Early Childhood Montessori Language Immersion Program

The goal of the American Indian Family Center is to create an Early Childhood Montessori Language Immersion Program to offer to American Indian Families living in Saint Paul and the east metro area. This grant will recruit and select candidates for each training opportunity (both the Montessori Teacher and Assistant), train the candidates in both models (Montessori and language immersion), and ultimately place the candidates in programs that are committed to offering the model for early learners. The project will train these candidates to align the curriculum methods of both approaches, participating in Montessori Training and guided in the language immersion methods. Two teacher candidates will be expected to begin and complete Montessori training.