PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE CONTINUUM

I am Jamie K.Oxendine. I am from The Great State of North Carolina. I presently reside in Columbus, Ohio and Laurinburg, NC.

I have several years of teaching in both NC and OH.  I teach Music and Native American Culture.

I work with several virtual classrooms in Ohio and across the country. I also work with several Native American Nations and schools on American Indian Reservations.   I have taught part-time at the University of Toledo in the Anthropology Department for the class “Indians Of North America.”  I also served as the Native American Liaison & Education Consultant for Ohio University.  I taught “Native American Culture” and “Native Americans Of The Great Lakes” and “American Indian Tribes Of The Southeast” at Lourdes University in NW Ohio.

I work on the Living History Circuit and the Native American Powwow Trial as an Emcee, Arena Director, Head Male Dancer, Storyteller and Writer. This keeps me very busy with as many as 30+ events all over the United States and Canada. I also write for www.powwows.com on Native American Culture.

As for DI, well considering its basic definition, I have been doing that for years and years. The concept of meeting all individual student needs and helping every student meet and exceed established standards is what I have always tried to accomplish.

With the Professional Practice Continuum I found that I am about in the middle (2.5).  I find that I am not in any of the level one concepts.  For the rest of the levels I am in 2 and 3.  Still being in level 2 on some is due to the fact that I may be in a rut of doing things and hopefully this class can help me find a way out of the rut.  The other is that I find that some concepts of level 2 are perfect for music performance and American Indian Education as some in level 3 are not very conducive to teaching music especially musical performance.  I also find that some concepts of level 3 are not beneficial in American Indian Education.

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Jamie K. Oxendine

A Native American of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Educator, Historian and Speaker. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Native American Studies at Bowling Green State University, Ohio State University, University of Toledo, Lourdes University, and has served as the Native American Liaison & Education Consultant for Ohio University. He has served on the Board of Trustees for the Ohio Humanities Council, Board of Trustees for the Fallen Timbers Battlefield Preservation Commission and Governor Appointee to the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Board. He has also sat on the ACCESS Grants Panel with the National Endowment For The Humanities.