• 3 days orientation for new teachers: Language, Culture, Curriculum
• Teacher Retreats throughout the year
• 2 day Fall Reading Inservice- optional
• ASWC Satellite Basic Writing Institute
• Summer reading endorsement classes
• 3 week Yup'ik Materials and Staff Development Institute
• 2 week summer LKSD Math Institute
• Itinerant Literacy Leaders: on-site support
• Training of trainers for Language Development Model
• Writing Assessment Workshop
• Fall 2000 satellite Literacy Course, K-8 Reading Teachers
• Early childhood staff development for Tumkanka staff

Professional Affiliations

• Alaska State Writing Consortium
• Alaska State Math Consortium
• Alaska State Science Consortium
• Alaska Literacy Council
• National Association of Education of Young Children
• Alaska Staff Development Network
• Alaska Council for Social Studies

Department Grant Activities

• Goals 2000
• IASA
• Migrant Education:
  Parent Conferences
  Kusko Book Express
• Title I: Itinerant Literacy Leaders
• Staff Development
• 6 School Wide Programs
• 18 Targeted Assistance Programs
• Safe & Drug Free Schools
• Eisenhower Math & Science
• Eisenhower Reading
• Innovative Programs
• Volunteers in Public Schools
• 21st Century Community Learning Centers-9 programs
• Class-Size Reduction Grant
• Federal School Improvement Grants:
  Yup'ik Curriculum Development
  Tumkanka Home-based Preschool I, II
  Student Enrichment-7th and 8th Grade Roadside Science
• Johnson O'Malley
• Indian Education
• AISES (American Indian Science & Engineering Society)