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Ind ian Teacher Educat::i on Project
Advisory Board l' Tcet i ng ~UNUTES
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TI1e January 21, 1972 I:teeting l·!as ca11ed t o order by Chairrnan of the Board.
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Advisorv Boan1 ]'·!embers Present:
Frena. l\1r i ght (Officio) Alternate
Harina Oliver (Offic io) Alte·mate
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Herb W:r i-:ht (Officio)
Wilbur .!\•J;mstine
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Viol et T-cipp (Off icio)
Pat Renick (Off ic io)
J a ck Nonor. (Off icio)
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Tom Ce:unpbe ll (Officio)
Lena l'lcC: ovey ('Jfficio)
Colleen Johnson (Officio)
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Eunice Bormne lyn (Off icio)
Nortmn Whipple Officio)
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Roxanne ,J'torco:t
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Dennison Knight: (Offic io)
Connie Reitman (Officio)
Harold 5:>1elgrove (Ex - officio)
John ~1a r~ucci (Ex- offido)
Hous ton 1(obison (Ex-officio)
Patrick :·kC 1)'1m (Ex-officio)
Pam r·I alloy (Officio)
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1.
The gues ts at this meeting were: }.1r. Joe Wdght, HTs. Lynn 1Vright , l'1iss
Tracy Wright, Mr . Lmv-rence Leggett , Br . Walt Johnson, HT. Jon Cros s, Mr.
Sam Jones, ~'L~ 3 Wanda Hansen , m1el },Iiss ShirL2y CrCJYteT. Student guests
were Chet AdJ.:j son, Ernie i"1errifield, }like Pina, Eddie Vedolla, Allen
Lmvry, Pat Augustine , and Vivian Pina.
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The correc tions to the minutes are: Hr. Nellis Aeur ' s name \vas left off
of the guest list. Hrs. Oliver rais ed a qvestion on the meaning of LTI.
PJ1Slver- .. Leader Training Institute. M:.·. Campbe ll asked why the matter of
the Indian Education Fmmdation report vms dropped since there was not a
motion passed to that effect . Mrs. }1cCovey stated that she Has not notified that she was to make a report on the subject. The secretary '\\'as
directed to contact ead1 person who is put on the agenda by mail . rlr.
August i ne asked if the fw1ds in the i'1ajhil1 Foui'1dation are available to
the ITEP sttldents. TI1is \''as mu-..n~cl to items for the floor. l'lrs. Oliver
asked -l'vhy the meeting was set ahead fran J anuc:JTY 28th to January 21st.
Mr . Renick said t hat he had contacted Dr. Ness and asked tl12t the meeting
be set up to the 21st because a mm1beT of the advisory board membe:cs
\vould be a t a state 'h'idr; Rural Indian Health BoaTel meeting. Hr. Aur,ustine
asked i f this could set a precedent on future r1eetings) should the students
want to set up a meeting other then the date set for a nee ting. The answer to this is ves.. r!rs . Trinn made a Plot:ion, s econded bvHrs . \'h ight,
that the minutes' he approved
COlTCCted. 6 voted for ani 4 ahstain~d .
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The budget report H<:ts handed to the P1eJ'lbcTs present. ]dr. Augustine ::-:.sked
if there 'i\'d.S a possibility of these f1mds being shifted around to brj11g
in 18 more students. Answer: The budget is already cut as fa r as possi ble. firs. Johnson made a motion, seconded by Hrs. Tripp that the ln<d.c-et
be approved as stated on paper. 7 voted for <rml 3 abstained .
