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Presenter Katherine Campbell, Ph.D.Education Program SpecialistOffice of the Director

Example of documentation Power Point Presentation BIE Fact Sheet Brochures/Website information

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Overview of the Bureau of Indian Education

Homeless numbers in BIE funded schools

Challenges in the BIE system

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MissionProvide quality education opportunities from early childhood through life in accordance with a tribe’s needs for cultural and economic well-being, in keeping with the wide diversity of Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages as distinct cultural and governmental entities. Further, the BIE is to manifest consideration of the whole person by taking into account the spiritual, mental, physical, and cultural aspects of the individual within his or her family and tribal or village context.

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Director’s Office Administration Associate Deputy Directors, East, Navajo

& West-22 Education Line Offices

-Points of Contact Division of Performance and

Accountability -BIE McKinney-Vento State Coordinator

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Homeless Students for 2011-2012- Schools required to report students in NASIS- Designate a Local Liaison- Document available in Enrollment Packet- Plan for services for students- Required to enroll immediately

Challenges- Awareness- Stigma- Structure of system

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Bureau of Indian Education website www.bie.edu National Indian Education Association www.niea.org

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BIE McKinney-Vento Homeless Education State Coordinator

Kat Campbell

Education Program Specialist

MS-3616-MIB

1849 C St. NW

Washington, D.C. 20240

202-208-3345/505-414-3674

Katherine.Campbell@bie.edu

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Pinagigi for your attention.

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Maxihikio and Wannassita Kamequkua

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