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Community Collaborators: An MTA Cohort Action Planning Program
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Duration: 4 months
Average of 12 hours per month
Audience : Museum & Cultural Heritage Professionals
Recommended Prerequisite : Completion of the Moved to Action Web Course
Description :
Community Collaborators is a 4-month, cohort-based peer learning and action planning program for museum & cultural heritage professionals at any stage in their career. Participants bring a real organizational challenge, collaboratively build a plan with peers, and receive guidance from sector leaders and Indigenous museologists. Each cohort will have exclusive access to the new MTA Self-Assessment Tool to complete a Personal Action Plan that is developed through expert leadership, cohort learning and collaboration that is grounded in the Move to Action standards and ensuring UNDRIP compliance is the responsibility of all museum departments.
Objectives:
This program is grounded in the understanding that there is no single model for this work. Starting with the Move to Action Report and standards for museums, participants apply the MTA Self-Assessment Tool as measurement tool to track their progress from reflection to focused action by selecting a priority are for personal professional development. Participants work in cohorts to develop and build individual, targeted, and context specific Action Plans. Participants leave the program with a clear plan to support sustainable and adaptive change to actualize Indigenous self-determination within their practice.
Deliverables:
Establish a structured, peer support network that fosters collaborative development in implementing Indigenous self-determination.
Embed reciprocal learning , encouraging participants to share knowledge, resources, and strategies for uplifting Indigenous self-determination.
Translate broad goals into practical and actionable , step-by-step action plans through supported development from sector leaders and Indigenous Museologists.
Program Structure
Each month of the program includes a mix of synchronist and asynchronist learning:
CMA Facilitated Learning Session (2 hour)
A program check-in featuring key learnings, guidance from sector leaders and Indigenous Museologists, and instructional support
Cohort Meeting (2 hour)
Learn through peer exchange by sharing experiences, resources, challenges, and lessons learned in practice with colleagues working in similar contexts