Services

Journey Through Native Nations

Mountaintop Education Services has assembled a capable and impressive team, including tribal representation, to develop a web-based interactive learning environment, Journey Through Native Nations, to teach students in grades 3-5 about American Indigenous tribes. In partnership with individual Native American tribes, Mountaintop will create a virtual, cross-continental roadmap along which each participating tribe will have a learning stop to showcase its culture, customs, language, and history. Participating tribes will provide all content to ensure authenticity, and university faculty will vet material to ensure accuracy and objectivity.

Financial Literacy Programs

K-12: Designed as a three to five day on-site professional development workshop for teachers K-12 in all subject areas and includes (1) Financial literacy concepts overview with connections to curriculum; (2) Participants work in teams with coaches to integrate financial literacy concepts into regular sessions (financial literacy framework and sample lessons provided); (3) Local and national resources provided for further content knowledge.

Corporate: Lunch and Learn Financial Wellness workshops illuminate financial basics, and empower employees to make better financial decisions and reduce the negative effects of financial stress. National financial leaders offer timely and easy to implement ways to build financial skills they need to build a better life for themselves and their families.

Community: In partnership with community based organizations, develop financial literacy programs for special populations including homeless and women survivors of domestic violence.

Educational Support Services

Training: Design and lead training sessions for teachers on topics including project-based learning, cross-curricular integration, assessment, teaching in small learning communities, and artist-teacher collaboration. Facilitate training for teacher leaders and administrators on topics including leading strategic change, using data to drive decision-making, and supporting rigorous and relevant instruction.

Content Design, Writing, and Editing: Write and produce print and web-based educational training documents for use by trainers, consultants, district and school leaders, and classroom teachers. Products include website content, training handouts, foundation research reports, and curricular modules.

Curriculum Design: Collaborate with teachers and community members to develop lessons, units, and extended learning activities that engage students in hands-on learning. Deep experience in designing standards-aligned projects that have students apply their learning through tangible products and performances. Subject areas include the following: Financial Literacy, Economics, Social Studies, Workplace Readiness, English Language Arts, STEM, and After School.

Experiential Learning Activities: Design and development, professional development, and technical support for student experiential learning activities, including job shadowing, paid and unpaid internships, mentor programs, and virtual stock trade simulations.

Administration of Education Programs

School Reform Coaching, Strategic Planning, and Technical Assistance: Provide coaching, strategic planning and technical assistance on all aspects of school reform and organizational development, including needs assessments, design principles, stakeholder involvement, program design and implementation, communication strategies, and evaluation and assessment.

Partnerships: Cultivate, nurture, and sustain professional relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders.

Grants: Write, implement, collect program data, and evaluate program efficacy, for non-profits and LEAs.