CONSULTING TEACHERS NEEDED FOR THE SUMMER

The state of education in our nation’s K-12 schools for Native students is distressing according to The National Conference of States Legislatures (NCSL).  Native students perform two to three grade levels below their white peers in reading and mathematics.  They are 237 percent more likely to drop out of school and 207 percent more likely to be expelled than white students.  For every 100 American Indian/Alaska Native kindergartners, only seven will earn a bachelor's degree, compared to 34 of every 100 white kindergartners.  These statistics represent a snapshot of the current problem facing Native students.   

One contributing factor to this achievement gap is that most American Indian/Alaska Native students are not prepared to learn when they walk through the doors of their school.  In addition, the effects of poor economic conditions in many Indian communities add to the challenges facing families and schools.  Low-income homes, lack of adequate health care, and other factors create challenges that add to the achievement gap.  

Together we can build data fluency tools and strategies for all our students to prepare them for data-enabled careers and make our world a better place through making data-based decisions! 

DIsclosure: This project is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. DRL 1900606 awarded to University of California Berkeley.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed herein are those of the principal investigators and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.

1. Participate in  two virtual mandatory sessions scheduled on:   Monday, June 27, 2022, 12PM - 2PM EST, and Monday, July 11, 2022, 12PM - 2PM EST  
2. No experience in Data Science is required.   
3. Educators teaching math, biology, social services, computer science, arts, and other domains from middle-school to high-school are encouraged to apply here. 
4. Selected teachers for the consulting role will receive a private zoom link invitation. 
5. Consulting teachers will be invited to participate in [virtual] personalized and interactive training scheduled on:  July 18, 20, 25, 27; and  August 1, 3, 8, 10.  From 12PM - 2PM EST.  *Dates and Times are subject to change.

This is a collaboration between Nxt Wave Founders (NWF) and The Writing Data Stories Team  (WDS) that includes researchers from Berkeley University, Graduate School of Education, North Carolina College of Education and The Concord Consortium. 

To learn more about The Writing Data Stories Project, please visit: 

https://www.fi.ncsu.edu/projects/data-stories/

Read about Nxt Wave Founders’ Commitment to Igniting Schools here: 

https://nxtwavefounders.com/ignite-schools

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