PARTNERS FOR SUCCESS
Partners for Success is aimed at improving the educational outcomes of Alaska Native and Native American students in grades 7 through 12. Collaborating with the Anchorage School District, Partners for Success provides accredited core and elective math and language arts classes within four ASD schools. In each school, CITC's three to five person team (Certified Teachers, Assistant Teachers, Family Advocates and Counselors) provide personalized, wraparound services to students and their families. Incorporating Native ways of teaching and learning, the culturally relevant curriculum offered in CITC Language Arts meets all the grade level expectations required in the Anchorage School District.
Partners for Success classrooms are student-centered, offering individualized learning opportunities, smaller classroom sizes with a certified teacher, assistant teacher and family advocate and an exploration of a variety of Native customs and cultures as a means for gaining a better understanding of Language Arts and Mathematics. Students are supported by comprehensive educational planning, support services and follow-up during transitions encompassing rural-urban, school-to-school and school-to-life transitions.
The goals of Partners for Success are to:
1. Increase family involvement in Native education
2. Improve staff performance with Native students
3. Increase access to academic opportunities for Native students
4. Embed Native culture into the curricula for our classes
5. Assist students and their families to make successful transitions
Where is this program offered?
- Bartlett High School
- East High School
- Romig Middle School
- Mears Middle School
CHINOOK: Winds of Change
The Chinook Program is designed as a comprehensive approach to the educational needs of Alaska Native and American Indian elementary schools students. It is adapted from the successful Partners for Success model. Collaborating with the Anchorage School District, Chinook offers inclusive and “pull-out” support that enriches students’ assimilation of lessons in literacy. We serve 40 students at each Chinook school, for roughly 120 program participants per year with a team of wraparound staff support for elementary school students and their families (Certified Teachers, Assistant Teachers and Family Advocates).
The goals of Chinook: Winds of Change are to:
1. Enhance Alaska Native and American Indian student performance on standard measures that positively correlate with high school graduation (standardized test performance and measures of persistence, such as attendance;
2. Improved school readiness by enhancing family involvement in children's education; and
3. Improve the quality of instruction to Alaska Native and American Indian student by enhancing the cultural competence of ASD staff and teachers who serve AN/AI elementary school students.
Where is this program offered:
Susitna Elementary School
Lake Otis Elementary School
Chinook Elementary School
The CITC Partners for Success and Chinook Winds of Change staff strive to build positive relationships with students and families built upon respect for every individual as a whole being. We believe that all students can learn and that each student is capable of academic and personal success both now and in the future. In all of our classes, we create a learning environment that encourages and prepares students to achieve academically, maintain healthy lifestyles and exercise positive leadership with a strong sense of personal, family and civic responsibility.
How can my student become involved?
We invite all Alaska Native and/or American Indian students attending one of our schools to consider taking a class with us. Please contact the CITC ESS office for details at 793-3600.
3600 San Jeronimo Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99508
907-793-3265 phone
907-793-3290 fax
