Alaskan Resources
Look for the "Festival of Ideas" coming soon to this website! The "Festival of Ideas," submitted by educators participating in ASDN's Alaska Summer Leadership Institute (ASLI), is a compilation of emerging best practices currently being implemented in Alaskan schools. The "Festival of Ideas" offers examples of Alaskan school initiatives which inform educators about frameworks for improving student learning and organizational performance; strategies that transform learning and performance; and lateral capacity building opportunities that.....
Curriculum Resources
Alaska State System of Support (SSOS) Operations Manual 2010-11
Alaska State System of Support (SSOS) Operations Manual,
Building Local Capacity, 2010‐2011
The Alaska SSOS's mission is to support districts as they build their capacity to implement sustainable school improvement strategies with fidelity. Authority for developing and implementing a system of support for districts and schools comes from both State and Federal law. This document provides an overview of the SSOS program and resources that are available to districts and schools in Alaska.
Alaska Native Knowledge Network (ANKN)
The Alaska Native Knowledge Network (ANKN) is an AKRSI partner designed to serve as a resource for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing. It has been established to assist Native people, government agencies, educators and the general public in gaining access to the knowledge base that Alaska Natives have acquired through cumulative experience over millennia. Anyone wishing to participate in the Alaska Native Knowledge Network or contribute to the development of the resources in this.....
Alaska District Curriculum Survey
The Department of Education & Early Development asked the Alaska Comprehensive Center and Education Northwest to collect up-to-date information on reading and mathematics curricula, including texts and other published materials, that each district has adopted/purchased. It was EED’s intention by means of this survey to provide information to districts regarding curricula in use in the state and the ways districts are aligning the curricula to the standards.
Alaska Self-Study Tool
The Self-Study Tool (SST) was developed to help schools conduct an internal review as part of their school improvement effort. The SST materials are based on the Instructional Audit Tool that has been used throughout Alaska to conduct on-site school audits by external teams of educators. The SST process provides teams from a school community an opportunity to engage in discussion and evidence-based inquiry. It is not intended to be the basis for evaluation or for making comparisons across schools. The end product is not a score, but the.....
State of Alaska Standards, GLE's, and Formative Assessment
This links to the State of Alaska "Standards" web page which contains the AK Content and Performance Standards, GLE's, Formative Assessments, and more important information related to AK State Standards and Performance.
16 Career Clusters - Organizational Tool for Use in Searching for Career Information (Developed by USDOE)
The U.S. Department of Education has established 16 broad Career Clusters consisting of entry-level through professional-level occupations in a broad industry area. Each cluster includes the academic and technical skills and knowledge needed for further education and careers. Clusters are a great organizational tool for educators, counselors, parents, and students in their search for career information. They show the relationship between what students learn in school with the knowledge and skills they need for success in further.....
Educators' Resource Guide to Alaska Standards - from the Curriculum Frameworks Project
The Educators' Resource Guide to the Alaska Standards is an online resource that will help districts and teachers develop, teach and assess a standards-based curriculum. The Guide is divided into two sections:
1: For Curriculum Developers
This section provides information about the Alaska Content Standards and the Performance Standards. It includes a district standards-based curriculum development process and links to useful resources including the legal references related to the Alaska State standards.
2: For Teachers
This section.....
"FIreweed Magazine" from Port Graham Students: Reading in a Cultural Context and Place-based Science Activities
"Fireweed" Magazine was developed in the early 80's at Port Graham and offers online offers examples of reading in a cultural context. The work of transcribing from the magazines was completed in 2001-2002 by students at Port Graham.
Alaska Computerized Formative Assessments (Online)
Using CAL's online computer test delivery and reporting system, CAL TestBuilder is the online tool that brings the Alaska Computerized Formative Assessment (ACFA) program to all Alaskan schools. ACFA items are linked to specific Alaska content standards and grade level expectations (GLEs). The system is intended to provide feedback that can be used to adapt teaching and learning to meet student needs. ACFA tests in reading and mathematics are already assembled and available for immediate use.
Native Language Curriculums Developed by Sealaska
Sealaska Heritage Institute produces Native language curriculum and other education tools through its Language and Education Programs. The institute encourages students and teachers to use its online resources to perpetuate and revitalize Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian languages.
Interdisciplinary Lesson Plan - Alaskan Unit on Moose
This interdisciplinary unit on moose was developed by Michelle C. Massion
of Galena City School in 1994. Even today, it is a lesson that teachers might use to build an Alaskan interdisciplinary unit.
Publications for Alaska Standards for Culturally Responsive Schools
The following standards have been developed by Alaska Native educators to provide a way for schools and communities to examine the extent to which they are attending to the educational and cultural well being of the students in their care. These "cultural standards" are predicated on the belief that a firm grounding in the heritage language and culture indigenous to a particular place is a fundamental prerequisite for the development of culturally-healthy students and communities associated with that place, and thus is an essential ingredient.....
EED Curriculum Framework
The Curriculum Framework created by stakeholders in Alaska, provides the ground work for districts to align their materials and resources to the Alaska Grade Level Expectations (GLE). The Framework is downloadable in a Word format. A district should review the skills and content columns with district educators as a staff development process. Once the district educators have reviewed the content and skills sections, the materials and resources within the district can be identified and listed.
It is important to note: when selecting materials.....
