Intermediate/Advanced Workshop

Kodiak, Alaska Kodiak's cultural organizations collaborate to bring WAYK back for advanced individual Technique training. Kodiak meets this summers WAYK interns, Will and Julia, who will spend the summer Language Hunting!

Kodiak Island, Alaska Evan Gardner will help lead discussions or demonstrations on such topics as: hit lists, rides to film, fluency planning for self and community, ACTFL demo test, the perfect path, ACTFL level Alutiiq benchmarks, when and how to use the grammar book, advanced fishing demos, advanced pushing demos, triangulation, and testing rides with... Read more »

This will be the third time that WAYK visits four communities in the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands in partnership with APIA.  While all workshops will serve to develop the regional core team's WAYK skills, the visit to St. Paul will focus on curriculum development, the visit to Atka will focus on fluency skills, and the workshops in King Cove... Read more »

In partnership with the Doyon Foundation, WAYK returns to Alaska to keep working with several of the many Athabascan languages in the interior.  This two week visit focuses on continuing training for participants of past workshops, especially small group coaching for language push/pull (teaching & learning) skills with four languages: Hän, Denaakk’e (Koyukon), Gwich'in, and Deg Xinag.  In... Read more »

With support from Doyon Limited and the Tanana Tribal Council, WAYK returns to Tanana to provide additional training and support for learners of Denaakk'e (Koyukon Athabascan) who attended previous WAYK workshops.  The WAYK team will work with small teams of learners and speakers, coaching and assisting with immersion sessions around the kitchen table.

As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) partners with Where Are Your Keys? on a new three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration for Native Americans), the WAYK team returns to three communities: Atka, Anchorage, and St. Paul Island.  These visits will provide additional training and support for members of the regional core team who attended previous WAYK workshops... Read more »

As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) partners with Where Are Your Keys? on a new three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration for Native Americans), the WAYK team returns to three communities: Atka, Anchorage, and St. Paul Island.  These visits will provide additional training and support for members of the regional core team who attended previous WAYK workshops... Read more »

Following an Introductory Workshop in May, the WAYK team returns to Port Graham for two weeks in October to support local efforts in further developing Master-Apprentice Teams for Sugt'stun.  We will also visit with the neighboring community, Nanwalek.  The WAYK team will work with small teams of learners and speakers, coaching and assisting with immersion sessions... Read more »

As APIA (the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association) partners with Where Are Your Keys? on a new three-year language initiative with support from ANA (the Administration for Native Americans), the WAYK team returns to three communities: Atka, Anchorage, and St. Paul Island.  These visits will provide additional training and support for members of the regional core team who attended previous WAYK workshops... Read more »

In partnership with the Doyon Foundation, WAYK returns to the Fairbanks region to keep working with some of the many Athabascan languages in the interior of Alaska.  This four-week visit focuses on continued training for participants of past workshops, especially small group immersion sessions. The first two weeks of this visit will be focused on Gwich'in.  The Gwich'in training will begin... Read more »

WAYK returns to the Alaska Native Heritage Center for a follow up training with their Yup’ik and Inupiaq teaching teams. This training will focus on using WAYK Techniques in the classroom as well as designing lesson plans that incorporate WAYK activities (buckets, walks, games) and lead up to a milestone conversation (an introduction, a song, a story,... Read more »

As a follow up to our two-week Master-Apprentice Team training in October, the WAYK team returns to Port Graham for two weeks of further training in February to support the local Sugt'stun team.  The WAYK team will continue to support Master-Apprentice teams in their regular language visits and immersion sessions, in addition to working on the development of... Read more »