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Outreach Project (IEOP) website. Who are we? What do we do? Where
are we located? These are all good questions to ask, so here are a
few answers. Who are we? The Indian Education Outreach Project is funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA/Office of Indian Education Programs) housed at the Center for School Improvement (CSI) in Albuquerque, NM. We are a small staff with a big job in Indian Country, where we specifically serve twelve BIA grant-funded tribal schools in four states (Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana) in the Portland Area. We employ Native American support staff and qualified education consultants who work in the office and in the field. We are a part of a university and tribally controlled community college network throughout the United States. The rigor of the No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind legislation demands that school’s annual yearly progress (AYP) in the areas of math, reading, and science be strengthened & improved, and that AYP expectations are met yearly. It is our commitment to offer professional development training (with college credit) and technical assistance to administrators, teachers, and parents teaching and living within tribal communities. IEOP's initial obligation has been to first build a culturally respectful relationship with tribal school administration, personnel, parents/community, school board, and the tribal council. Overall, we as individuals, and project staff, are dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of Indian children through education and outreach. What do we do? We are contracted to deliver two strands of activities. Each is considered a priority, not one over the other, but rather priorities determined to be of highest needs in tribal schools today. Our funding source comes through Special Education therefore is central to our services. What are these two priorities? Priority 1: to deliver a Master's degree in special education Master's degree in special education from the University of Idaho to regular education teachers teaching in tribal schools. The tribal schools we serve in the four-state area are: Chemawa Indian
School, Salem Blackfeet Boarding Dormitory, Browning 
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