Monday, June 17, 2024

Welcome and General Session- HOPE KEYNOTE

 8:30-10:00 AM

The 3 Ships: Relationships, Leadership, and Partnerships, Dr. Randy Russell

Monday Morning 2-Hour Workshops

10:15 AM-12:15 PM

• Help, My Students Can’t Comprehend: The Science of Reading for Secondary Educators, Jeanne Schopf, MEd, CORE Learning

• The 3 Ships: Relationships, Leadership, and Partnerships Session, Dr. Randy Russell, Freeman School, WA 

• Leading Literacy Change Part 1: We’ve Made the Shift to the Science of Reading...As Administrators, What Do We Do? Melody Ilk,MA, Literacy Transformations

• Getting Started with Discovery Education! Grades K-5, Allison Nys, MEd, Discovery Education

• Multi-Tiered System of Supports Tier 1 Overview (Part 1) Michelle Trafton, MEd, Carla Heintz, MA, and Sandy Elmore, OPI

• Suicide Safe Care for Students, Karl Rosston, LCSW, DPHHS

• What We Need to Succeed: Student Perspectives on the Skills and Attributes They Want to Acquire in School, Michele Henson, MPH, OPI & Alicia Doney, OPI

• Engaging Students in MT Research! The Learn Where You Live Series, Michelle McCarthy, MEd, OPI

• Schoolwide Guide: Effective Instruction (MS & HS), Kathy Kidder, MEd, and Hollee Goody, MEd, Capital HS, Helena Schools

• Taxonomy of Intervention Part 1: Selection of Interventions, Tessie Rose Bailey, PhD, AIR

• Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education: Strategies for Integrating Mental Health Supports in Montana Schools, Courtney Hubbs, LAC, OPI and Christine White, DPHHS

• Impactful and Sustainable School IEFA Integration, Mike Jetty, MEd & Jennifer Stadum, MS, OPI

Monday Lunch & Learn

12:45-1:45 PM

• Models for Providing Intervention in Middle School, Rachel Gott, PhD, OPI & District Leadership

• Montana Aligned to Standards Through-Year (MAST) Assessment: Shaping the Future of Assessment in Education, Krystal Smith, MS, OPI and New Meridian

• Teaching Science from the Lens IEFA and the 5 R’s, Jennifer Stadum, OPI

• Lettuce Turnip the Beet with Farm to School, Haley Scott, MPH, MT Team Nutrition

• Better Stress Management, Joe Moriarty, MA, OPI

• Cijábi Yuhá Wįcoho Mnihé (Our Children Have Strong Voices), Alicia Doney, OPI

• Data Equipped & Data Informed: The Montana Early Warning System, Nicole Frieling, PhD Candidate, OPI

• Thinking Differently: Breaking Stereotypes about Dyslexia, Professor Jeffrey Conger, MSU 

Monday Afternoon 2-Hour Workshops

2:00-4:00 PM

• Developing a Positive School Culture and Climate, Dr. Randy Russell, RLR Leadership Consulting

• Productive Group Talk: The Power of Oral Language and Reading Comprehension, Jeanne Schopf, MEd, CORE Learning

• Leading Literacy Change Part 2: How Do Administrators Use Data to Wrap Around the Needs of Kids? Melody Ilk, MA, Literacy Transformations

• Getting Started with Discovery Education Experience! Grades 6-12, Allison Nys, MEd, Discovery Education

• MAST Implementation - Content Alignment & Reporting, Aimee Konzen, MEd, and Marie Judisch, MEd, OPI

• Multi-Tiered System of Supports Tier 1 Overview (Part 2), Michelle Trafton, MEd, Carla Heintz, MA, and Sandy Elmore, OPI

• Integration of the MTSS Pyramid, Literacy, and Instructional Framework Strategies, Kathy Kidder, MEd, and Hollee Goody, MEd, Capital HS, Helena Schools

• Data-Based Individualization in Mathematics, Erica Lembke, PhD, University of Missouri

• Taxonomy of Intervention Part 2: Intensifying Interventions, Tessie Bailey, PhD, Progress Center at AIR

• Educating and Supporting the Whole Learner: The Indigenous Whole Learner Framework, Crystal Hickman & Michele Henson, MPH, OPI

• Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2023: Using Data to Inform Practice, Genie Zeeck, MS, OPI

• Family Engagement vs. Family Involvement, Serena Wright, OPI

Monday Movie Night 

4:15-5:45 PM