- Year 2024
- NSF Noyce Award # 2243359
- First Name Shawn
- Last Name Secatero
- Institution University of New Mexico
- Role/Position Co-PI
- Proposal Type Workshop
- Workshop Category Track 3: Master Teaching Fellowships
- Workshop Disciplines Audience STEM Education (general)
- Target Audience Co-PIs, Evaluators/Education Researchers, Noyce Master Teachers, Noyce Teaching Fellows, Other Faculty/Staff, Project PIs, Undergraduate and/or Graduate Noyce Scholars
- Topics Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, STEM content and/or convergent skills development
- Additional Presenter(s)
Dr. Deena Gould dnagould@unm.edu
Goals
Learning goals for this session include the following:1) Participants will learn about the holistic and visionary based Corn Pollen Model that comprises of spiritual, mental, physical, and social well-being and leadership concepts. 2) Participants will create a vision statement that includes their overall purpose in teaching along with a personalized leadership definition.3.) Participants will learn about collective, holistic, and visionary leadership concepts that they can embed into their own teaching practices.4) Emphasis will be placed on technical well-being which is one of the 16 pillars of the Corn Pollen Model. Participants will learn about effective planning and teaching through STEM concepts.
Evidence
The Corn Pollen Model is a theoretical framework that evolved in 1997 as part of spiritual, mental, physical, and social well-being attributes from Navajo elders and leaders. The model continued to expand into 16 pillars through the following stages: Stage One: Navajo elder perspectives of well-being, 2) a mixed method dissertation study in 2009 that encapsulates the success and persistence factors of American Indian graduate and professional students, 3) the Corn model expanded into 12 pillars from 2010 to 2014 with western and international perspectives, and 4) the final stage of the framework continued to build with educator perspectives from UNM Native American leadership and educational cohorts. There are 16 pillars of the Corn Pollen Model and emphasis will be placed on technical well-being for teachers and leaders that highlights STEM fields, technology, and future planning. The Corn Pollen Model has been published in the following book chapters: Chavez A. & Minthorn, R. (2015). The Leadership Tree in Indigenous Leadership in Higher Education. Routledge Publishing, New York. pp. 111-127.Vallejo P. & Werito, V. (2022). The Corn Pollen Model in Transforming Dine Education. University of Arizona Press. Tucson, Az. pp. 109-122. Pewewardy. C. (2023). Native Educational Sovereignty in Teaching and Leadership in Unsettling Settler Colonial Education. Teachers College Press. New York. pp. 167-179.
Proposal
In this workshop, participants will learn about the holistic based Corn Pollen Model and the importance of technical Well-Being which is defined as learning to navigate technology, effective planning, and accepting change by building knowledge (Secatero, 2022). Participants will be introduced to the Indigenous based holistic Corn Pollen Model (Secatero 2015) through spiritual, mental, physical and social well-being attributes. We will focus on the overall development and practice of Technical Well-Being as examples include STEM-H, netiquette, navigating technology, and embracing positive change. In addition, the workshop will include leadership concepts through visionary, collective, and holistic leadership. We are using the Corn Pollen Model to guide the leadership program of the Noyce Track 3 project, Teachers Organizing Diverse Opportunities Across a STEM Ecosystem (TODOS) at the University of New Mexico. Participants will further develop a future plan for their overall personal, professional, and academic endeavors by creating a mission statement and life symbol.
