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Posted: Jul 31, 2015 12:21 PMUpdated: Jul 31, 2015 3:08 PM

Teaching Requirements Change for Osage Schools

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Bill Lynch

Osage Nation's Wah-Zha-Zhi Early Learning Academies will, for the first time, require an associate degree or bachelor’s degree in early childhood education to teach.

Our goal is to have a certified early childhood teacher in every classroom – there will only be so many positions available for Child Development Associates (CDA), which will require the rest of the teachers who decide to stay with us to raise their level of qualifications,” Debra Atterberry told Osage News.

Atterberry is senior advisor for Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear and is also overseeing the education reorganization of the entire division of Education and Early Learning.

The Osage Nation's Wah-Zha-Zhi Early Learning Academies will soon offer Osage Language Immersion classes. Atterberry said the plan is to have eight students, ages six weeks to two years, in one class and 12 students, ages three to four years, in the second class. However, immersion classes will only be held at the Pawhuska facility at this time.

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