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December 2021
This newsletter contains news and information of interest about
Montana Rural Teacher Project. Thanks for staying informed.
We are so excited that our partner, the Allen Yarnell Center for Student Success at MSU, is hosting an IN PERSON educator fair - Wed. Dec. 15, 2021 in the Strand Union Building on the MSU Bozeman campus.

You can still reserve a table to recruit one of the 150 pre-service teachers who will take part in the fair and related events.

Register HERE!
Recruiting the FINAL Cohort!
Do you know someone who would like to become a middle or high school teacher in English, Mathematics, General Science Broadfield
or Social Studies Broadfield?

The Montana Rural Teacher Project wants to help YOU recruit and retain secondary teachers for your district.

Refer a potential new teacher to MSU's Master of Arts in Teaching program. This program offers applicants with a bachelor’s degree a pathway to complete a teacher preparation program and become a licensed Montana teacher in as little as one year. 
 
Those admitted to the MAT degree program in the coming year will be invited to apply to take part in the Montana Rural Teacher Project (MRTP) final year.

15 secondary spots are available.
Help MSU prepare teachers for rural schools.


Participants receive a living wage stipend while completing the 12 month degree program and two years of mentorship in exchange for a three-year commitment to teach in an eligible Montana school. 

Secondary track starts - May 2022 
Preferred application deadline - January 1, 2022
Extended application deadline – February 15, 2022
If you know of prospective applicants, please invite them to contact
Mentoring MRTP Teachers Across Montana
The MRTP mentoring/induction component is in full swing! Mentors and mentees are connecting one-on-one through email, text, Voxer, and virtual meetings.

They also engage with the MRTP Home Base, an online platform housed on OPI’s Teacher Learning Hub (OPI is a primary MRTP partner). The Home Base supports two ongoing whole-group discussions, one for just-in-time Q&A and one featuring timely topics for new teachers. Recent threads include managing stress, structuring discussions, and working with support staff.

The Home Base also offers a series of Partners in Practice (PIP) activities that encourage mentors and mentees to collaboratively examine an aspect of instructional practice or professional growth. Partners choose from among topics such as Professional Reading, Teacher Self-Care, Social-Emotional Learning, Formative Assessment, and Looking at Student Work, with the goal of completing two PIPs each semester. All participants completed the first PIP, a Reflective Self-Inventory and debriefing session to assess the MRTP teachers’ self-perceptions and concerns.

Taken together, the tools available on the Home Base build community and help MRTP mentors tune in to the activities and needs of their individual partners.


We are grateful for School Services of Montana's efforts to ensure the MRTP Mentorship component supports mentees and mentors.