Our Purpose

Indian Education Program, Tulsa Public Schools, has served the unique educational needs of the largest urban school district in the state of Oklahoma since 1973. The purpose is to provide a supplemental education program that will enable all identified and eligible Indian students to attain increased academic success, gain additional skills in technology, reinforce basic skills, and retain American Indian cultures and values of various native people.

Areas of Top Priority

According to the needs assessment survey, the three areas of top priority are are follows.

Academic tutoring and reinforcement
Student advisement by Indian resource advisors, including areas of student behavior and attendance concerns
American Indian cultural retention and knowledge.

Federal Funding

Federal funding is received through the Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Title VI Grant, Muscogee Creek Nation Johnson O'Malley (JOM) and Cherokee Nation Johnson O'Malley (JOM). The monies received provide all necessary and supplemental services to eligible Indian students enrolled in Tulsa Public Schools. Currently Indian Education has 3,369 students enrolled in the Title VI Programs. Of that number 1,395 students are enrolled in the Muscogee Creek JOM Program and 456 students enrolled in the Cherokee JOM Program. Title VI students must have a 506 form on file and the JOM students must have a tribal membership card/letter on file.

Parent Involvement

Parental involvement includes a Title VI five-member parent advisory committee and a five-member Johnson O'Malley Parent Committee. Johnson O'Malley Parent Committee meetings are held monthly at 6 p.m. followed by the monthly Title VI Parent Committee meetings at 7 p.m. at the Indian Education office located in the Grant Building, 7635 E. 42nd Pl., Tulsa, OK 74145.

Key Personnel

Key personnel include eight certified staff and nine support staff. Certified staff includes one program coordinator, one academic resource advisor and six resource advisors.

Support staff includes one secretary, one registrar and five tutor assistants. The tutor assistants are assigned to five elementary schools with high Indian student enrollment. The Indian Education central office is located in the Tulsa Public Schools Grant Building, 7635 E. 42nd Pl., Tulsa, OK 74145.

Goals

Tulsa Public Schools’ Indian Education staff provides leadership recognizing the opportunity to increase the graduation rate and academic success of American Indian students. Oklahoma now ranks number one in the nation in reading and math skills of American Indian students and leads the nation in the graduation of American Indian students.