  Save the Date for this year's OPI Summer Institute, June 16-19, 2025 hosted at Montana State University in Bozeman. Make plans for your team to attend together to maximize learning and scale your MTSS implementation!
Registration expected to open in late March or early April!
Watch for EXCITING speaker announcements coming soon!!
The Data-Driven School: Collaborating to Improve Student Outcomes
Presented by Daniel Hyson
April 25, 2025 | 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Great Falls Hampton Inn
This session will review and discuss the 5 key tenets of a data-driven school and provide additional tools for and practice in engaging in systems-level data-driven problem solving, including especially with respect to problem analysis. Participants will also be introduced to a model for culturally-responsive problem solving and prompted to reflect on their own data-driven practice using the model. Finally, data on the potential impact of systems-level data-driven problem solving on student outcomes will be shared and participants will be provided an opportunity to consider how they can plan for assessing the impact of their work.
Our Presenter: For the past 11 years, Dan has served as a faculty member within the school psychology graduate program at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Previously, Dan spent 7 years as Data Management Coordinator for a cooperative of school districts in Minnesota and 6 years as a school psychologist in a large school district in suburban Minneapolis. He is the lead author of a Guilford Press book entitled The Data-Driven School: Collaborating to Improve Student Outcomes. In his spare time, he is an avid sports fan and an animal lover.
Registration Now Open "Choose Your Path"
APRIL 2-3, 2025 | BUTTE, MT
MCEC will host the Montana Council of Exceptional Children's 2025 Conference in Butte, Montana at the Copper King Hotel April 2nd and 3rd, 2025! MCEC is the Conference for Montana's Special Education administrators and teachers, general education teachers, school specialists, paraprofessionals, leaders, and pre-service teachers!
Featuring:
Tim Odegard, Murfree Chair of Excellence in Dyslexic Studies, Middle Tennesee State University | Elizabeth Kaleva, Kaleva Law Firm | Rob Watson, SAM Executive Director | Danielle Thompson, Transformative Reading Teacher Group | Susie Hedalen, OPI Superintendent of Instruction | Genevieve Thomas, School Services of Montana | Shawna Heiser, Montana State University | Hank Bohanon, Loyola University of Chicago | Danni McCarthy, Montana State Director of Special Education | Marci Parks, Side by Side Consulting | Jessica Veach, Epilepsy Foundation | and more!!!
 The OPI Special Education Team is excited to announce access to new online learning modules! The agency has contracted with LRP Publications for Montana’s use of their LRPDirectStep online professional learning modules. Access to these modules is available to all Montana public school district employees for FREE! Sign up today to access these great new courses.
Courses that support MTSS implementation:
- 330004- Using Universal Design for Learning to Improve Instruction and Assessment for All Students
- 330010- RTI Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation
- 330019- Selecting and Implementing Evidence-Based Interventions Within an RTI Framework
MTSS Building Implementation Team Modules on the Teacher Learning Hub
The purpose of the MTSS self-paced building implementation modules is to increase the capacity for school districts in Montana to implement a continuum of evidence-based practices and supports within a tiered framework, providing all students with the best opportunities to maximize achievement, both academically and behaviorally.
In this course participants will gain a basic understanding of MTSS and the essential components of effective implementation. Activities are designed to help implementation teams prepare their organization by building consensus, establishing communication systems, and mapping current resources that can form the foundation for development of the system of supports.
There are 11 courses in MTSS BIT modules series. To fully implement MTSS in your school, it is advised that you take all 11 modules to develop a solid MTSS framework.
All MTSS District Implementation Team and Building Implementation Team Modules are also available on our MTSS website as well as many other great resources.
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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