Teacher Learning Hub News

What? Back to School? Already?

It is hard to believe it is nearly time to think about heading back to the classroom! We have lots in store for your Professional Learning this fall! Mark your calendar and plan ahead for participation in some terrific facilitated professional development opportunities! Enrollment opens on August 19, (unless otherwise specified), and course renewal units and run-dates follow the title of each course below.

• Google Workspace Advanced (3-week condensed) — 24 RUs — 8/1 - 8/21/22  (Enrollment opens 7/11/22 for this course only)
• Student-Created Digital Portfolios  — 15 RUs — 9/9 - 10/9/22
• STREAM: Mathematical Practices (K-8) — 15 RUs — 9/11 - 10/2/22
• Number Sense Routines (K-8) — 12 RUs —  9/11 - 10/2/22
• 3D Learning in Your Classroom — 24 RUs — 9/11 - 10/22/22
• Google Workspace Advanced — 24 RUs — 9/12/ - 10/23/22
• Preparing Young Writers for College, Career, and Community — 15 RUs — 9/18 - 10/29/22
• Crosscutting Concepts: Making Learning Real — 20 RUs —9/25 - 10/22/22
• IEP Special Ed Process: Referral to Graduation — 16 RUs — 9/26 - 11/13/22

Summer’s End Countdown has Begun!

Though your summer leisure time is quickly ticking down, you do still have time to leisurely take some self-paced courses before the school bell rings to signal the start of another exciting and productive year! 

• Bison Restoration — 3 RUs —  NEW Course! Check it out!
• Integrating the Arts to Reduce Student Tobacco Use — 1 RU
• Allergies and Anaphylaxis Training for School Staff — 1 RU 
• Playing with Pythagoras — 4 RUs
• More Than Making the Grade: Intro to Standards-based Grading — 2 RU’s
• Google Workspace for Beginners — 6 RUs
• Trauma-Informed Practices — 2 RUs
• Montana Science Standards 301: Phenomena — 2 RUs

Live the Dream and Be the Inspiration…

I dreamed I stood in a studio and watched two sculptors there. The clay they used was a young child’s mind, and they fashioned it with care. One was a teacher—the tools were books, music, and art. The other, a parent, worked with a guiding hand and a gentle, loving heart. Day, after day, the teacher toiled with a touch that was deft and sure. While the parent labored close nearby and polished and smoothed it o’er. And when the task was done, they were proud of what they had wrought, for the things they had molded into a child could never be sold or bought. And each agree they would have failed if each had worked alone. For behind the parents stood the school and behind the teacher stood the home.  ~ Author Unknown 

Helpful Hub Tip of the Month: The Teacher Learning Hub will soon be linking with Licensure!

Please be on the lookout for the ‘tour’ pop-ups that will soon appear on the Hub Homepage when you log in and will guide you through adding your SEID number to your Hub account if you are a licensed educator. If you are not licensed, you will still follow the prompts to place an alternative code in the textbox. Stay tuned!    

Visit us at the link above to set up an account and sign up for courses.

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Questions? Contact Allyson Briese or Marti Paugh

opilearninghub@mt.gov | 406.444.3557

STEM News

STEM Opportunities!

Please go to the OPI Science webpage to see grant or paid opportunities, challenges and competitions, student and classroom opportunities, conferences, and professional development, and connect with the STEM community!

Questions for our Science Instructional Coordinator?

Contact Michelle McCarthy | mmccarthy5@mt.gov or 406.444.3537

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