
3. Talking Cirlces
4. Your next steps

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Success Criteria

Learning Goals

• Exploring various Indigenous education resources and applying various ideas, concepts, activities to the long range planning process

• Identifying specific elements /considerations from a class, school, and system wide context when planning for the long term

• Make connections between the Ministry of Education resources, the TRC’s Calls to Action for education, and long range planning processes

• Describe the interconnectedness of planning, student engagement, and assessment with long term planning processes.

Education is the key to reconciliation. Education got us into this mess, and education will get us out of it.

Murray Sinclair

From the reading: Truth and Reconciliation in YOUR Classroom

"...teachers have a responsibility to work with Indigenous people, families, and communities, rather than continuing to work in a system that speaks for Indigenous people, families, and communities – that is, don’t do for, do with. It is also vital that teachers understand that doing nothing adds to the problem."

(Freeman et al., 2018, n.p.)

Truth and Reconciliation

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62. We call upon the federal, provincial, and territorial governments, in consultation and collaboration with Survivors, Aboriginal peoples, and educators, to:Make age-appropriate curriculum on residential schools, Treaties, and Aboriginal peoples' historical and contemporary contributions to Canada a mandatory education requirement for Kindergarten to Grade Twelve students. Provide the necessary funding to post-secondary institutions to educate teachers on how to integrate Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods into classrooms. Provide the necessary funding to Aboriginal schools to utilize Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods in classrooms. Establish senior-level positions in government at the assistant deputy minister level or higher dedicated to Aboriginal content in education.

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63. We call upon the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada to maintain an annual commitment to Aboriginal education issues, including:Developing and implementing Kindergarten to Grade Twelve curriculum and learning resources on Aboriginal peoples in Canadian history, and the history and legacy of residential schools. Sharing information and best practices on teaching curriculum related to residential schools and Aboriginal history. Building student capacity for intercultural understanding, empathy, and mutual respect. Identifying teacher-training needs relating to the above.

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64. We call upon all levels of government that provide public funds to denominational schools to require such schools to provide an education on comparative religious studies, which must include a segment on Aboriginal spiritual beliefs and practices developed in collaboration with Aboriginal Elders. 65. We call upon the federal government, through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and in collaboration with Aboriginal peoples, post-secondary institutions and educators, and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and its partner institutions, to establish a national research program with multi-year funding to advance understanding of reconciliation

How are we doing?

Orange Shirt Day

Orange Shirt Day

Talking Circles & Sharing Circles

Week 4in-class activity

In a circle, we are all equal. No one in front of you, No one behind you, No one above you, No one below you.

For more on sharing and restorative justice circles, see:

(from: passthefeather.ca)

Pass the Feather

Talking Circles & Sharing Cirlces

“The purpose of the less formal talking circle, used as part of classroom instruction, is to create a safe environment in which students can share their point of view with others. In a Talking Circle, each one is equal and each one belongs. Participants in a Talking Circle learn to listen and respect the views of others. The intention is to open hearts to understand and connect with one another."

From: Learn Alberta

Watch the first 5 minutes of this video

Your Next Steps

Integrating Indigenous Curriculum into the Longe-Range PLan

We hope this week provides the 'why' of Indigenous curriculum integration.Now comes the 'how.'

• Consider how you can integrate days of significance such as Truth & Reconciliation Week and Orange Shirt Day (September), Indigenous History Month (June), Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Pride (June), Indigenous Month at TDSB (November) and more.
• Guest speakers: Who in your community might you have access to?
• Connections to subject areas using FNMI Connections Curriculum Document
• Review the many resources we have for you on Canvas
• Use the class time this week to discuss ideas with your group

Wrapping Up

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