August 6 | 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM | MSU-Billings College of Education, Room 427
Presenter: Randy Russell
The Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is a framework that helps educators identify students' academic, behavioral, and social-emotional strengths and challenges and provide differentiated support for students based on their needs.
Workshop Goal: To empower educators to work collaboratively to identify, track, and put strategies in place across academic, behavioral, and social-emotional learning to enable all staff to optimize effective interventions and monitor student progress for all students.
The "WHY": The complexity of providing academic and social-emotional support to every student at their ability level requires educators to work together to support students with the understanding of MTSS and what it looks like in daily practice.
August 7 | 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM | MSU-Billings College of Education, Room 427
Presenter: Randy Russell
In divisive times we deal with difficult people, decisions, and situations. How these are handled can "make or break" a school, job, or relationship. It can dictate the culture and climate. This workshop will look at how to create a positive culture or climate that works towards working together as opposed to against each other--especially in schools.
During the workshop participants will explore the key elements of:
- Positive and highly effective school leadership
- Positive and highly effective school teams
- Positive and highly effective school culture and climate
Participants will leave with a game plan using these elements for themselves, their classrooms, and their teams to positively impact and influence the culture and climate of their school.
Also, how to deal with difficult people, decisions, and situations by identifying strategies to work more collaboratively that build respect and cooperation. Which one do you want to go with?
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September 23rd | 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM | Great Falls Hampton Inn
Presenter: Tessie Rose Bailey
Data literacy is an essential component of an effective and sustainable multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS). This interactive session will clarify the four elements of data literacy and provide scaffolded opportunities for teams to use their fall screening data for Tier 1 and supplemental intervention decision-making. Access to fall screening is required for full participation in the session.
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August 6 | 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Miles City Community College, Miles City
August 8 | 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Helena College University of Montana, Helena
We are happy to announce TWO amazing days happening in Montana this summer! Discovery Education is providing two full days of FREE professional learning to all teachers, administrators, and other educators working in Montana Public Schools.
Our events will be held in Miles City on August 6 at Miles Community College and in Helena on August 8 at the University of Montana Helena campus. Plan for a full day of learning about Discovery Education Experience, DreamBox Learning, Science within Discovery Education Experience, and Mystery Science.
Discovery Education will provide lunch and snacks throughout the day!
For more information contact:
Allison Nys anys@discoveryed.com
Natalee Hawks nhawks@discoveryed.com
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*New* Series on Dyslexia on the Teacher Learning Hub
Created by Middle Tennessee State University for the OPI
Chapter 1: Defining the Science of Reading (2 PDUs) The science of reading is used to denote the knowledge we have acquired as a society through decades of research into what reading is, how it develops, and how best to teach it.
Chapter 2: An Overview of Dyslexia (2 PDUs) Educating teachers about the nature and consequences of dyslexia, as well as some of the conditions that commonly co-occur with dyslexia, is an important first step in ensuring children with characteristics of dyslexia are identified early and provided with appropriate, intensive instruction and intervention. Chapter 2 takes participants through a brief history of dyslexia, what current research has to tell us about how the brains of individuals with dyslexia differ from those of individuals who do not have dyslexia, and the primary and secondary characteristics of dyslexia, particularly in the primary grades (kindergarten through second grade). The module concludes with a consideration of conditions that commonly co-occur with dyslexia and the implications of this co-occurrence for instructional practice and intervention.
Chapter 3: Screening for Dyslexia (2 PDUs) This course covers using an MTSS/RTI framework to screen for and identify students at risk for dyslexia across grades K-2. It teaches the problem-solving model: identifying reading difficulties, analyzing underlying deficits, developing intervention plans, and evaluating outcomes, focusing on using data and the Simple View of Reading.
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Questions regarding MTSS in Montana:
Check out our OPI MTSS webpage or reach out to:
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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