MONTANA ADVISORY COUNCIL ON INDIAN EDUCATION

MISSION STATEMENT   GOALS   MEMBERS   MEETING SCHEDULE

GOALS:

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

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/initiatives which address the presence of systemic racism and the associated disparate discipline of Native American/ American Indian students in public schools with the intent of supporting 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 culture and Indigenous 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 that are focused on providing equitable access to a quality public education for our Native American/American Indian students to close the academic achievement gap.