From August 2-6, Master of Arts in Teaching students, many of whom are part of the Montana Rural Teacher Project (MRTP), will come from near and far to the MSU campus to lead two incredible camps for youth.
Inclusive Community Camp (ICC) is the first of its kind in Bozeman and this year will engage local children in a "Train Like an Astronaut" camp experience!
Partnering with MSU's Science Math Resource Center, NASA AEROKATS and ROVER Education Network, we have created an active STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math)-focused camp for children with and without disabilities, complete with kite making and flying. Appropriate language, perspective shifting, and re-framing the culture of disability is woven throughout the camp and provides our MAT teacher candidates with a hands-on early field experience working with children of different abilities in a fun and experiential setting.
For our secondary candidates, we've created the Middle School Mentoring and Leadership Experience Camp, an activity-based program for youth entering grades 6-8. Middle school campers will engage with MAT teacher candidates and ICC campers in supported, outdoor activities and workshops to strengthen their relationship building and leadership skills. This is an opportunity for middle school campers to expand their leadership capacity and have a blast doing it!