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'D1e proj ec t. report I·Jas ;;iven by Dr . t~e ss . l le gave a report as to t he nunher of units completed by each class l ast Qr., 1vi thout using nanes or com paring one group to another . He stTessed tl1e ai!lOlJilt of prowess tl1at some
of the students hcn'e made, after being i n the pTograr'1 for a while . 111is in cludes both the ilO. of hrs . cuid the units conpletecl. The pattern for the
ne,.,J group is a little cl~.fferent fror:t previous groups. Dr. Ness ha s assigned
}1arina Oli YCT and Andy /m:irco li to \\'ork Hi th the nel-.' group . 'l11ese t11'0 students have cor:Ipleted their student teaching and will get their 8 hrs . per
week in 11'01'king 1vi th the fTeslmen class on various things such as schedules ,
tutoring, and trc:mspoTta tion . Dr. Hess rrtade up a form for the new gToup t o
fill out inclicatLng \·.'hat their prohlei'ls are. The report on students in the
field . is gener"' ~.ly good but there have been two oT three persons who did
not shou m1ch lYOgrss in going out to the schoo l and Dr. t-:ess had to find
another school ·':or them. It is ge tting pretty hard to find a place foT
these students i.ue in p art to the oveTloading of the schoo l s Hith students
in observation -r;articipation progTams. Also the Education Dept . does not
wm1t an ITEP si:n..lent in the same room as a student teacher. Dr . Nes s a l s o
stated that :'5 s1~udents had not r eported to their schools this cp..lar teT as of
last week so he has sent thePl. a le tter telling them to p:et out t o theiT
schools m1d that they should co;1.side1· th eiTse ~ves on program probation .
Two of these StlJzl.ents }l ave reported and we ha-v ~ received favorab l e repoTts
on their '''ork . One is still not r eport ing to the school but there i s a
possibiJ.i ty tho.·,: this peTson is ill . 111is i·..rj J l be checked out befoTe anything further i~; done . At t his time DT. Ness Teported on a new State College Tequir en2n'~. Each nembeT had a copy in their fo l der. The State Col lege system \liL require that a student must c:nerage a grade of "C" of all
1.m its attempted.. If this is not done, the Cl~J lege will put t hem on probation at the end of that :J,r . If they don't co it the 2nd qT. they \·Jill be
subject to diS(t':alification from that college. They must eaTn tlvice as
nany progres s points as all 1.mits attempted during that qr . TI1is wi ll pr ob ; bly be enfoTced i n Sept. of 1972.
Dr. Ness sugges ted that the advisory board give some thought on the e {a l uation of t he project. Dr. Ness also suggested that the Advisor y BoaTel
select a coi'llYli ttee to set up the c1·i teria for the evaluation. He t hen
Tead some correspondance about COP confeTences. DT . Ness and ~ 'frs . Norton
plan, along with two of the students to go the conference i n HonteTrey on
Feb. 19 - 20-21. DT. Ness and }1rs. NoTton plan to go to the conference on
Feb. 9th in Sacrai·nento, also.
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The coordinating teacher report 1vas coveTed in the pToj ect report.
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'l11e student TepTesentative Teport was moved to "Old Business ".
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Old Business:
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Renick read a letter to the Board from Hr. Ko zad concerni ng the Advis ory Board's reques ts for assistance. In his letteT, }!r. Kozad s tat ed that
he 1·ms not foTinally Tequestcd to help in these matte rs and theTefore had
very little tiPle to ,,roTk on these requests . In: the fiTst matter TcgaTding
the original philosophy of ITEP , he stated that the Advisory Boc::rd 1vas in a
much better pos ition to stat e this phi losophy then he 1vas . Tn the second
Tequcst regarding out of st8te tuition, he 1·1ill need claTification on
\vhether t he Boar d 1vants him to rese<:uch on out of State tuition in general
or re search into t..-..:.: question of 1vhether this part ic:-c1l ar student has any
oblig?.tion to repav t,'le pro _icct for out of State tuition already paid.
Mr. Kozad s tated , quote , 11 l n suJT1, then, I would be happy to assi s t in the
technicaJ i ties of "I\Ti ting a r eso lution assLUning t he Board can provide me
with the content and pm:-pose of such a r esolution:, unCl_uote. 111e secre tary is reo,ues t ed to :fon.1ard all future ·reques ts and infon1ation by mail
to the persons conceTned.
