Daḳota Iapi WauƞspewiċakiyaItaƞcaƞ

Title:  Dakota Iapi Wauƞspewiċakiya Itaƞcaƞ  

Status: Full-Time

Reports to: CWOO Director

Supervises: Dakota Iapi Department

Wage: Based on Experience

Position description:  Under the direction of the CWOO Director, the Dakota Iapi Wauƞspewiċakiya Itaƞcaƞ will be an intermediate-mid level fluent ACTFL speaker of Dakota Iapi who will teach the staff, parents, and community. They will focus on immersion speaking support and cultural teachings to promote and sustain a Dakota language learning environment, and with it, the Dakota culture by helping raise Dakota language teachers, staff, and parents. The Dakota Iapi Wauƞspewiċakiya Itaƞcaƞ will oversee the creation of a Dakota learning environment to begin creating a Dakota dominant language environment. This position supervises CWOO’s Dakota Iapi Department.

Dakota Iapi Wauƞspewiċakiya Itaƞcaƞ Duties:  

1. Ensures that the center environment is welcoming to children, families, staff, and visitors;
2. Speaks and role models Dakota language with all staff, families, and children to promote and sustain a Dakota language learning environment;
3. Teaches Dakota language and teaching methodology through staff classes and by being in classrooms for immersion support and cultural teachings;
4. Submits timely reports of the state of language and language activities to the Director;
5. Speak language to continue growing immersion capacity; actively trying to stay in the language during conversations outside of the classroom and out of language learning times to create a Dakota dominant environment.
6. Work with Cankuya Project Manager and Master Speaker in the development and implementation of the Dakota Language Teacher Cankuya Pathway Credential.
7. Substitutes in classrooms, as needed, while Language Nest Apprentices are in classes;
8. Creates materials based on lessons in classroom to support teachers with classroom language;
9. Creates materials based on lessons in classrooms to bridge what is happening in classrooms to families;
10. Support staff and families in language acquisition and production;
11. Support children in language acquisition and production;
12. Co-plan with CWOO Director and Dakota Iapi department quarterly cultural activities for children, families, and community;
13. Continue language growth through Master Speaker teachings;
14. Work with Dakota Iapi department and CWOO teachers to support Dakota language coaching cycle schedule to help build their teaching practices;
15. Help translate curriculum and translation requests in Dakota to create resources and material for immersion school and community;
16. Support staff with trainings in the Dakota language and culture;
17. Helps plan parent language classes with Dakota Iapi department;
18. Other duties as assigned.

Skills, Knowledge and Attributes

• Intermediate-mid level ACTFL fluent speaker in Dakota Language
• Experience teaching Dakota Language and culture
• Experience teaching educators in Dakota language and culture
• Excellent communication skills

Disclaimer
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all the responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job.  While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management and Community Tribal Council reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments).     

In accepting employment, I am agreeing to perform the duties and responsibilities listed above.  In addition, I agree to adhere to any policy or procedure changes that may occur during my employment with the Lower Sioux Indian Community.