Apply to Present at the Fall 2021 MFPE Educators Conference
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The 2021 MFPE Educators Conference will be a hybrid conference that will include in-person and virtual opportunities! Apply to present by April 30th. Sessions can be 50 minutes or 110 minutes on any topic relevant to teachers in Montana. Share your expertise by presenting alone or with other teachers. Learn more about the 2021 MFPE Educators Conference and apply to present today!
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Attend the IEFA Best Practices Conference May 15-16!
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The Montana Office of Public Instruction’s Indian Education for All unit is excited to announce the 2021 virtual IEFA Best Practices Conference May 15 and 16. Each day will offer a keynote address from a high-profile Indigenous leader, followed by a 60-70 minute interactive presentation by an IEFA expert. The conference will focus on the Essential Understandings, tribal resiliency, and honoring the accomplishments and perspectives of Montana’s first peoples. This event will be provided FREE of charge. Register and learn more here.
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New Teacher Learning Hub Course- Multi-Digit Multiplication!
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Check out our newest Teacher Learning Hub Math Course: Multiplication Strategies: Multi-Digit Numbers. This five Renewal Unit course will provide educators with strategies for teaching multi-digit multiplication based on place value and properties. Participants will have multiple opportunities to learn, practice, and analyze the strategies for efficiency. We recommend taking the Multiplication Strategies for Basic Facts course prior to this course. This course was created by the fabulous Becky Berg, a K-5 Instructional Coach for Billings Public Schools.
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Adopting New Curriculum?
When school districts adopt new instructional materials, how they select is just as important as what is selected. One way to ensure you capture your district's most pressing needs is to develop local priorities before choosing instructional materials.
A comprehensive adoption process includes time and capacity for districts to establish local priorities using an equity-focused lens. Student demographics, teacher characteristics, and a local vision for instruction help create community-specific guidelines for the high-quality materials you will select.
Explore EdReports' new resource, Developing Local Priorities When Selecting Instructional Materials, to ensure your district selects materials that better serve all students.
Community voices make your district unique. Investing time upfront to capture the specific needs of the students and teachers in your local community, in addition to rigorous standards and other indicators of quality, will ensure your instructional materials make a positive impact for years to come.
Then use the Guide for Selecting Materials Aligned to Montana’s Content Standards and the Criteria for Selecting Materials guides from the OPI K-12 Standards and Revision webpage.
Academic Tracking in Mathematics
While planning for next school year, this is the time to reflect on your school's mathematics tracking process and its impact on marginalized groups. Achieve the Core, along with many national mathematics organizations, have called for dismantling academic tracking in mathematics. Achieve the Core will publish a series of articles rethinking some longstanding practices in mathematics education, some at the system level and others at the classroom level.
Upcoming Free Montana Math Professional Development
The OPI is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, require an alternate format, or have questions concerning accessibility, contact the OPI ADA Coordinator, 406-444-3161, opiada@mt.gov, Relay Service: 711.
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