Wóokiye Project
What is the Wóokiye Project?
The Wóokiye Project includes five pilot schools and 28 Wóokiye Teachers. These teachers will receive training and will be participants in required monthly virtual meetings and professional development.
The project began August 2020 for the 2020-2021 school year.
The goal of this effort is to create and implement a network of support that will help, aid, and assist teachers as they become proficient in using the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings (OSEU), to provide additional support in creating resources that support OSEU standards, and to seek out schools and teachers that are currently implementing OSEU standards.
DOE leads and funds a State mentoring program to support first and second year teachers. The Wóokiye project is collaborating with DOE and TIE to provide training and support to Wóokiye Teachers with Indigenous student populations.
Wóokiye Objectives
- Creating OSEU lessons and schoolwide plans
- Modeling of culturally responsive classroom instruction
- Culturally responsive training /cultural proficiency
- Development of shared leadership/vision
- Woope Sakowin training in culturally responsive classroom management
Wóokiye Pilot Schools
- Crow Creek Tribal Schools
- Georgia Morse Middle School
- Mobridge-Pollock Middle School
- Timber Lake School
- Wakpala/Smee School
Wóokiye Teachers
| Brent Charger | Crow Creek Tribal School |
| Gerald Zephier | Crow Creek Tribal School |
| Kara Condon | Crow Creek Tribal School |
| Michael Scares Hawk | Crow Creek Tribal School |
| Steve Scares Hawk | Crow Creek Tribal School |
| Jeannine Metzger | Enemy Swim Day School |
| Everall Fox | Flandreau Indian School |
| Corina Repman | Georgia Morse Middle School |
| Michael Visilie | Georgia Morse Middle School |
| Shannon Mack | Georgia Morse Middle School |
| Rebeka Tyon | Georgia Morse Middle School |
| Victoria (TORI) Peterson | Georgia Morse Middle School |
| Natasha L Thiry | Lyman Elementary Kennebec |
| Hank Taken Alive | Mobridge - Pollock School District |
| Elizabeth Hughes | Mobridge - Pollock School District |
| Cody Stotz | Mobridge - Pollock School District |
| Britany Knudson | Mobridge - Pollock School District |
| Samantha Borah | Mobridge - Pollock School District |
| Brian Brown | Rosebud Elementary |
| Jae White | Timber Lake School |
| Tylyn LeBeau | Timber Lake School |
| Amy Sandquist | Timber Lake School |
| Karyl Boldt | Timber Lake School |
| Julie Marshall | Timber Lake School |
| Elverda Little Dog | Wakpala Public School |
| Sandra Gip | Wakpala Public School |
| Shanlee LeBeau | Wakpala Public School |
| Tedi Claymore | Wakpala Public School |
| Tabor White Buffalo | Wakpala Public School |
| Terri Smith | Wakpala Public School |