In-Person Training Events
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August 6, 2024
MSUB College of Education, Room 427; Billings
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
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, behavior, 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 6, 2024, Miles City, (Miles City Community College), 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
August 8, 2024, Helena (U of M Helena), 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Presented by Discovery Education
Days of Discovery!
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 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
August 7, 2024
MSUB College of Education, Room 427; Billings
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
In divisive times we deal with difficult people, decisions, and situations. How these are handle 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 builds respect and cooperation. Which one do you want to go with?
August 7, 2024
Havre Best Western Inn & Suites
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Presented by Dr. Jessica Gilson Shore
Participants will learn how to easily incorporate therapy-based movement into the classroom setting to enhance the learning potential of students. Through the use of S’cool Moves poster activities, students will improve motor planning, rhythm, timing, core strength, vestibular activation, hemispheric integration, and sensory-motor systems to build a solid foundation for learning. They will also improve self-regulation, reading, writing, and focus for academic achievement. Participants will also learn tiered interventions
designed for whole school, small groups, and one-on-one intervention. Adaptations and suggestions for preschoolers and remote learning via telehealth will be provided. In addition, they will understand how teachers and therapists working together can achieve goals for their students faster and more enjoyable results. S’cool moves translates research into action for the benefit of all students. It is a course not to be missed.
Evidence-based Course Highlights:
-Use the Dynamic 5 Systems Approach to support learners with a variety of focus and learning needs.
-Integrate 10-Minute Moves routines into the daily schedule.
-Learn 20 Focus Moves poster activities for small groups.
-Expand interventions within a tiered framework.
-Improve collaboration by using activities across multidisciplinary teams. What can we all agree on?
Learning Objectives:
AT THE END OF THIS SEMINAR THE PARTICIPANT WILL BE ABLE TO...
1. List 5 specific ways to provide support for preschoolers, children in the general education system, and children with developmental issues.
2. Detail the use of the activity posters in a variety of settings: clinic, school, home, and via remote telehealth.
3. Identify 7-10 techniques to improve student's overall coordination, motor planning skills, body awareness, and visual tracking skills.
4. Articulate how to institute daily movement-based learning into children's classrooms and how to effectively motivate teachers and classroom staff to get S'cool moves up and running in minutes a day.
5. List 6 overarching principles that guide the implementation of S’cool Moves activities in general education and special education environments.
6. List 4 multisensory approaches that support students with comorbid ADHD, sensory processing dysfunction, dyslexia, developmental delays, or autism spectrum.
What Materials Do I Receive:
1. Includes access to online classroom with printable downloads videos and more
2. Includes all the following physical materials
1. FMB - FM beg posters
2. FMI- FM int posters
3. BK-1 - FM booklet
4. B8 Card
5. Focus Finder Desk Strip
6. Instruction Card for Focus Finder Desk Strip
7. Why Card for why moves work
8. Word Ping-pong with B8 on back ICCP - I can Calm Myself poster in color (in English/Spanish)
9. Red/blue tapping sticks
10. Red/blue balls
11. Bag
September 23, 2024
Great Falls Hampton Inn
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Presented by 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 provided 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.