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Dr. f.:ess read the resolution on quartel'ly r1ee tings to the Board. i'·1r ..Au gustine made a motion, seconded· by Hr. r:ampbell that there be a :five minute recess to get the consensus of the students. This was not voted on
but everyone took a five minute recess. Af c~r r ecess , l'lr. Augustine
stated that th.:= students feel that they are not ready for quarterly meetings . ~1r. Au~u.stine nade a motion , second.,:;;!. by Hrs. Oliver, that this
matter be tah l E~ d tmtil the nex.t mee ting . 9 ,-oted :for and 1 abstained .
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Mrs. Oliver mc:de t he first r eport on the pr,.,'ers of the Revi ew BaRrel. She
read the student 's recornmenda tions to the Br,c..l r d. AfteT discuss i on , Hrs .
Oliver made a rot ion , seconded by Mr. Augu~~ ·.:j_ne, to ackl no. 6 t o section
3 to read, Th·o members from the Advisory i)o<,rd , non students, should serve
on the Rcvie\\· JC,oard . 7 voted for and 3 abstained . f1r. Augustine made a
motion, secane eel by ~!r . Campbell, that no. 2, in section 3 be changed to acU
the 1vord ITEP, before student . 7 voted :f01: <md 3 abstained. ~1rs. Oliver
made a motion, seconded hy )\lr. Augustine, t'1 :~t no. 3 in section 2 be changed
to include brc t her and sister. 7 voted for and 3 absta ined . ~1r. CarnpbelJ
made a T'lotion seconded by }1rs, Oliver, to change no. 5 in section 3 to
read ALL membE. rs instead of eight members o,: the Review Board 1·1il1 select
rhe C11ainnan. 7 voted fm· a11d 3 abs tained .
Dr . Ness ther~. Tead his recor:Uilendations foT the Revie1v· Board. Thi s Has d~ s cus sed and t hEn ~!r. Norton r ead the ori gina~. criteria that the Revie1v Boanl
had r.1 ade up. .\ question was raised by Jllr. Norton that since tlr. Renick ap -pointed the Revimv Board, could he now desol.ve it? It was decided to retain
the presPnt Revie\\' Board for the present. p[r. Colegrove made a motion, se-conded by i'lr. Augustine , to accept the students recommendations with the ad·ditions , deletions , and 2.T'1end.ments previous ly passed. 'I11is motion was ammended , s econded by ~lr . Augt1stine, to accept the fir st section, to be implemented :irm:lediate ly 1vith t he second and thiTd sections t o be i mp ler1ented
at a l ateT date. At this point }!r. Colegrove lvitl1Ch'e\\' his fon'ler motions
to r.1ake a nc\v Plotion 5 s econded by Hr . Augus tine to accept the reco1:rmendati ons
of the s tudents Hith .the additions, del etions, and amendments to inm1ediately
implement the first section with the present Revie1v Board. 8 voted for and
2 1vere absent from the Toom . Hrs. Oliver made a motion, seconded by r!r.
Augus tine, to strike the 1vord HJST in section 1 no. 3. 8 voted for and 2
1vere absent from t he rooin .
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Dr. Ness gave a short report on the no .of uni ts in relation to r ating . He
handed the Board a form that he had made up to show the studen t s where they
stand i n re l at ion to their no. of 1.mits .
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TI1at state tuition r eport was coveTed earlier in the letter read by Hr. Reni ck,
written by ~1r. Ko zad.
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At this time ~ 1r. Renick read a l etter to the Board from ~1rs. Norton, formally
resi grt i nr, from the Doard. rliss Tye has not, as yet, sent in a ,..,- ritten letter
of resignation .
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Hr. P1na pa ssed out t he <1J'1JT\enc3ments on equal representation on the Board . This r.lat-
ter ,,;as t ib l ecl until t h (
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ext mee ting .
