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Region 16 Launches Finder for Indigenous Resources in Education

Find programs and resources designed to support Native student academic, cultural, and social-emotional wellbeing with PNW FIRE. Region 16 Comprehensive Center has launched the new Pacific Northwest Finder for Indigenous Resources in Education (PNW FIRE) database. The database provides a single access point to resources and programs serving Native students across Washington state. The database currently includes more than 50 …

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Lessons Learned: Revising Materials to Support Meaningful Consultation in Oregon

Tribal consultation creates the conditions for thriving communities — but how do agencies create resources that support meaningful consultation? The Office of Indian Education (OIE) at the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) launched ODE’s revised toolkit for Tribal consultation on November 1, 2023. Understanding the ESSA Law and How to Support Educational Sovereignty: A Toolkit for Tribal Consultation is designed …

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Getting Started with Co-design: Build a Team with Diverse Expertise

Region 16 Comprehensive Center and the Family Leadership Design Collaborative (FLDC) are proud to partner on our year-long, inaugural Co-design Fellowship. The fellowship supports diverse educational systems in Alaska, Washington, and Oregon in co-designing with youth, families, and communities.  Region 16 would like to thank our advisory board for its guidance, which led us to the exemplary work of Drs. …

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Getting Started with Co-design: Begin with Families and Communities to Identify a “Center of Gravity”

Region 16 Comprehensive Center and the Family Leadership Design Collaborative (FLDC) are proud to partner on our year-long, inaugural Co-design Fellowship. The fellowship supports diverse educational systems in Alaska, Washington, and Oregon in co-designing with youth, families, and communities. Region 16 would like to thank our advisory board for its guidance, which led us to the exemplary work of Drs. …

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Sustaining Impactful Initiatives through Shared Stewardship

Region 16 Comprehensive Center is the only Regional Comprehensive Center based out of a consortium of educational service districts (ESDs). What does it mean to sustain initiatives with long-term impacts on our ESD networks? The Region 16 Comprehensive Center Community of Stewards gathered this week to deepen connections between the Comprehensive Center Network and the ESD networks across Alaska, Oregon, …

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Community of Stewards Welcomes New Members

The Region 16 Comprehensive Center Community of Stewards kicked off its third year by welcoming new stewards representing the Washington and Alaska educational service district (ESD) networks. Each member of the Community of Stewards leads work in their contexts and communities to improve the quality and equity of the learning experience for each student. Collectively, they steward a vision for …

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Getting Started with Co-design: Take a Different Approach to Partnering with Youth, Families, and Communities

Region 16 Comprehensive Center and the Family Leadership Design Collaborative (FLDC) are proud to partner on our year-long, inaugural Co-design Fellowship. The fellowship supports diverse educational systems in Alaska, Washington, and Oregon in co-designing with youth, families, and communities. Region 16 would like to thank our advisory board for its guidance, which led us to the exemplary work of Drs. …

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Getting Started with Co-Design: A Nested Regional Network

An update from the 2023–2024 Region 16 Comprehensive Center-Family Leadership Design Collaborative Co-Design Fellowship cohort “Instead of approaching people and communities with solutions thought of in their absence, we should be in conversation with people and communities to co-construct and implement solutions based on local knowledges and realities” (San Pedro & Kinloch, 2017). Region 16 Comprehensive Center and the Family …

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Region 16 Publishes New Foundations of Indigenous Education Report

“Foundations of Indigenous Education in the Pacific Northwest” compiles research and recommendations to support educators and educational leaders across the region with strategies that could improve educational experiences for Native and non-Native students alike. This resource builds on the findings and recommendations of the Indigenous School Improvement report published in September 2022. This report was developed through collaboration between Region …

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National Comprehensive Center Publishes Circles of Reflection Toolkit

In 2020, our Washington project team was approached by the National Comprehensive Center to participate in a four-state pilot of their newly developed process, Circles of Reflection. In the years since, Region 16 and our partners have built on the feedback from the Circles of Reflection process through consultation and collaboration with Native learners, families, and communities in Washington. The …