A Culturally Appropiate Model for Measuring Success Performance Indicators are events, actions or behaviours that are important to a community and its members. The First Nations Performance Indicators Checklist contains items that are potentially important to a community’s educational success. The Performance Indicators, compiled from a number of First Nation sources and documents, are culturally […]
Checklist Dimensions This tool is divided into four sections to represent the teachings of the medicine wheel. Not all First Nations in Canada use the medicine wheel, but most communities do embrace the holistic approach to wellness that incorporates the physical, spiritual, social / emotional, and mental dimensions. Different nations also interpret the medicine wheel […]
Checklist 1. Language Emotional Why is this indicator important? Learning for First Nations people is indelibly rooted in their ancestral languages, traditions and cultures. For many First Nations people, language is an important part of their sense of self. Language is embedded with the distinctive history, culture and identity of family, community, the land, and […]
Glossary C Culturally Appropiate Ensuring that events and activities reflect diversity and include cultural beliefs, practices and ways of being of the individuals, families and communities being served. E Emotional Development This correlates to one aspect of the medicine wheel that encourages people to take the time to explore the self and one’s relationship with […]
References A Literature Review on Current Practices in First Nation Parent and Community Involvement, First Nation Education Council, 2009 A Review of Research Literature on the Influences of Culturally Based Education on the Academic Performance of Native American Students, William G. Demmert, Oregon, 2003 A School Review Checklist: Indicators of a Successful Aboriginal and Torres […]
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