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Registration is required to receive the ZOOM link and a completed evaluation for your hours of attendance/OPI renewal units. Units are availble when attending the event live.
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At the Richland County Extension Office Tuesday, July 15, 2025
For more information please contact kari.tarter@mso.umt.edu
This comprehensive, six-part training series is designed to equip leaders and early childhood educators with the knowledge and tools necessary to build a strong early childhood program aligned to HB352 and Montana early childhood standards. Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of key legislative frameworks and evidence-based practices to support the development of a high-quality, developmentally appropriate program that ensures success for all children. These will be 2 hour sessions from 4pm-6pm.
Side by Side Consulting is working on an option for credit. A majority of the training takes place in September and hatnis shen paperwork will be completed for those interested in undergrad credit. You must attend all sessions during thenlive training.
Fall 2025 Sessions:
Session 3 September 9: Launching the Year: Setting Up Positive Behavior Supports, Schedules, and Routines
Session 4 September 16: Building Literacy Foundations (Part 1): The Power of the Alphabetic Principle for Later Academic Success
Session 5 September 23: Building Literacy Foundations (Part 2): Fostering Oral Language Skills for Later Academic Success
Session 6 September 30: Math from the Start: Essential Foundations for Early Numeracy
September 10 1-3 pm
Prairie View SPecial Services building Glendive
Audience: IEP team members for preschool children ages 3-5, for all who participate in this process.
The session provides a general overview of local school district early childhood special education requirements including transition from Part C to Part B, preschool environments, and child outcomes. Together indicator data will be reviewed and guided questions discussed to improve practices when serving children with disabilities ages 3-5.
Objectives
1. Review requirements for transition from Part C to Part B, preschool environments, and child outcomes.
2. Review resources available on the OPI website.
3. Review and discuss early childhood special education indicator data.
Professional development provided by Lucy Beltz, Early Learning and Special Education Specialist, Montana Office of Public Instruction.
Friday, September 26, Prairie View Special Services 8:30-3:30
This full-day workshop introduces K-5 educators to the theory, structure and focus of Number Talks. Participants will learn how Number Talks can be a valuable classroom routine in which students are making sense of mathematics, developing efficient computation strategies, and communicating their reasoning and solutions. Participants will learn the key components of Number Talks and understand the importance of each. Throughout the day, we will learn strategies, instructional moves to encourage student discourse, and how to scribe strategies that emphasize the important mathematical ideas.
ZOOM event with John Gorton and others
September 4, 11, and 25 4-5:30pm
Tentative schedule
Sept. 4 - Infinite Campus
Sept. 11 - IEP Matters
Sept 25 - Transitions IEPs
registration coming soon
ZOOM event October 1 and 8 from 4-6
Introduction to Dyslexia with Tanya Peshovich
This introductory training provides educators with a clear definition of dyslexia and practical strategies for identifying and addressing reading difficulties, aligned with Montana Dyslexia Law. Participants will explore the Science of Reading and structured literacy, including evidence-based, explicit instructional techniques in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension—key components that are essential for supporting students with dyslexia. Educators will also learn how to use screening tools to identify students at risk for dyslexia and diagnostic assessments to pinpoint the root causes of reading challenges. Theoretical models such as Gough and Tunmer's Simple View and Scarborough’s Reading Rope, along with insights from recent brain research on how reading develops and how dyslexia affects the brain will also be addressed.
Session 1: Defining Dyslexia and How Dyslexia Affects the Reading Brain
Session 2: Dyslexia Assessment and Instruction
The Northern Rockies Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind (NRAER/AER) is pleased to host Dr. John Ravenscroft for a full-day presentation.
Dr. Ravenscroft, a leading expert from CVI Scotland, is making just two appearances in the United States this year—one in Virginia and the other at our conference in Butte.
This event is free of charge and open to medical professionals, educators, early intervention specialists, and families.
Don’t miss this valuable opportunity to deepen your understanding of Cortical Visual Impairment. Learning more about CVI and early diagnosis can significantly improve the quality of life for children affected by it.
Please help spread the word—and join us!
Thursday, October 16th. 9;30-4:30 with a lunch break - food trucks will be on site.
Butte Civic Center, Butte Montana
This event is free for a three state region: Montana, Wyoming, Idaho
Please register using the link or the QR code below. Please know there are only 600
seats and this event will fill quickly. Register as soon as possible to save your seats.
Registration Link for the CVI Conference
Please check out the COMPASS at opi.mt.gov
Katie Mattingley, Statewide Coordinator, OPI Montana Autism Education Project
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The Montana Environmental Education Association unites voices, provides support, and connects educators to promote environmental literacy across Montana.
https://www.montanaeea.org/events/annual-conference/
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CSPD trainings/events are free of charge and offer OPI Renewal units for all trainings.
Please contact me directly, no fewer than 60 days prior if necessary accommodations are needed. They will be met as CSPD R1 is able.