Dartmouth College

KNOWLEDGE

College Knowledge- a program developed by college school's Native yank Program and Reader to Reader- may be a school access video mentorship program developed for Native yank students in grades 6-11. 

Since its origin in fall of 2011, over thirty Native yank students at Dartmouth College have learned basic filmmaking skills - from screenwriting to post-production writing. several of those students applied to figure with the Native yank Program and therefore the initial Native yank Video/Media primarily based mentorship program as a result of their own experiences reception let alone their passion to assist young Native students notice a neater path to school.

The short videos the college students ar making ar set on-campus and use skits to deliver pertinent school access data, however they additionally illustrate general "college life activities" like planning to category, meeting, and staying connected to home. The content for the videos is set by the queries and issues of real students attending St. Michael's Indian faculty on the Navajo Nation. the primary video: school a hundred and one was screened for the scholar body within the Spring of 2012. Following the video, college students Skyped with the St. Michaels students to expand on the content of the video and to answer any and every one queries. each teams of scholars then participated during a fun school - informational school data beano activity. The program was a hit with students at each St. Michaels and Dartmouth College collaborating totally within the program. weekly the 2 teams of scholars can close digitally to screen a school data film, discuss the film via Skype, and so participate along in AN data activity.

Currently, college students ar busy learning screenwriting, filmmaking, editing, and mentorship skills whereas developing five new school data films to point out to students on the Navajo Nation in January of 2013. Also, we have a tendency to ar developing a fun school data Facebook Application, which will act as a digital planner and virtual steerage counselor so as to help initial generation and Native highschool students with the school - coming up with method.

 VISION

The Native yank Program can offer leadership for college because it works to satisfy its creation mission to teach Native students.  A across the nation recognized program, we'll add partnership with college and social group communities to teach and empower Native students to be capable of addressing the social, political and economic desires of Native peoples.

 

 MISSION

The Native yank Program collaborates with Dartmouth’s school and employees, furthermore as social group communities, to help Native students in their personal, social, intellectual and moral development so that they will become life-long learners and accountable leaders in our international society. we have a tendency to complete our work with high regard for the distinctive cultural experiences and views of Native peoples.