For information and applications:
Alaska Humanities Forum
ALASKA HUMANITIES FORUM
Denali Whiting dwhiting@akhf.org 907-770-8404
connects Alaskans through
Kirstie Willean kwillean@akhf.org 907-362-1229
empower communities. Our
Creating Cultural Competence (C3)
akhf.org/c3
stories, ideas, and experiences that positively change lives and work is focused in three main areas: cross-cultural learning for educators and youth, leadership development, and public programming. In the past two decades, the Forum has worked with more than two-dozen partners – including school districts and universities, Native corporations, and Native nonprofit organizations – to operate four separate but interrelated cross-cultural programs for educators and youth: ■
Creating Cultural Competence (C3)
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Educator Cross Cultural Immersion (ECCI)
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Take Wing Alaska
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Sister School Exchange
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Alaska History Day
ALASKA HUMANITIES FORUM Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Alaska Native Education Program
Application deadline: June 15, 2018
Building connections between Alaskans
"The biggest revelation of my experience at the Kiana Elder's Camp as part of C3 was the kindness and generosity of the Native people, as well as the unique dynamics of its culture. As a result of my immersion experience, I have changed to become a more understanding, competent, and culturally aware beginning educator." — Matthew Frable Noorvik School
Experience cultural immersion through discovering Alaska Native ways at a culture camp!
Culture camp locations: Akiak, St. Mary's, Toksook Bay, and two locations in the Northwest Arctic "Hub" communities: Bethel, Kotzebue
Creating Cultural Competence (C3), is a coordinated cultural orientation and induction
Kotzebue
of new teachers into rural Alaska communities. Newly hired teachers participate alongside local
"I have become more in tune with my own culture, as well as learning more about the Yup’ik culture as a result of my C3 experience. I have started to notice how my culture affects others. I’ve begun adapting my speech patterns and examples I use in teaching to be more inclusive and easily understandable to my students." — Jordan Addison Eek School
youth, elders, and other regional culture bearers in an orientation, cultural immersion camp, and debrief during the summer prior to the start of St. Mary's
their school year, all under the structure of a 3-
Toksook Bay Akiak Bethel
credit university course. Educators who are willing to expand their own cultural competency contribute to better teacher retention and higher student achievement. Forum led Cultural Immersions for educators,
Afognak
urban and rural, create the reflective personal "I would encourage everyone who has the opportunity of attending the C3 Immersion camp to run, do not walk, to the airport and get on that plane. It is a set of memories and friendships that I will cherish throughout the remainder of my years as an educator." — Nichole Wood Ayagina'ar Elitnaurvik in Kongiganak
and professional growth that builds a framework for understanding and relating to their students.
Network Connect with community members, mentors, and peers.
Orientation Pre-arrival virtual orientation; orientation and debrief in "hub" community.
Cross-Cultural Experience in crosscultural communication and traditional teaching and learning styles.
Earn Graduate Credit Educators enroll for free and receive credit for a 3.0 graduate-level cross-cultural course from UAA.
All Expenses Paid Airfare, meals, and accommodations are covered by the program.
Step Outside Your Classroom Alaska Native culture camp with peers, youth, and community members.