Award Recipients Congratulations to all the nominees & recipients, thank you for all you do!
Leadership- Sheryl Burnham Yes, I Can! - Noah Braaton
Teacher/Para Team- PVSS Teacher/Para Team Denice Ler-SpEd teacher, Estelle Nagel- classroom teacher and paras Kaysie Barnhart, Shiela Marker, Phyllis Stitt, Alysia Beery, and Megan Volbrecht
Terri Fisk Paraprofessional- Shelby Haynie and Peggy Deveny
MT Council on the Exceptional Child February 20-22, Colonial Inn in Helena
www.montanacec.org
CASE HYBRID Virtual conference March 7 at PVSS
Data Driven accountability. This is a live stream of the National CASE conference in Alberqueque.
CASEcec.org CASE registration
Check In & Check Out MBI/MTSS March 22, Richland Co Extension Office
The Check-In/Check-Out behavior intervention is a commonly used option for behavior supports within Tier 2. Tier 2 interventions provide additional support for students who need more support to meet their goals socially, emotionally, and/or academically.
register for CICO
EARLY LEARNING Training Day- April 12, at DCC
Two half day sessions Math/STEM and Heggerty Phonemic Awareness
Please register teams under one name as ONE book per class will be available
What is Phonemic Awareness? Kinder and 1st registration link PreK registration link
Check and Connect MBI/MSS trainings Sleep Inn, Miles City
This is a TWO day training April 25/26
In Check & Connect, the "Check" component refers to the process where mentors systematically monitor student performance variables (e.g., absences, tardies, behavioral referrals, grades), while the "Connect" component refers to mentors providing personalized, timely interventions to help students solve problems, build skills, and enhance competence. Mentors work with caseloads of students and families for at least two years, functioning as liaisons between home and school and striving to build constructive family-school relationships.
Registration link
click on the underlined link to register.
June 10-11, at Miles Community College with Dr. Linda Karges-Bone
Classroom Management ER, Parent Engagement evening, and Trauma Informed Care
June 12, at DCC Windmills training with Cheri Reid
What is the "Windmills" Training Program? Revised in 2016, "Windmills" is a high-impact, changing the perception of disability training curriculum. The program consists of 12 modules that use participation and discovery as learning vehicles. http://miltwright.com/products/windmills.htm#what
June 13, at DCC with Dori Phillips and Annie Beggar, PreK-6th grade Math
K-2 Math 3-6 Math
CPI training opportunites Available
For more information or to schedule a training contact me at cspd.r1@gmail.com, we are willing to train multiple schools/teams at one time.
Autism Education Project:
FREE Online Autism Training
The OPI Montana Autism Education Project is offering 83 hours of online training in Teaching Procedures, Behavior Interventions and Focused Topics to public school staff in Montana who educate students with autism spectrum disorders. The training can provide 78 OPI Continuing Education Units. A listing and description of the training content can be found here. The training can be taken for OPI renewal units and ASHA CEUs and SWP/MFT/LAC/ CEUs.
The next group will start in mid-August and monthly after that.
For more information please contact Doug Doty at 406-459-5303 or ddoty@mt.gov.
CSPD trainings/events are free of charge and offer OPI Renewal units for all trainings.