Meet OSEP Director Valerie Williams

During the Summer Institute 2023 at MSU Bozeman, the Federal Director of OSEP, Dr. Valerie Williams will be the keynote speaker on Wednesday, June 21. Additionally, there is a scheduled Lunch and Learn opportunity for attendees to hear answers to questions submitted ahead of time pertaining to federal rules and regulations.  Please register below for the Summer Institute 2023 today!

Early Childhood Inclusion: Jani Koslowski

Our second Summer Institute keynote on Wednesday, June 21 will feature early childhood inclusion specialist Jani Koslowski.  She is also presenting on Tuesday, June 20 in the afternoon in a session featuring her book "Every Child Can Fly: An Early Childhood Educator's Guide to Inclusion."   Check out this session and more on the Agenda of the 2023 SI.

Sign Language Interpreters - EIPA

EIPA Written Assessment Dates are scheduled for June 14-15, 2023 at the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind in Great Falls, MT

EIPA Performance Assessment Dates are scheduled for June 14-15, 2023 at the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind in Great Falls, MT

Registration will be completed on the TASK12 website: https://www.taese.org/cms/index.php/eipa-registration

Please contact Lucy Beltz to register or for general questions.

CSPD Regional Summer Training Events

In this live schedule, you will find all updated professional learning sessions provided by the five CSPD regions. These trainings are free of charge and offer OPI Renewal Units.

• Check out Current Statewide and Regional Training Opportunities
• Here are just a couple of upcoming training opportunities:

Region I: CSPD Region 1 June Institute, June 5-9, Glendive High School featuring: 

• Monday: Powerful Teaching: Using the Science of Learning to Improve Teaching and Learning with Carrie Cole
• Tuesday: Spelling Instruction That Sticks and Teaching Beginning Reading: Explicit Instruction for Phonemic Awareness, Letter-Sound Knowledge and Beginning Phonics with Carrie Cole
• Wednesday: *via Zoom* Team Building-What transforms a group into a team? with Megan Olivia Hall
• Thursday: Number Sense includes basic skills children need to work fluently with numbers with Dori Phillips
• Friday: Understanding Behavior through the Lens of Childhood Trauma with Dori Phillips

Region II: August 22-23, Multi-Tiered System of Supports, Dr. Steve Goodman to be posted soon here. 

Region III: 

• August 8-9: Building a Positive Culture through Multi-Tiered Systems of Support and In Divisive Times: Building a Positive School Culture and Climate--Where Do We Begin? with Randy Russell
• August 14-15: MTSS with Hank Bohanon Day One: Developing and Expanding MTSS Secondary Settings (Grades 6-12) and MTSS With Hank Bohanon Day Two: Providing Effective Instruction through MTSS in Secondary Settings

Region IV: Southwest MT Summer Ed Institute, June 14-16, UM-Western in Dillon, MT featuring:

• Wednesday: Reading, Writing, and Speaking: Using Integrated Routines to Support Reading Comprehension with Drea Beale;  
• Thursday: Getting Ahead of Behavior and Executive Functioning (EF) with Jennifer Schoffer Closson;
• Friday: Making the Most of Assessments and Teaching for Cognitive Engagement with Stephanie Lester

Region V: 7th Annual WMCSPD Summer Institute, June 13-15, Polson, MT featuring: 

• Day 1: Carrie Cole: Powerful Teaching: Using the Science of Learning to Improve Teaching and Learning; Dr. Eliza Sorte Thomas: Supporting ALL Students Mathematically through Routines and Procedures (K-6); Sara Cole: Powerhouse Strategies: Blending High-Impact Instructional Practices & Whole Child / Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Skills; and "Rocket Rob" Reynolds: Data Management
• Day 2: Dr. Eliza Sorte Thomas: Making the Most of Math Facts and the Four Operations (K-6); Carrie Cole: Multisyllabic Word Reading and Fluency; Stacy York Nation: Understanding Trauma and Behavior in Students and the Strategies that Support Them In the Classroom; Dr. Tessie Rose Bailey: Leveraging MTSS to Address Special Education Requirements; Dr. Lauren Swineford Thompson: Language Disorders in School-Aged Children: Foundations for Success in the Classroom
• Day 3: Stacy York Nation: Exploring What Happened to You: a Deep Dive Into How Our Own Stories Impact Our Classrooms; Stephanie Lester: Classroom Routines to Support Development of Executive Functioning Skills; 

  Dr. Tessie Rose Bailey: Six Key Instructional Practices for Accelerating Learning and Promoting Progress for Students with Disabilities; Carrie Cole: Syntax and Semantics: Keys to Increasing Student Comprehension of Complex Text; Dr. Eliza Sorte Thomas: Information + Doodling = Comprehension from Notetaking; Bea Kalvea: Legal Updates and Best Practices in Section 504 & Special Education Law

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.