February News
Northwest Montana Educational Cooperative
GATES RESULTS READY
*GATES RESULTS: 8TH Grade GATES tests have all been scanned, sorted, and downloaded onto flash drives for each participating school. A huge thanks to Beth who devoted the better part of two weeks to get this done! You may now pick up your flash drive from the Co-op. Please call ahead to make sure someone will be here when you arrive. If that won't work for you, please call to make other arrangements. As you know high school registration is happening from Feb. 6th-15th, so the sooner you can get your hands on the data the better! Thank you all for your cooperation during this process. It went very smoothly this year.
Director's Desk
Attn: Administrators:
Book Study: The leadership book study-Dare to Lead, by Brene' Brown is now on PIR Net (#8100). Please register by Feb. 15th!
Curriculum Updates:
- Music: Our final music curriculum meeting will be on Tues. Feb. 5th from 8:30-3:30. We will be focusing on assessment, classroom management, and sharing best practices.
- Science: Registration for the Kirk Robbins April training is open to all teachers in Co-op schools through February 22nd. Please make sure that if you register, you are committed to coming, as space is limited. If you need to unregister, please call the Co-op. Register here: http://bit.ly/2TAqJU4. Registration will be open to non co-op schools after Feb. 22nd.
- Health Enhancement: Another PIR opportunity is coming. It will be held on Sat. April 6th. Location and more info. to follow.
- Social Studies: At our Jan. 29th meeting, we had a great presentation by Jen Hall from Eureka about all that the Montana Historical Society has to offer. We also had a conference call with OPI curriculum specialist Colet Bartow regarding the direction they are headed with standards development. We learned that the plan is for the standards work to be completed and adopted by the Board of Public Ed by September of 2020. After much discussion, the committee would prefer to hold off until the 2020-2021 school year to complete our curriculum review for social studies. We will still continue collaborating and learning during the 2019-2020 school year so that we are prepared to work with the new standards when they are released.
Other:
- Watershed Training: There is a great yearlong opportunity for 12 educators from the area for next year. It is called Watershed through the Seasons. See below for more information. Applications are being accepted from Feb. 15th-Mar. 1st.
Contact Info: Co-op (406-752-3302); Cell (406-871-1775); email
JUST A REMINDER...
Please make sure your clerks/office staff have updated the Co-op's new address(physical and mailing). Our new address is:
NW MT Educational Cooperative
1203 Hwy. 2, West
Suite 39
Kalispell, MT . 59901
Event Information
Co-op Finance Meeting
This is a change from the original schedule.
When?
Tuesday, Feb 12, 2019, 08:30 AM
Where?
County Supt. Office, 935 1st Avenue West, Kalispell, MT
Event Information
Co-op Board Meeting
When?
Thursday, Feb 14, 2019, 09:00 AM
Where?
United Way Conference Room, 1203 U.S. 2, Kalispell, MT
Event Information
Substitute Teacher Training
To register, call 752-3302.
When?
Tuesday, Feb 12, 2019, 05:00 PM
Where?
United Way Conference Room, 1203 U.S. Highway 2 West, Kalispell, MT
Event Information
Social Studies-Publisher Presentations Continued
Pearson (My World) K-12 Social Studies in person presentation: 9:00-11:00 a.m.
When?
Wednesday, Feb 6, 2019, 09:00 AM
Where?
1203 U.S. Highway 2 West, Kalispell, MT
Co-op Curriculum Review Committee Meetings for 2018-19
Event Information
Music Curriculum Committee Meeting
When?
Tuesday, Feb 5, 2019, 08:30 AM
Where?
United Way Main Conference Room,1203 U.S. Highway 2 West, Kalispell, MT
UPCOMING TRAININGS
Event Information
3D Science Teaching with Kirk Robbins
4/4/19: 8:30-3:30 Grades K-5
4/5/19: 8:30-3:30 Grades 6-12
Flyer link: http://bit.ly/2RnhV37
To register: http://bit.ly/2TAqJU4
When?
Thursday, Apr 4, 2019, 08:30 AM
Where?
United Way Main Conference Room 1203 Hwy. 2 West, Kalispell, MT
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