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Constituting the fifth progress report for 1975 onthe Presidential/Secretarial Objective (a mandate calling forinvolvement by the end of Fiscal Year 1975 of at least one-fourth ofthe Bureau of Indian Affairs schools in a management system chosen bytheir American Indian clients), this report identifies the 78Bureau-Operated schools participating in the project for 1975 and thetype of managemett system chosen by each. Tabular information ispresented for each of the following Area Offices: Aberdeen;Albuquerque, Anadarko; Eastern; Juneau; Muskogee; Navajo; Phoenix;and Portland. Presetted via tabular and narrative summaries, theinformation relative to Area Offices reveals that: a follow-up by theOffices is generally needed, particularly documentation on tribaldecisions; a tribal resolution is needed when a 'ribe elects toretain the Federal option; the Navajo Area hes requested a two-yearmoratorium on contracting; eight Area Offices are currentlyparticipating in the Objective, while four are not; and furtherreduction of the participating number is likely for Fiscal Year 1976.(0C)

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cOfrrRL OF INDIAN EDUCATION IN BIA SCHGOLS

A PROGRESS REF'Ola

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EDUCATIONISIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED F ROMTHE PE %ON OR oROANIZATION ORIGINATINC. I POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONSSTATLD DO ROT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OP riciAL NATIoNAL INSTITuTE OrEOLICAT ION POSITION OF. POLICY

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MU STATES DEPARTVENT OF M1E INTERIORSTANLEY HATHWAY, SECRETARY

BUREAU OF D1A N AFFAIPSMORRIS THOMP ON, COMMISSIONER

OFFICE OF IHDIAN EDU 1-ION PROO'4 1,rc

CLENNON E. KE DIRECTOR

IHDIAN EDUCATION RESOURCES CENTERWILLIAM J. BENHAM, ADMINTSTRATOR

DIV so OF EVALUATION, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPTNITHWAS R. HOPKINS. CHIEF

OFFICE OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMSINDIAN EDUCATION RESOURCES CENTER

P4 Og BOX 1788123 FOURTH STREET, S.W.

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 87103

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TABLE I: Area Office Summations fo -Y 75

PresidEntial/Secretarial ObjectiveActivities

TABLE 11: Bureau-Wide Surmatian of FY 75Presidentia1/Secretaria1 ObjectiveActivities

JUNE rIMG flNTrEs OP APE A PROIECT MANAGERS

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FOREWORD

intrior Departnent has irrçlenented what is called the "Secretarial

,mtional Planning System COPS)." This system amounts to achieving

A:codabflty through management by Objectives The following Objective

WA7 erie prpvided to the Department and accepted as a Serretii%:1 Objec

dle Bureau of Indian Aff - Education activity lor the 1975

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By the end of FiE,oal Year 1975, at least one-fourthof the Bureau Schools will operate ulder the

Aanavement System chosen by those served by theschool.

On November 4 1974 the Commissioner cf Indian Affairs infomed the Arfla

Offices that the "Secretarial Objective was elevated to a "Presidential

j)T- ti e" thus resulting in the Project receiving the hipllest prior ty

ir the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Noveml,er 6 and 7, BIA Chief Education Officers shington to

view _d revise Area Opereting Plans. In addition, the Objective was

vised aq foil(

-the end of FY 75, in at least one-fourth (50) ofthe Bureau Schools, by Ufficial action of a Tribalor Alaskan Village Government, a choice of th2Management System will be made by those served bythe schools.

The _forration presentri in this report supports the implementation

the Presidential/Sec _tarial Obler7tive.

, I 1-C7,1- 01 COMMENTS

This is -17-1 fifth pm___ iris for Fis

Secretarial Ohje tive for TrIliration. This t rt!t1 status of

the project' at the Agen_y, Area art,_ ]untral Office ievAs for p3riod

of July, 2974 through June, 1975.

Lncluded in Lthis re'Dort are indiviciul progress reports for eight of tiv.1

twelve participating, Area cffices. In addition, there is a Bt7,r

summation of FY 75 Presidea-tial/Secretarial Objective activities.

The Objective as stated in nay, 1974 called for the involvement of at

least one-fourth (50) of the Bureau sehools which would operate under

the Management System chosen by those served by the scthools, by the end

of Fiscal Year 1975. This report identifies the 78 Bureau-Operated

schools Which participated in the project for FY 75 and the type of

Management System chosen for each school.

