Lakota Nations Educational Conference
33rd Annual LNEC - Academic Accountability Under Construction

December 20, 21, from 8am to 4 pm, and December 22 from 8 am to 12 pm, 2012

We have rooms blocked for Conference Rates at Ramkota and Econolodge for attendees of the Lakota Nations Educational Conference.

Best Western Ramkota Inn
Rapid City, SD

Call For Presenters/Presentations PDF
Vendor Form PDF

Pre-registration fee - $150.00
After December 1 = $175.00

6 Strands:
  • Parent and Community Involvement
  • The "Whole Child"
  • Effective Instructional Strategies Pre K-12
  • Shared Governance and Leadership
  • Supplemental, Support Staff and Technical Assistance
  • Technology

If billing needed for after the conference add $10.00 billing fee to each participant cost.
For more information call: 605-288-1921

Supporting Documents

Vendors Providing Crafts, Jewelry, Art and Books Will Also Be On Site

To email form, download the Word Download document above, fill in the blanks, save the document, attach it to an email and send to Sharei Ricketts, Eileen Grinnell or Jackie Roth.


Issues to be Addressed
  • Common Core
  • Bullying
  • Cultural Subjects
  • Suicide Prevention Training
  • Parental Training
  • Federal Policies
  • Reading and Math
  • Drug/Alcohol/Violence Prevention
  • Gang Awareness
  • Title Programs
  • Small Group Instruction
  • Kids College
  • State Waiver
  • LEAP INDISTAR
  • Nutrition
  • Impact Aid Information
  • Bus Driver Training
  • Creating Sacred Places Model for Integrating Culture
  • Special Education
  • Technology Training
  • Assessments
  • School Board Training
  • Science and History
  • Classroom Management
  • METH Dangers
  • Behavior Training
  • At Risk Behavior Training
  • Craft Vendors
  • Jewelry Vendors
  • Art Vendors
  • Book Vendors
  • Counselor Training
  • Custodial Training
  • ELL
  • Smarter Balance/Dakota Step

Technology Institute in Ramkota
(Check Agenda for Times and Locations)     

  • Promethean Board Training - Sessions Thursday and Friday 3 Sessions
    • Intermediate to Advanced Training Thursday With Jen Genshock
    • Basic Promethean Training Friday with Mark Robbins 2 Sessions AM
    • Promethean Active Expressions with Mark Robbins After Lunch Friday

  • iPad 101 (Dan) 9:30-10:45 Thursday and Friday

    Please join us for ‘Learning with the iPad’, a session to help you understand the functions of your iPad. Also explore, numerous education applications, research and integration tools, and how the iPad is becoming a tremendous tool for 21st Century Learning.



  • Digital Textbooks and iTunes U App (Tony)10:50-12:05 Thu-Fri
Introducing an entirely new kind of textbook that’s dynamic, current, engrossing, and truly interactive. A textbook created by publishers using a new authoring tool from Apple. A textbook brought to life by iPad.

iBooks Author is an amazing app that allows anyone to create beautiful Multi-Touch textbooks — and just about any other kind of book — for iPad. With galleries, videos, interactive diagrams, 3D objects, mathematical expressions, and more, these books bring content to life in ways the printed page never could.

*Bring your Mac laptop to this session to create a digital textbook. Requires a Mac running OS X 7.5.1 or higher and the iBooks Author App (Free Download). Also, bring an iPad to view your textbook. 

  • iTunes U Course Manager (Tony) 2:30-3:45 Thursday Only 

In this session you you’ll learn how to build a course by exploring all the capabilities iTunes U Course Manager has to offer. Experience the ease of pulling over 500,000 resources in iTunes U into an organized syllabus. 

(Bring your laptop to this session to create a course)


See some of the great new features for your Mac and find out how it integrates with iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.