Charlene Gilliss

This Local Literacy Plan for Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Schools, a requirement of the Minnesota READ Act, establishes a framework for ensuring all students achieve reading proficiency at or above grade level, supporting multilingual learners and students with special education needs. The plan outlines goals for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 school years, focusing on universal screening for foundational reading skills and characteristics of dyslexia, data-based decision-making for tiered interventions, and comprehensive parent notification. It details the utilization of evidence-based Tier 1 curricular resources and literacy intervention programs, an extensive professional development plan for staff, and the adoption of a Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework to foster continuous literacy improvement.

This document presents the Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Public Schools' district calendar for the 2026-2027 academic year. It outlines key dates, including school days, no-school dates, inservice days for staff, midterm and quarter-end dates, early release days, conference schedules, and special events such as the first and last days of school and graduation.

This plan outlines the approach to addressing the needs of American Indian students, focusing on their cultural, linguistic, and academic development. Key areas include identifying student needs, ensuring equitable provision and assessment of services, and fostering strong parent and tribal engagement. The plan also details accountability measures for student outcomes and allocates specific budgets for Indian education programs.

The meeting included discussion regarding the agenda items: Job Description and Copy of the Budget. The Program Report covered updates from the Tutor, the World's Best Workforce event scheduled for March 8, 2017, and interview procedures noting that phones should not be used during instructional time, involving approximately 12 children in the afternoon for 20-30 minutes. New Business focused on several procedural and planning items, including the March 1, 2017 deadline for transmittal of the Resolution and Parent Roster for the 2017-2018 School Year, elections for the upcoming SY, and discussions concerning Social Emotional learning, Homework Club, Incentive/Pass requests, Startest, Attendance, Individual Learning Plans (ILP), Policies and Procedures, and Title Six by-laws for 2017-2018. The committee also noted that survey needs assessment results from staff, students, and parents for February would be presented in March.

This document outlines the American Indian Education Aid Application Program Plan for the 2020-2021 academic year, presented by Waubun. The plan is structured around five core goal areas: ensuring all American Indian children are ready for school, achieving grade-level literacy for third-graders, closing all achievement gaps, fostering career and college readiness, and increasing high school graduation rates for American Indian students. It details specific district goals, strategies, measures of success, and itemized budgets tailored for in-person, hybrid, and distance learning environments, emphasizing culturally relevant education and comprehensive support services.