Building Bridges Grant Initiative: Building Bridges Between Families and Schools
About This Session
Friday, November 17
3:10 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Prairie C
Description
The Building Bridges Grant Initiative is a project led by the Rosebud Tribal Education Department. We are working to create brave and equitable spaces to leverage communities', families', and students' voices for change. In this session, participants will learn how the Building Bridges steering committee is working to improve education sovereignty for native students and families by ensuring families are key partners in their children's learning experiences and schools' strategic plans. Our work is unique in that we go straight to families to help build these bridges. We ground our work in Sicangu Lakota culture, identity, spirituality, and values. Join us to learn about our unique approach and let's talk about creating healing spaces for families and caregivers to be leaders in their children's education.
Session Presenter(s)
RoseMary Clairmont
Partnership & Outreach Lead
Partnership & Outreach Lead
Professionally, RoseMary is an educator and Indian Education equity advocate with 16 years of K-12 teaching and administration experience. Her responsibilities include supporting local area schools, supporting the tribal education code, and leading a task force on education with local area partners. She is completing research in a doctoral program. One space of interest is the affinity space she hopes to build up for Indigenous educators.
"I love the work I do to build better experiences for our Native students. My previous experiences have led me to my current work of support and advocacy. partnership, and collectivism to attain impact for education that is reflective in a good way of our Indigenous children”
RoseMary Clairmont (Wo ihan ble ito kab mani win) has two beautiful Lakota girls, ages 12 and 14, and is a pack leader to 3 dogs. She loves yoga, mud runs, and hiking. As a family, RoseMary and her daughters enjoy traveling, fishing, camping, and binge-watching K-dramas.
Dr. Krista Morrison
Building Bridges Grant Initiative Project Manager
Building Bridges Grant Initiative Project Manager
Krista Morrison holds a doctorate in education from the University of Colorado in Leadership in Educational Equity with an emphasis on instructional leadership. She has worked in education and school reform at both school and district levels since 1999. Dr. Morrison has worked as an English teacher, school and district-based literacy coach, director of professional development, and literacy consultant. Her experience includes accelerating learning through evidence-based curriculum and instruction, developing quality school- and district-based assessment systems and multi-tiered systems of support, advancing disciplinary literacy across content areas, training and support around culturally sustaining pedagogy, and providing effective professional learning experiences for both teachers and administrators. As a literacy consultant working in both the private and nonprofit sectors, Dr. Morrison has worked in some of the most diverse and high-need areas of the country to ensure that all students receive equitable educational experiences and access to rigorous curriculum and instruction. Currently, Dr. Morrison is the Director of Literacy and Learning for Sterling Literacy Consulting. The Rosebud Sicangu Lakota Education Department has contracted her to be the lead project manager for the Building Bridges Grant Initiative.