Hopa Mountain

Hopa Mountain invests in rural and tribal citizen leaders who are working to improve education, ecological health, and economic development in their hometowns.

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Gallatin Valley Farm to School

Hopa Mountain is now serving as the fiscal agent for this important community effort.

The goal of the Gallatin Valley Farm to School project is to create healthier children and a healthier Montana food system. As advisory board member Mary Stein noted, "Farm to school gives a platform for connecting kids to healthy food—they learn about how it grows, they enjoy delicious locally grown food in their school meals and they get to know the terrific farmers who provide the food in their community."

For more information about Gallatin Valley Farm to School, or to find out how you can get involved, please email lunchbox@ gvfarmtoschool.org.

Hopa Mountain supports community leaders of all ages in realizing the hopes and dreams for their hometowns.

Community leaders are those individuals who step forward when others look to them for help. Hopa Mountain provides these leaders with training, mentoring, networking opportunities, and financial resources to help them create much-needed opportunities for advancing the education, ecological health, and economic well-being of their communities.

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Hope is the fundamental prerequisite for positive change. Working together, we can create a mountain of hope for the future of rural and tribal communities. The possibilities for sustained improvements in economic, environmental, and social health lie in the strength, innate wisdom, and creativity of local people–in their relationships with each other and the land. They know their communities' needs and have good ideas for strength-based solutions.

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StoryMakers Program Coordinator
Position Open
Employer: Hopa Mountain, Inc.
Supervisor: Executive Director
Compensation: $30,000 FTE position (annual appointment contingent on continued funding)

The StoryMakers program provides early learning materials, training, and technical assistance to citizen leaders who are working to improve early education for families with children 0-5.

General duties of the StoryMakers Program Coordinator: This person will organize early literacy services, training programs and provide technical assistance to early learning specialists in Montana’s rural communities that are part of StoryMakers community teams. This work includes coordinating with local leaders in rural and tribal communities, developing early learning materials, purchasing and distributing 7,000+ books for citizen leaders to distribute to families, providing training and technical assistance, tracking book distribution efforts, organizing an annual conference, completing annual program surveys and evaluations, attending statewide early education meetings, coordinating with other statewide early learning initiatives, and handling all program logistics. He/she will also work closely with all Hopa Mountain staff, including the finance director to manage and verify requisitions, payments, invoices, travel statements, payrolls, transmittal sheets, check registers and checks. In all work activities, the StoryMakers Program Coordinator will adhere to all grant requirements.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities: A strong background in early childhood learning, rural and tribal community outreach, a working knowledge of the principles and practices of early literacy language development, and respect for and understanding of diverse cultures. The successful applicant must be able to develop and implement an effective early literacy training and technical assistance program. He/she must have strong communication skills and be willing to comply with private foundation and federal grant management principles and reporting requirements. Travel is required.

Conditions of employment: Employees in this job are subject to the terms and conditions of an employment contract. Employment contracts are subject to review on a provisional three and six month basis with renewal pending satisfactory performance and continuation of funding. Applicants should send a letter of interest, a resume and contact information for three professional references to Hopa Mountain, Inc., P.O. Box 10892, Bozeman, MT 59719 by January 25. Contact: Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer, Executive Director, Hopa Mountain, 234 E. Babcock, Suite E, Bozeman, MT 59715. (406) 586-2455 or bsawyer@hopamountain.org

Hopa Mountain • P.O. Box 10892 • Bozeman, MT 59719 • Tel (406) 586-2455