Saturday, June 27th • 10:30 - 2:30
Adults • Join us for a new workshop for educators, PIKES, led by Jennifer Griffith. PIKES, Public Indigenous Knowledge Education Standards, is a proprietary curriculum framework designed to integrate Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) into all K-12 education subject areas using a standardized, teachable acronym system. This framework was developed in response to Washington State House Bill 5433 (revised 2015), which requires the Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty curriculum be taught in all Washington schools — legislation with no standardized implementation infrastructure. Every acronym in this framework links to a corresponding lesson in the PIKES curriculum database — giving teachers a direct, standards-aligned pathway to IKS-integrated instruction across Fine Arts, Science, Math, ELA, Social Emotional Learning, and Social Studies.
Participants will learn how to apply stories to curriculum, using the picture book Prince George and the Moon Children as an example of the PIKES framework. Participants will leave this workshop with their own copy of the book, as well as curriculum to use with it.
This workshop is $125 per person. This includes a copy of Prince George and the Moon Children, Art project lesson plan and all materials, Shared presentation slide deck, workbook of PIKES standards to stories aligned with the book, and lunch for each participant. Bundling available, please reach out for more details. This workshop is eligible for ESD 101 Clock Hours.
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Jennifer Ashely Griffith has served as a Professor of Art and Art Education at Eastern Washington University, a Visual Arts Educator across public, private, and higher education institutions in Washington and Montana, and a curriculum developer whose work integrates Indigenous Knowledge Systems, social justice frameworks, and 21st century creative practice. She is a published scholar with peer-reviewed articles in Impasto — the journal of the Washington Art Education Association — and a presenter at national and regional conferences on Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Global Citizenship, and Historical Sciences curriculum. She holds a Master of Arts in Art Education from Boston University, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, a Bachelor of Education in Visual Arts, and a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology — she is a certified educator for National Geographic and Past President of the Washington Art Education Association.