The continuation of the project into Fiscal Year 1976 will allow addi-

tional Bureau schoolv to participate in the Objective and will allow a

more gradual transition period for those schools already identified wIth

the t iieetive. "Gradual approach," means that a tribe could in'ç'lement

itE Ta _nt choice by assuming any part of the schools operation an

ultimately assuming total school operations if that is their intent.

Recently, negotiations were completed on two contracts to evaluate the

p gress of the Presidential/Secretarial Obj ctive for FY 75. The

National Indian Training and Research Center contracted to evaluate the

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w,-,.sto7n service area and George Underwood 7:valuation and Research

hilru will evaluato Hie Eastern Axea Offic

melusion, it is encouraging to note the progress made during FY 75

to forward to further progreso in FY 76.

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AREA OFFICE SUMMARIES

A carefill review of the individual Area Office summaries will indicate

that follow,-up by the Area Offices is generally needed. In particular,

the Area Office must secure the required documentation indicating the

decision made by the tribal government expressing their choice of the

school nanagement options. A tribal resolution is still needed if the

tribe elects to retain the Federal option.

The implementation of the Presidential/Secretar1,11 Objective was dis-

continued for the Navajo Area due to Tribal Chairman MacDonald's request

for a two-year mrator1inn on contncting. As a resu't there are eight

Area Offices participating and four that are not. A further reduction

of the number of participating Areas is likely for Fiscal Year 1976.

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A,GENDA.

JUNE MEETING OF

AREA PROJECT MANAGERS

PRESIDENTIAL/SECRETARIAL OBJECTIVE

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EDUCATION

DATE: 'Rime 18 1975

AT: IERC, Albuquerque

9:00 AM - OPENING REMARKS

'T'HE YEAR BEHIND'

Dr. Benham

Tom HopkinsLyle Elton

A. NuMber of Participating Schools for FY 75

B. Formal Decisions and DocumentationC. CritiqueD. Monitoring

(10:15 AM 10:30 AM COFFTE BREkK

THE Mk AHEAD'

A. Estimate of Participating Schools for FY 76

B. Nbnitoring ProcessC. Discussion Items

12:00 PM 1 00 FM LUNCH

1:00 PM EXTERNAL EVALUATDON

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Tom HopkinsLyle EltonContractor

Area ProjectMhnagers

Lyle Elton will be available to meetin vidually with Area Project Managersto discuss the Area Operational Plansor other discussion items.

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OPTIONAL PORN NO. ICIJULY 1173 GOMONGSA RIVEN 1411 C1111 101-i 1.6

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

MemorandumTO Area Directors

Attention: Assistant Area Eirectors (Educa 'on)

FROM Adhinistrator, Indian Education Resources Center.

SUBJEcT Stintnary of AThuquerque Meeting, -June 18, 1975 onPresidential/Secretarial Objective.

MMI!=

DATE: June 27, 1975

The second meeting of the Area Project fulSnag aining to thePresidential/Secretarial Objective School t Options provedto be a productive session. The following comments cover a selectednmmber of points made during the course of the meeting:

(1) Dr. Benham opened the meeting and explained the overall importanceof the Presiderrvial/Secretarial Objective and that the continuationof the School Management Options has top priority for FY 76.Et. Benham further stated that other Bureau Program Objectiveswere basically contract oriented whereas the Education Objectivehad other viable options.

(2) Et. bpkins eported on the May 28 1975 a_aretarial Briefingwdth the signate Hathaway in attendance along withCanmissioner thonipson. Dr. Hopkins stated the Education Objectivehas led the %ay in the Bureau and the project is continuing topr'gress because of the able assistance rendered by the Areaucation staff. Dr. Hopkins informed.the group that negotiations

have been completed on two external contracts to evaluate thePresidential Objective. The National Indian Training and ResDanter will evaluate the following Area Offices:

AlbuquerqueJimeauliavajo

George Underaood avaluation and ReSèaroh of Tulsa will include:.

Arianarko

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ern Area'

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Big U.S. Svivgi Bonds Rwi Savings Plan

Dr. Hopkins introduced:Lyle Eaton as the replacement for Dr. Streiff.Mr. Elton will be the responsible person in coordinating efforts forthe attainment of the Objective.

Mr. Elton reviewed 'the progress of the past years activities involving

the Presidential/Secretarial Objective. Mr. Elton stressed the pointthat the participating Area Offices should have in hand all necessaryand pertinent documentation for reporting purposes. Individualsessions were to be scheduled later in the day to bring the IERCfiles up to date.. The monitoring and reporting process was discussedin depth and it was agreed upon that the current reporting processwas effective and adequate at this time.

