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EDUCATION
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Johnson O'Malley (JOM) Program Coordinator
Job Description
1) Must be a High School Graduate or possess GED
equivalency, preferred 2 years of higher education.
2) Demonstrate ability to work with Indian children and
families.
3) Possess good written and oral communication skills.
4) Have a personal vehicle and valid Oregon Driver's
License.
5) Able to work and travel some weekends and evenings.
6) Ability to maintain strict confidentiality as specified
by Tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs criteria.
7) Ability to organize and conduct educational support
services for students and school staff, (K-12).
8) Ability to work with teachers, educational administra
tors and other related educational agency personnel.
Duties:
1) Conduct survey and update educational needs
assessment of eligible students.
2) Maintain current Certificate of Indian Blood (CIB)
file for students.
3) Provide and disseminate information regarding JOM
Program to students, families, educational administra
tors and other related agencies.
4) Provide cultural awareness classes and activities for
JOM students.
5) Work with JOM Parent Committee in the planning,
development and implementation of programs and
projects. Make recommendations to Parent Committee
of the educational needs of students.
6) Prepare annual Education Plan.
7) Maintain files, monthly reports, calendar of events,
minutes of parent committee meetings.
8) Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports and
route to appropriate personnel and programs.
9) Act as liaison between school, community and
families, york toward providing a positive atmosphere
of understanding between teachers and students.
10) Supervise contracted staff as needed, such as
Preschool and tutorial personnel in conducting JOM
Program services and activities.
11) Other duties as assigned.
SALARY: $5.50 per hour - 24 hrs. a week for 5 months.
After October 1, 1988, subject to FY89 funding.
TRIBALINDIAN PREFERENCE APPLIES
CLOSING DATE: MAY 13, 1988 - 5:00 P.M.
SUBMIT RESUME TO: General Manager, Grand
Ronde Tribes, P.O. Box 38, Grand Ronde, Oregon
97347.
SUMMER YOUTH JOBS
The Oregon Department of Transportation, Highway
Division is once again conducting its Summer Youth
Litter Employment Program for youth, ages 16 - 20.
Youths employed in the Litter Pickup Program pick up
litter on highway right of way. Each Litter Pickup Crew
is usually comprised of five members, one to be selected
as Crew Chief.
Crews will be established in various locations in the
State. Some crews will be established to work the entire
summer, while others will be split into two six week
periods in order to give more applicants an opportunity
to work. We suggest that if you are interviewed, you
determine the duration of the assignment at that time.
In order to be considered for the program, those under
18 must have a work permit issued by the Oregon
Bureau of Labor and Industries. Crew members earn
$3.75 per hour and Crew Chiefs earn $4.10 per hour.
For consideration under this program, you must register
with the nearest State of Oregon Employment Office.
Applications will only be accepted from APRIL 11, 1988
THROUGH MAY 31, 1988.
YOUTH SHOULD APPLY FOR WORK
PERMIT SOON FOR SUMMER JOBS
Youth planning to enter the work force this summer
should apply now for a work permit.
Workers, aged 14 to 17 must have a work permit as a
condition of employment. The permits are issued by the
Bureau's Wage and Hour Division. Applications are
available at most schools, the state Employment Divi
sion and bureau offices throughout the state.
To obtain a permit, a minor must provide his or her
Social Security number and proof of age - for example, a
birth certificate, adoption papers or passport. A driver's
license cannot be used as proof of age. The application
also must be signed by a parent or guardian.
TRIBAL MEMBER WINS SCHOLAR
SHIP AT NATIVE PRESS CONF.
Brent Merrill, Grand Ronde, has won a $500 scholarship
from the Native American Press Association (NAPA).
The announcement was made at NAPA's 4th annual
conference in Denver, Colorado on March 17-19, 1988.
Merrill will receive the scholarship for Fall Term 1988.
Merrill and Greg Archuleta, Smoke Signals editor,
attended the conference.
Merrill, a sophomore student at Western Oregon State
College, is working towards a Bachelor's Degree in
English. He is on the staff of the college newspaper,
Lamron, and college periodicals, Northwest Passage and
Calapooya Collage, and freelances for the Sun-Enterprise
in Independence.
The annual NAPA conference brings together U.S. and
Canadian Native American newspaper, periodical and
broadcasting professionals, and high school and college
students interested in journalism careers.
Storytelling is part of our heritage, Mark Trahant,
former editor and publisher of the Navajo Times Today,
told the audience in opening the conference.
Trahant told how the Navajo Times Today became the
first Native American newspaper to become a daily. "If
you're a dreamer you've got to actually do it," said
Trahant.
In 1985, Trahant was cited as editor of the year by the
National Press Foundation in Washington for his work
with the Navajo Times Today. The newspaper later
ceased publication when Peter McDonald regained his
position as Tribal Chairman.
Trahant was also a member of a three-reporter team,
for the Arizona Republic, writing on the problems of the
BIA. The series resulted in Congressional investigations
ofthcBIA.
"Hattie Kauffman, correspondent forABCs "Good
Morning America".
During a session for college and high school students,
Lori Edmo, Shoshone Bannock, urged students to use
interships and get on-the-job training.
"Its really a good opportunity for experience," said
Edmo who was one of the first Indian interns for the
Oregonian in Portland. "It was kind of scary. You have
to be responsible and show that your are capable that
you can do the job," said Edmo.
Also speaking at the conference was Emmy Award
winning television reporter Hattie Kauffman, a corre
spondent for ABC Television's "Good Morning Amer
ica". "If you have the desire, you can accomplish what ever
you started out to do," Kauffman told the audience. She
urged the participants to set goals, and "dont't try to be
someone you are not."
Kauffman has won four Emmy Awards. One for
outstanding achievement in news writing and three for
feature news writing. Kauffman, Nec Perce, formerly
worked with KING TV in Seattle, Washington.