MDE Indigenous Education Initiative Tribal Consultation Guidebook - Manual / Resource - Page 28
C o n s u l t a t i o n Cy c l e : A c t i v i t i e s t o S u p p o r t
Healthy Consultative Relationships
MONTH
DOCUMENTS TO SHARE
QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS
GETTING
TO KNOW
YOU
• Budget policy, procedures, and timelines
• Program design, monitoring, and evaluation
procedures
• District organizational charts
• Assessment/Data Collection Schedules
• What programs are the district eligible for?
• What is the district’s budgeting process?
• What is the district’s strategic planning/district/school
improvement process?
• Who is responsible for oversight of each program?
• How does the district identify the needs of Indigenous
and other learners in the district?
JULY
• Consolidated Application for the upcoming school
year
• Title VI Application/Budget
• Title V - Small, Rural School Achievement (SRSA)
Application
• Schoolwide or Targeted Program Descriptions for
each Title I Building (Including Parent Engagement
Plans)
• Board Approved District Budget
• Impact Aid Indian Policies and Procedures
• District and School PD Calendars
• Schedule of Parent Engagement Events
• How are the funded programs for the upcoming year
meeting the needs of Indigenous Learners?
• What are the eligibility criteria for participation in any
of the programs?
• Which schools have a Title I Program?
• How are services between different programs being
coordinated?
• How will the programs be monitored for impact?
• Are updates needed to the Impact Aid Indian Policies
and Procedures?
• When will the annual Title I Parent Meeting be held?
AUGUST
• Evaluation Results from Summer Programs
• How can the tribe assist with geing complete counts
for the Title VI and Impact Aid programs?
SEPTEMBER
• Title VI Indian Parent Commiee By-Laws
• Are updates needed to the Parent Commiee By-Laws?
• Budget Updates (Final Allocations, State Aid Updates)
• Title VI Annual Performance Report
• How has the amount of available funding for the district
changed?
• How will any new funding be allocated?
• What was the outcome of the prior year’s Title VI
program?
• What changes to the Title VI program might be
considered for this year and/or next?
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
• How well are current programs doing?
• What adjustments/amendments may be needed?
DECEMBER
• How well are current programs doing?
• What adjustments/amendments may be needed?
JANUARY
• Amended Consolidated Application
• Impact Aid Application
• Mid-Year Assessment and Data Collection Results
• Is the district eligible for Title V SRSA? If so, how much
funding would be expected?
• How well is the current district programming meeting
the needs of Indigenous Learners?
• What additional data may be needed to evaluate the
programs at the end of the year?
• What are the needs of Indigenous Learners in the
district?
FEBRUARY
• Title VI Part I Application
• What needs are being met by current programs?
• What needs are not being aended to by any current
program?
APRIL
• Title V SRSA Application
• What changes might need to be made to existing
programs for next year?
• What new programs may be needed if funding is
available?
• How much Title VI funding will the Local Education
Agency (LEA) receive?
MAY
• Title VI Part 2 Application
• Any preliminary budgets
• What are the anticipated costs for continuing the
current programming?
• What funding is anticipated for each federal program?
• Impact Aid Amendment (if applicable)
• How did/will the LEA incorporate the input from the
tribes into the plans and budgets for next year?
• What was the impact of the various programs in the LEA
on Indigenous Learners over the past year?
• What concerns/issues still exist?
• What worked well?
MARCH
JUNE