There were questions raised by the Area Project Managers concerningTape 112 which deAls with Needs Assessments. It was reported thatTape 112 was ineffective and sometimes I inappropriate for presentations

to non-professional persons. It was suggested that a new tape bedeveloped for the community and that Tape 112 be directed primarily

to a school staff setting. Discussion ensued regarding other por-tions of the tnaining package and it was explained that the trainingpackage was-only one vehicle that could be used in relaying infor-mation to Indian Communities. The training package was developed

with the thought that it should have "replioability" throughoutthe Bureau and that it can be modified to meet each Area's individualneeds.

It was stated.that because of presentations of the training packagethat Indian Communities were requesting; additional iuformation andservices from the Bureau to improve their schools. Such requestsinclude requests for school board training and information concern-ing "how to get' new facrl

Public Law 93-638 was discussed at this point. It was stated thatthe PSO would be forced to relate to 638 but as of this date, noformal guideliriesl have been distributed. However, it is clear

that the role Of the Tribal governments will be strengthened. Aproblem area emerged at this point in relation to two items:

(1) Policy needs to be set in dealing with Off-Reservatian Boarding

Schools. With whom do you contract? (2) It is difficult if not

impossible at certain areas to get Tribal resolutions expressing

their decision for their school management choice. No comretesolutions offered - follow-up is needed.

(4) External Evaluation presentation by Wayne Pratt and Bob Flores,

representatives of the National Indian Training and Research Center.

Mr. Pratt stated the Purpose of the Evaluation is to improve the

project. Mr. Pratt stated he 1..culd:1) meet with Co-Oontnactor and share ideas involving the

evaluation2) involve BIA superintendents

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3 xng will involve what's happening to chang people

4 gathar all pertinent infbrmation.

Flores added:that he would:

1) review M90 strategy2) meet with Area and Agan

cammuni people.el. and aso with local

(5) The final session of the day included individual meetings betweenMr. Elton and various Area Project

As nentioned earlier, it was a productive meeting and it is hoped thatwith the arrival of Mr. Elton that activity involving the Presidential/SecretariR1 Objective will increase greatly.

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SPECIAL. CONCERNS

Sevensl major concerns rg- L the June meeting of Area Projec

Managers held in Albuquerque. Key concerns were as follows:

Tribal resolutions are difficult if not impossible to obtain in most

Area Offices. There were no concrete solutions offered, however

it appears the Agency Superintendent wIll be a major force in

obtaining the resolution. COntinued effort and follow-up

Office personnel is needed.

The new role fbr Tribal governments in dealing with off-reservation

boarding schools (ORBS) is unclear. It was suggested that action

be taken in developing approadhes to the Tribal government principle.

Managers stated filmstrip #2 was ineffective and some-

times inapprcpriate for presentations to the rrrinunity It was

suggested that filmstrip #2 be directed primarily to a school staff

setting and a new filmstrip developed for the Lcinnunity in dealing

with needs assessment.

Area Project Managers expressed deep conc&i in individual meetings

with Central Office staff that Tribes are viewing the Presidential/

Secretarial Ohdective only as a Contracting Ortion. As a result,

many tribal governments and organizations are hesitant to partici-

pate. Such is the ease for the Navajo Area, whereby the Tribal

Chairman declared a two year moratorium on all starltr. It is

Important that tribal governments and organizations be informed

that conlAucting is only one option available to them.

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It was noted that the Presidential retarial Objective will

become a Departmental Objective for FY 1976. However, continued

emphasis will be given to the project fOr Indian control of

schools and will again be top priori

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PROGIWI AUDIT AND REVIEW

On May 7, 1975 negotiations had been completed on two contracts to

evaluate the Presidential Objective. It was decided that two con-

tracts to Indian firms would best suit the purpose. The National

Indian Training and Research Center (NITRC) of Tempe Arizona, will

nvaluate the Western service of the BIA including the following Area

Offices:

Albuquerque

Juneau

Navajo

Phoenix

Poilland

Eastern Area Offices will be evaluated by George Underwood Evaluation

and Research of TUlsa, Oklahoma. These Area Offices include:

Anadarko

Aberdeen

Muskogee

Eastern Area

The effective dates of the contracts will be May 12 throu h December o

1975. The pr ary task to be undertaken is to determine the progress of

the implementation of the Presidential Objective made to date at the

Central, Area and Agency levels.

The information obtained from the contractors will be used fbr future

planning and managing of the project.

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