Cultural Competence Training in K-12 Classrooms

GROW – Global Respect of Others in the World – Outreach Program in K-12 Schools

GROW – Global Respect of Others in the World – Outreach Program in K-12 Schools, was developed in Missoula by Dr. Udo Fluck. It gained international attention and interest through conference presentations in Montana, as well as internationally, in Canada and New Zealand in 2019. GROW offers very unique learning opportunities that can transform students to not only be “global-ready” but to be “future-ready”. The breadth of the GROW program, which is specifically infused in the 3^rd, 7^th and 11^th grade curriculum, typically enriches social studies classes. GROW’s unique pedagogical approach, age-appropriateness, and engaging content, creates a fun learning atmosphere, and, to our knowledge, makes it the only educational K-12 outreach program, of its kind, in the United States.

Services and programming are made possible through the generous support of the Phyllis and Dennis Washington Foundation.

For the first time, in the summer of 2022, a two-day professional teacher training was offered by Dr. Fluck for teachers and school administrators in Germany. It was hosted by the Department of Education in the Ministry of Culture, in Hessen, Germany.

To accommodate the increase in seminar requests in 2022/23, (over 300 seminars were taught be Udo Fluck in 2021/22) in the Missoula County Public Schools, Target Range, DeSmet and Lolo school districts, in 18 schools, at the elementary, middle and high school level, two part-time teachers joined the GROW program in fall of 2022. For more information, please access article here.

Teacher and student testimonials on the structure, impact and benefit of the cultural competence trainings provided.

The GROW Program: