Addressing OSEU 7 with Cheryl Medearis

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05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0104. Imported source record; individual Elder status and tribal affiliation are not inferred.

Reviewed JAG competency and OSEU connections

G38 — Evaluate a career plan to determine post-secondary options

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): Cheryl Medearis describes tribal colleges expanding access to education and preparing teachers and people in different fields. This supports G38 by inviting students to investigate postsecondary opportunities.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

I'll speak to that from a perspective of what tribal institutions have done for the people in not just our area, but the tribal college movement is probably, in my perspective, one of the strongest movements that ever occurred. From a personal basis, I may never have gotten a college education. I don't know that. It may have taken me even longer had Sinté not been where it was when it was. And I date back to Sinté-Gleska College when the institution wasn't really trusted to be on its own. So my diploma reads the University of South Dakota because they proctored and granted the degrees and helped develop the curricula. But that's been one of the strongest impacts that I see.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of tribal colleges and opportunity? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you investigate postsecondary opportunities? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0104; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3MjIUIMBdg; opening passage. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.

Q128 — Develop a career or educational plan which reflects personal goals, interests, and skills

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): Cheryl Medearis describes tribal colleges expanding access to education and preparing teachers and people in different fields. This supports Q128 by inviting students to connect educational opportunities with personal goals.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

I'll speak to that from a perspective of what tribal institutions have done for the people in not just our area, but the tribal college movement is probably, in my perspective, one of the strongest movements that ever occurred. From a personal basis, I may never have gotten a college education. I don't know that. It may have taken me even longer had Sinté not been where it was when it was. And I date back to Sinté-Gleska College when the institution wasn't really trusted to be on its own. So my diploma reads the University of South Dakota because they proctored and granted the degrees and helped develop the curricula. But that's been one of the strongest impacts that I see.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of tribal colleges and opportunity? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you connect educational opportunities with personal goals? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

A4 — Develop a career path for a selected occupation

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): Cheryl Medearis describes tribal colleges expanding access to education and preparing teachers and people in different fields. This supports A4 by inviting students to identify educational steps toward an occupation.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

I'll speak to that from a perspective of what tribal institutions have done for the people in not just our area, but the tribal college movement is probably, in my perspective, one of the strongest movements that ever occurred. From a personal basis, I may never have gotten a college education. I don't know that. It may have taken me even longer had Sinté not been where it was when it was. And I date back to Sinté-Gleska College when the institution wasn't really trusted to be on its own. So my diploma reads the University of South Dakota because they proctored and granted the degrees and helped develop the curricula. But that's been one of the strongest impacts that I see.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of tribal colleges and opportunity? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you identify educational steps toward an occupation? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

G39 — Understand how to achieve marketable job skills

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): Cheryl Medearis describes tribal colleges expanding access to education and preparing teachers and people in different fields. This supports G39 by inviting students to consider how further education develops job skills.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

I'll speak to that from a perspective of what tribal institutions have done for the people in not just our area, but the tribal college movement is probably, in my perspective, one of the strongest movements that ever occurred. From a personal basis, I may never have gotten a college education. I don't know that. It may have taken me even longer had Sinté not been where it was when it was. And I date back to Sinté-Gleska College when the institution wasn't really trusted to be on its own. So my diploma reads the University of South Dakota because they proctored and granted the degrees and helped develop the curricula. But that's been one of the strongest impacts that I see.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of tribal colleges and opportunity? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you consider how further education develops job skills? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

R132 — Access key local resources

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Reviewed teaching connection (Exploratory): Cheryl Medearis describes tribal colleges expanding access to education and preparing teachers and people in different fields. This supports R132 by inviting students to identify an educational resource to research. This is a classroom transfer opportunity; the interview does not provide a complete procedure for demonstrating this competency.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

I'll speak to that from a perspective of what tribal institutions have done for the people in not just our area, but the tribal college movement is probably, in my perspective, one of the strongest movements that ever occurred. From a personal basis, I may never have gotten a college education. I don't know that. It may have taken me even longer had Sinté not been where it was when it was. And I date back to Sinté-Gleska College when the institution wasn't really trusted to be on its own. So my diploma reads the University of South Dakota because they proctored and granted the degrees and helped develop the curricula. But that's been one of the strongest impacts that I see.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of tribal colleges and opportunity? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you identify an educational resource to research? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

Q129 — Describe the future, including personal and career potential

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): Cheryl Medearis describes tribal colleges expanding access to education and preparing teachers and people in different fields. This supports Q129 by inviting students to consider future possibilities opened by education.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

I'll speak to that from a perspective of what tribal institutions have done for the people in not just our area, but the tribal college movement is probably, in my perspective, one of the strongest movements that ever occurred. From a personal basis, I may never have gotten a college education. I don't know that. It may have taken me even longer had Sinté not been where it was when it was. And I date back to Sinté-Gleska College when the institution wasn't really trusted to be on its own. So my diploma reads the University of South Dakota because they proctored and granted the degrees and helped develop the curricula. But that's been one of the strongest impacts that I see.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of tribal colleges and opportunity? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you consider future possibilities opened by education? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

Interview transcript

I'll speak to that from a perspective of what tribal institutions have done for the people in not just our area, but the tribal college movement is probably, in my perspective, one of the strongest movements that ever occurred. From a personal basis, I may never have gotten a college education. I don't know that. It may have taken me even longer had Sinté not been where it was when it was. And I date back to Sinté-Gleska College when the institution wasn't really trusted to be on its own. So my diploma reads the University of South Dakota because they proctored and granted the degrees and helped develop the curricula. But that's been one of the strongest impacts that I see. We're able to put teachers into schools that are educated, whether they're non-Indian or non-Indian, into schools with a whole different understanding than the teachers that were there previously, people in businesses, in all different walks of life. So it's been very strong. Economic development is a continual struggle on the reservation, but one person at a time, one program at a time, again, we have to look forward to that next generation. And that understanding is one that will continue way beyond us. It will continue on and on if we do our job to build what we have today.