This page offers resources produced under the 2019-24 Region 13 Comprehensive Center grant from the U.S. Department of Education, through which WestEd provided capacity-building technical assistance to state educational agencies and their constituents in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and the Bureau of Indian Education.
In the 2024-29 cycle, WestEd serves:
- the Bureau of Indian Education through the Bureau of Indian Educaton Comprehensive Center.
- New Mexico and Oklahoma, along with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, as the supporting partner to Westat’s Region 9 Comprehensive Center.
Resources for Agencies & Educators
Learning Acceleration
Circles of Reflection: A Toolkit for SEAs
A self-guided, interactive opportunity for state education agencies (SEAs) to lead with equity and ensure Native students receive important academic and well-being supports.
Supporting New Mexico Local Education Agencies in Strategically Using American Rescue Plan Funds
The story of a partnership where evidence-based practices, funding tools, and professional support help local education agencies meet the American Rescue Plan moment.
Comprehensive & Rigorous Education
Addressing the Whole Child: Community Schools in New Mexico
A brief write-up with external links to learn about Community Schools and how New Mexico is planning, launching, and implementing the New Mexico Community School Act.
Launching a Tiered System of Support for Leaders in the Bureau of Indian Education Schools
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) recognized the need to better support its school leaders in the use of evidence-based instructional and leadership practices.
Advancing Equity for Indigenous Students
This brief describes the need and initial results from convening directors of Indian education at State Education Agencies focused on advancing equity for Indigenous students.
Increasing American Indian and Alaska Native Content in English Language Arts Standards: A Tool for Education Leaders
This tool is designed to help states incorporate high-quality, authentic American Indian and Alaska Native content into their English language arts standards.
Educator Workforce
Making a Difference for American Indian and Alaskan Native Students: Innovations and Wise Practice – Session One
In this recorded session, participants explore systemic efforts and innovations that prepare, recruit, and sustain American Indian and Alaska Native educators.
Indigenous Educator Pathways – Session Two
Indigenous educators are critical levers in promoting positive Indigenous student outcomes. This overview, based on the webinar series Making a Difference for American Indian and Alaska Native Students: Innovations and Wise Practices, describes key considerations for opening Indigenous educator pathways.
Tribal Advocacy for Educational Change – Session Three
In this recorded session, panelists share ways that tribal governments and Native-serving organizations are designing and funding the nurturing of students for school, college, career, and community life.
Student Mental Health and Well-Being
Reimagining Excellence: A Blueprint for Integrating Social and Emotional Well-Being and Academic Excellence in Schools
The blueprint details the indicators of learning programs that successfully integrate equity, well-being, and academics.
Finance and Sustainability
COVID-19 Recovery and the Strategic Use of Funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
This workshop was designed to discuss the implications of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, assist SEAs in strategic planning with featured examples of states/territories’ approaches, and provide opportunities for SEA specific and cross-SEA planning and discussion. A discussion/planning tool is provided for SEA use.
The content of this webpage was developed under a grant from the Department of Education through the Office of Program and Grantee Support Services (PGSS) within the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), by the Region 13 Comprehensive Center at WestEd under Award #S283B190057. This contains resources that are provided for the reader’s convenience. These materials may contain the views and recommendations of various subject matter experts as well as hypertext links, contact addresses, and websites to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. The U.S. Department of Education does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any outside information included in these materials. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the U.S. Department of Education. No official endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education of any product, commodity, service, enterprise, curriculum, or program of instruction mentioned in this document is intended or should be inferred.
