Lower Sioux Immersion School Project
Objective 1: By September 30, 2025, increase full time teachers with at least intermediate-mid fluency from 2 to 3 at Lower Sioux/Cansayapi. Objective 2: By September 30, 2025, increase Dakota fluency of two (2) early childhood language nest teachers' Dakota language fluency to at least intermediate low as measured by the ACTFL fluency scale. Objective 3:By September 30, 2025, increase language speaking at home from weekly to daily among 50 families and increase fluency of 20 families by .5-1 level on the ACTFL fluency scale.
1. Increased language acquisition and language teaching capacity among our CWOO teachers. Increased language access for our staff, parents, children, and Community. 2. Increased Dakota language speaking within our CWOO families. We anticipate new immersion project efforts will lead to increased language acquisition across all learning domains among 50 CWOO families who will increase their speaking at home from weekly to daily by the end of the project period.