Mada Maagarishtauo Awa Hee Aadsa Maa Aru Maa Giguckiigash STEM Teachers of Excellence Education Program (STEEP)

Mada Maagarishtauo Awa Hee Aadsa Maa Aru Maa Giguckiigash（教我们的孩子这个地球上的一切是如何运作的）STEM卓越教育教师计划（STEEP）将建立一个认可的学士学位小学教师教育计划，该计划以标准为基础，使用基于确定需求的相关科学和数学的建构主义方法。以标准为基础的新基础教育学习计划的发展，采用了基于确定需求的构建主义方法，将重点放在相关科学和数学上，这将是部落大学首次采用的创新模式。在小学教师教育课程中，将曼丹、希达察和阿里卡拉文化价值观与数学和科学概念相结合，将增加小学适龄儿童在STEM领域扎根的机会，因为他们的老师。

The Mada Maagarishtauo Awa Hee Aadsa Maa Aru Maa Giguckiigash (The ones that teach our children how everything on this earth works) STEM Teachers of Excellence Education Program (STEEP) will establish an accredited baccalaureate elementary teacher education program that is standards-based and uses constructivist methods that focus on relevant science and math based on identified needs. The development of a new elementary education program of study that is standards-based and uses constructivist methods that focuses on relevant science and math based on identified needs will represent an innovative model being done for the first time in a tribal college setting. The incorporation of Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara cultural values with math and science concepts across the elementary teacher education curriculum will enhance the chance for elementary school age children to become grounded in STEM fields because of their teachers.