Welcome Susan Catapano
The Standards, Instruction, and Professional Learning team welcomes their new program manager Susan Catapano. Susan has worked as an educator for over 40 years, first as a high school vocational education teacher and most recently, as an Elementary Media Coordinator. She has also owned and operated early childhood centers. She spent the past 25 years working for state universities in Missouri, North Carolina, and Nebraska, as a teacher and administrator educator. She has worked globally as a Fulbright Scholar to the University of Belize in teacher education and continues to work with the Ministry of Education in Belize with teacher education. She enjoys working with preservice, beginning, and experienced teachers to learn about life in schools and what supports teachers and learners to be successful. She is a licensed educator in North Carolina in secondary Vocational Education, Middle Grades English Language Arts, Elementary K-6, Teaching Reading, and Media Coordinator. Susan has two daughters and lives in Missoula with her Corgi, Tedi. She loves to travel and visit her home in Belize as much as possible.
Questions for the Standards, Instruction, and Professional Learning Manager?
Contact Susan Catapano | susan.catapano@mt.gov or 406.444.2765
Teacher Learning Hub News
#1 - Learn New Plays to Stay in the Game!
Anyone who excels at what they do tends to "stay in the game" by continuing to grow and challenge themself in their profession, their sport, their artistic talents, or whatever their passions may be. We encourage you to be that ‘lifelong learner’ that continually desires to stay current in your education profession with the facilitated course offerings below! Enrollment opens on October 17th for all of these courses which will run in November. Renewal units and course run dates are listed after each course title. Please mark your calendars and learn some new plays!
Interested in looking ahead to January’s Facilitated Courses? Enrollment opens on 12/18/22! (There are no facilitated courses offered in December as it is an extra busy time for educators!)
#2 - Gobble Up Some Great PD!
A feast fit for your educator's brain can be found in these terrific self-paced courses! Tired of football and cooking? Take a break, and curl up with a self-paced course! No calories, just purely mindful exercise!
#3 - Sooo Thankful for Our Awesome Montana Educators!
Rarely does someone get to influence a person’s life
in a positive way for a lifetime,
as a teacher can,
fostering optimism and confidence,
providing knowledge that leads to success, and being a good role model,
as you have, and you are, and you will…
Forever.
I’ll remember you always.
Thank you.
~Author Unknown
Helpful Hub Tips of the Month: We highly recommend using a personal email for your Hub registration. By doing so, your course completion badges are always with you and if you have them on a school computer with a school email that information may be lost should you move elsewhere.
Did you know you are able to change your username, password, and email address yourself once you have an account? YES! Just go to your profile picture icon in the upper right of the Hub homepage. To the right of that picture is a drop-down arrow. Choose the arrow>choose Profile>choose Edit Profile in red letters near the middle of your profile information page>edit desired items>scroll down to the bottom and click the Update profile button, and you are done!
Visit us at the link above to set up an account and sign up for courses.
Course List | Catalog | Calendar
Questions? Contact Allyson Briese or Marti Paugh
opilearninghub@mt.gov | 406.444.3557
English Language Arts & Literacy News
#1 Thank You MATELA for a WONDERFUL MFPE 2022!
Please join me in giving a huge thank you to our Montana Association for the Teachers of English Language Arts (MATELA) executive team for organizing and supporting an incredible lineup of engaging, meaningful professional learning opportunities at this year's MFPE Educator's Conference. An extra special thank you goes to Dr. Dana Haring for serving as our conference chair. We are better teachers because of your hard work, commitment, and perseverance that made it all happen.
It was wonderful to see so many old friends, familiar faces, and new colleagues at the conference this year. After two years of attending virtually, we were bolstered by the conversations we had and the connections we built. In coming together as an ELA community we showed that even a global pandemic cannot break our collective commitment to language arts and literacy education in Montana. Thank you to all who presented and all who attended. Let's keep this momentum going and strengthen our bonds so that when we serve our Montana students, we do so supported and united!
#2 National Teachers of English Language Arts (NCTE) Annual Convention November 17-20. Registration Open!
WHY ATTEND #NCTE22?
Attending the 2022 NCTE Annual Convention provides considerable opportunities for professional learning. Typically, each November, thousands of literacy educators from across the country make the journey to a Convention that inspires their practice and rejuvenates their profession.
They collect strategies and best practices for teaching literacy, language, and composition. They learn new ideas for delivering instruction that engages students and addresses the most pressing needs within the school and district.
NCTE’s Convention is the most historic annual literacy gathering for teachers and educators. Now celebrating its 113th consecutive year, #NCTE22 connects educators to the most passionate and energetic minds in literacy. Attendees will hear from leading education voices as well as hundreds of national authors, all engaging together around the pressing topics of the field.
The 2022 NCTE Annual Convention will be held in person in Anaheim, CA. NCTE seeks to uphold the experience of the place-based Convention and the important affordances of literacy educators learning together and from one another. Digital access will comprise live streaming of all General Sessions and more than 100 on-demand and networking sessions for persons unable to travel. Those who register to attend in person will also have access to the digital content.
To learn more please visit the NCTE Convention homepage or register now!
#3 The OPI ELA Webpage is Your Source for Montana ELA Announcements, Opportunities, Resources, and Current Events
Keep up to date on high-quality professional learning conferences and workshops. Stay in touch with our Montana community and nationwide education partners' programs, resources, and news. Learn how to participate in exciting challenges and competitions for your students and school. Your ELA webpage is updated weekly to keep you in the loop on our ELA community’s events and opportunities.
Have an event you want to share with our Montana ELA community? Looking for resources or professional learning collaboration? Contact ELA Instructional Coordinator Stephanie Swigart for assistance!
Questions for our ELA & Literacy Instructional Coordinator?
Contact Stephanie Swigart | stephanie.swigart@mt.gov or 406.444.0736
Please visit the Montana Mathematics Standards Website for up-to-date information and announcements.
Questions for our Mathematics Instructional Coordinator?
Contact Sonja Whitford | sonja.whitford@mt.gov or 406.444.0706
The OPI Science webpage offers the following information for educators:
- grant or paid opportunities,
- challenges and competitions,
- student and classroom opportunities,
- conferences and professional development
- connect with the STEM community!
Also available are:
- Science Fair Information across the state
- Refereed Curriculum
- Resources
- Science Content Standards
- News in the world of Science
Questions for our Science Instructional Coordinator?
Contact Michelle McCarthy | mmccarthy5@mt.gov or 406.444.3537
The Renewal Unit Provider System (RUPS) has Migrated to The OPI's New Single-Sign-On Secure Portal
Attention RUPS users, the RUPS application is now available through OPI's single sign-on secure portal. All functions and processes remain the same, but it's a good idea to plan ahead to set up your secure portal username and password prior to your next professional learning event for which you will be issuing renewal unit certificates. As always, our team of content specialists is here to help troubleshoot and answer questions.
Questions for our Professional Learning Team?
Contact the Renewal Unit Provider System Team | OPIRUPS@mt.gov
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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