MACIE Goals

Goals

1. Community, family, and parental engagement with local school systems

Goal 1: MACIE will advocate for and alongside communities, families, parents, and school systems that serve any Native American/American Indian student populations with the intent of recognizing the impact of historical and contemporary trauma while promoting efforts to ensure safe, secure, and stable educational environments where students and parents/guardians feel welcome and supported.

2. School programs targeting systemic racism, disparate discipline, student achievement, and historical, generational, and contemporary trauma

Goal 2: MACIE will encourage the adoption of practices, models, and initiatives that address the presence of systemic racism and the associated disparate discipline of Native American/American Indian students in public schools. The goal is to support efforts focused on the impact these conditions have upon student achievement.

3. Culture, language, and culturally relevant curriculum

Goal 3: MACIE will act as an advocate and advisor for the meaningful integration of Indigenous culture and language in Montana schools. MACIE will promote the adoption of culturally relevant resources, curriculum, and instruction in support of the expression of Native American/American Indian student self-identity and self-actualization.

4. Equitable access to quality public education

Goal 4: MACIE supports school-based programs focused on providing equitable access to quality public education for Native American/American Indian students to close the academic achievement gap.