New Business :
Dr. ]';ess gave a rep ort on the revised budget . lle stated that he was notified that
our budget f or nex t yE.:ar had been cut to approximately $tl, 800 less then our pres ent
budge t , h'hicb ~1e ans t i1a t we would not be able to bring in a fourth class. Dr. Ness
read to the Board , those i terns in 1-.- hich he cut dmm or de 1et ed in the revised budget.
a ma jor change Kas the cut in the academic fees. As it is nmv, 1ve have only about
1/~-l as much a s is needed .
This l\ould ;r1.can that the students ~~-oulcl haYe to pay part
o:f the ir academi c fee s wtlich would t ake a lc-Tr ge part of their S200 stipend . Dr . Ness
has IG'itten t o t he Kennedy J' !emorial Fmmdation to try to· ge t some help in refundin g
our pr oj ect. He a1so tal'kecl to Dr . Faustmen cmd <.. ;ked if h'e could get help at the
State level . She i r,f or1'1ed hir1 tha t their flmds h~~d been cut about 509s. He talked
to i'lrs. Griffin t o .~.ee if 1ve could g f;t funds fr oJTt :>orne other type of program ru1d
she told him t ha t a ~.J of t he ftmds had been pu.t in one pot and they i1'ere taken e>Jt for
all of the pro ~arns. Dr . Ne ss then asked the Boa"·d if they could recor.Ullend some
places v:here t here u:i.ght be a possibility of g,''!.:tJ ng fwlds. TI1ere were various recom::lendations, i nclu :: ing HPD , Bltl.., and johnson () 1: blley funds. Mr. Colegrove said that
Bill Sr.1i th had made r committment t0 continue thr:: prognrr.1 for 7 yrs. ~fr . Colegrove
will be sent an or ip)nal project proposal for thL. year before the cut. He said that
he will Hork on t h i ~ problem. This report •vas accE }'ted Hith the understanding tlnt we
Hould look elsewnere for funds.
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For Chahman, l\1r. AL g:ustine nominated Tom Camp1x·1. ) seconded by Hrs. 01iver <md 11frs.
HcCovey nominated Colleen Johnson, seconded by Hr~·. Tripp. flrs l'1cCovey moved ti1at
the nominations be c-J :;s ed, seconded by ~ 1rs. Wrigl1t. Passed unanimously. For Vice Chai~-r-, an ) l'1rs. J ohnS'JT1 nomi nated r1rs. Re itman, s ec.: nded by Hrs. HcCovey and Hr. iugu.:,tin.e nominated }1L Norton 1·.:ho declined . rh~. Aup :s tine nominated Non11an 1\hippl..;,
seconded hy }1rs. Ol i •: '~r and l'1rs. Johnson moved tha t the nomina tions be cJosed 2.nl
f1rs . ~ lcCov ey s econdr::! d it. Passed lmanimously.
MT. Renick chose the 4 stuctent representatives, \vi t h }1rs. Tripp m1d Hrs . .Johrtson
to S""rve on the co1rn1ittee to set up criteria for evaluation.
with them.
Dr. Ness will work
MT. Sam Jones asked if it \·Jas 1)0Ssible for an ITEP s tudent to work at the 1\'eitchpec School. He wi ll discuss this Hi th the Director.
t1rs. ;~rcC ovey, at this time r e signed from the RevieH Board.
4 mernbcTs presently on the Review Board.
'l11ey will work with the
Hr. Renick said i f any person 1vants to l.11ow about ~1ajhill to contact: Pat Renick,
Chairman, ~·!ajhi11 Indian Educ ation Assoc. 220 Obse-rvatory Ave . Ukiah, Ca. 95482.
Mr . Renick reconunended, that if we get more money, that the secretary r eceive a
raise.
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Meeting adjoun1ed a t 11:10 p.m .
Respectfully submi t t ed by:
The next meet ing will be held on February 2S , 1972 .
}Irs. Betty Ann Smoker, Secretary
Indim1 Teacher Education Project