Expanding the Circle Products

Expanding the Circle Transition Curriculum

Onaakonan System

Finding Our Voice Video DVD

ETC News

ETC Minute E-mail Updates

 

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Expanding the Circle: Respecting the Past, Preparing for the Future
A Transition Curriculum for American Indian Youth

by J. Ness and J. Huisken
A curriculum offering a structured process and a set of culturally relevant activities to facilitate successful transition from high school to adult life for American Indian high school students. It includes activities based on work with hundreds of American Indian high school youth, paraprofessionals, teachers, and administrators; developed to include family and community members in the transition process; and created with students' varying and unique strengths and abilities in mind. The curriculum package includes one Onaakonan System (OS), a personal portfolio system designed to help students plan for their future in an organized and structured way. The curriculum includes activities that lend themselves to the use of the OS. (2002) • Cost: $65.00 for each curriculum package, $9.00 for each additional OS Read more

Onaakonan System

During the transition process, it is essential for students to organize the important information and documents that they will reference throughout their lives. Portfolios provide a way for students to collect and organize samples of their work to show prospective employers or college admissions counselors what they have done and what they can do. The Onaakonan System (“Oh NAH kah NON”; derived from Ojibwe word meaning “he/she plan it”) is a personal portfolio system designed to help transition-age American Indian students plan for their future after high school in an organized and structured way. The Expanding the Circle curriculum includes activites that lend themselves to the use of the Onaakonan System. An Onaakonan System is included with each curriculum book; additional Onaakonan System may be purchased as needed. • Cost: $9.00

The Onaakonan System has the following categories —

• Accomplishments
• Vocational/Work
• Education
• Medical
• Support Circle
• References
• Recreation & Leisure
• Residence
• Transportation
• Legal
• Monthly Expenses
• Financial Records

Finding Our Voice Video DVD

New product debuted at the National Indian Education Conference in Anchorage, Alaska in October 2006. A video DVD and curriculum highlighting four American Indian youth participating in transition activities designed to prepare them for life after high school. The 45-minute DVD shows students in adventure and service-based programs, leadership abilities that they then demonstrate at home, in school, and in their communities. The students tell how these programs have improved their lives by raising their expectations of themselves, strengthening their connection to the community, and fostering pride in their American Indian heritage. A resource manual (PDF, 966Kb) that provides specific activities to be used by students and staff to enhance the learning experience accompanies the DVD. Finding Our Voice is an excellent complement to the curriculum, Expanding the Circle: Respecting the Past, Preparing for the Future. • Cost: $55.

 

Expanding the Circle (ETC) News

Expanding the Circle (ETC) News is for and about American Indian students and those who support them in the transition and retention process in high school and college. ETC News highlights transition programs for American Indian youth, provides transition tips, information on upcoming curriculum workshops, and highlights American Indian students who participate in ETC affiliated transition activities. • Cost: free. Read more.

ETC Minute E-mail Updates

ETC Minute e-mail updates include many of your favorite components from the ETC Newsletter, such as project updates, ETC mini-classroom activities, transition tools, Ask Dennis, and training opportunities. We hope to keep you informed faster and more frequently through these e-mail updates.

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