Archive for September, 2016

Friday, September 9, 2016

Africans and Wildlife Trafficking

WorldMontana’s next project includes working with a regional African project of eleven African visitors from 9 different countries concerning Wildlife trafficking. The group will be in Montana from September 18th through the 22nd, making various stops in Bozeman and Yellowstone National Park. They have a reception planned at board member, Bill MacBride’s home on Tuesday, September 20th. For more information on the reception email us at ellen@worldmontana.com or call us at (406)-447-4444. The Reception and Benefit is for welcoming the African Delegation, and to benefit WorldMontana’s citizen diplomacy mission. The group’s objective is to examine the harmful impact of international wildlife trafficking from a political, economical, and social stability standpoint.

Friday, September 9, 2016

Chinese and Education Management

On October 8th, 12 Chinese visitors will land in Kalispell. Their first stop will include visiting the  Flathead Indian reservation.  The group will meet with tribal leaders and visit schools on the reservation.  Visitors will learn how traditional cultural values and skills are incorporated in the curriculum.  The group will also learn how the students who attend schools on the reservation interact with students from majority non-native American schools outside of the reservation

Next they will go to Helena and will meet with a representative from the State Office of Public Instruction to discuss the role the state government plays in education on Native American reservations. The visitors will end the day at Broadwater Elementary School where they will visit an after-school program based on the Montessori model of self-instruction.

On Wednesday morning they will meet with Michelle Lewis at Carroll College then meet with staff of ExplorationWorks! to discuss its innovative programs and partnerships with local schools and Carroll College. Later that afternoon the group will be off and head to Portland to continue learning about education in the US.

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