June News
Northwest Montana Educational Cooperative
STEAMing into the School Year (Conference)
At the Co-op, we are so excited about our first annual STEAM conference. For more information and to register click HERE. Our focus this year is innovation! Monday begins with an entertaining and dynamic keynote with wonderful sessions for everyone following. Tuesday morning is filled with lots of 65-minute sessions. We close the conference with a group event. Join the fun and register right away. We are limited enrollment. To register, click HERE.
Monday (8/13/18)
8 Keynote
9:45-11:45 Session 1
11:45 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Session 2
3:00 Prize giveaways & OPI renewal forms
Tuesday (8/14/18)
8:00 Session T-1
9:15 Session T-2
10:30 Session T-3
11:45 Lunch
12:45 Showing MLTS followed by a discussion
3:00 Prize giveaways & OPI renewal forms
Examples of sessions:
- Let's Build
- Google for STEAM
- Climate, Science, Art & IEFA
- Art Smart Students
- Cooking with STEM
- Interactions with Color & Light
- Sketchnoting
- 3D Printing
- Blending/Flipping Your Classroom
- Interpersonal Communication Strategies
- Polymers & Polystyrene
- Do the Math
- Build a Hydraulic Grabber with your elementary students
- Robotics (including a giveaway)
- The list goes on and on....
Save the Date: August 13-14, 2018
Back-to School Literacy Conference
**Eliza Sorte-Thomas presents: "As the hair got bigger, the books got better."
$40-Full Conference (if paid by August 1, 2018)
$50-Full Conference (if paid after August 1, 2018)
Free with a Student ID
Send payment and registration form to:
Northwest Montana Reading Council
c/o Megan Koppes
608 Kingfisher Lane
Kalispell, MT 59901
Wednesday, Aug 15, 2018, 08:15 AM
Flathead High School, 4th Avenue West, Kalispell, MT, USA
Viewing of Most Likely to Succeed (for Co-op Administrators)
Friday, Jun 15, 2018, 01:00 PM
1022 Swan Hill Dr, Bigfork, MT 59911
Session 1: Teacher Academy @ FVCC
For more information, contact:
Emily Jense | 406.756.3811 | ejense@fvcc.edu
or Eliza Thomas | |406.756.4865 | ethomas@fvcc.edu
Monday, Jun 18, 2018, 08:30 AM
Flathead Valley Community College, Grandview Drive, Kalispell, MT
Session 2: Teacher Academy @ FVCC
For more information, contact:
Emily Jense | 406.756.3811 | ejense@fvcc.edu
or Eliza Thomas | |406.756.4865 | ethomas@fvcc.edu
Monday, Jun 25, 2018, 08:30 AM
Flathead Valley Community College, Grandview Drive, Kalispell, MT
2018 Teachers Law School
Wednesday, Aug 8, 2018, 08:30 AM
Alexander Blewett III School of Law, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive Missoula, Montana 59812
Challenge Course Teacher PIR
Wednesday, Jun 27, 2018, 09:00 AM
Whitefish High School, 1143 4th Street, Whitefish, MT
New Teacher Evening
Thursday, Aug 16, 2018, 04:30 PM
1203 U.S. Highway 2 West, Kalispell, MT
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STREAM Online Courses for K-12 Math Teachers 2017-18 Calendar
Dear MCTM Member,
STandards-Based Teaching Renewing Educators Across Montana (STREAM) will offer over 25 online, mini-courses during the 2017-2018 school year. Courses are designed to help K-12 mathematics teachers improve their knowledge of mathematics, deepen their understanding of our state standards, and engage their students in meaningful learning of mathematics. STREAM modules are free and teachers can earn 15 OPI renewal units for successful completion. You can learn more by reading the STREAM Online Module Calendar and the STREAM Online Module Descriptions using the links provided or see attachments to this email.
Please join us online by signing up for a course. Please help us get the word out by distributing this information widely to K-12 mathematics teachers in your district. Thank you!!
The STREAM Leadership Team
Jennie Luebeck – Montana State University
Matt Roscoe – University of Montana
Lisa Scott – Billings Public Schools