Do you have questions like: How do I know if a student needs Assistive Technology (AT)? When do I check the box on the IEP? Who pays for this? What is AT anyway? Then this workshop is for you! You will learn the purpose of AT and when to consider using it with students. We'll answer frequently asked questions and provide you with valuable resources to help you use AT with your students on IEPs, 504 plans or as part of Response to Intervention.

Presenter:
Elisabeth (Liz) Kuehn it the Clinical Coordinator for the easter Montana office of MonTECH. MonTECH provides technology, support, and services that improve the quality of life for Montanans with disabilities . . . assistive technologies and adaptive equipment.

Not sure how to choose Assistive Technology (AT) for your students? Never done an AT Evaluation before? This workshop will present best practices for assessing a student's need for AT. We'll go through an AT evaluation together using a free AT assessment guide. If your district has their own AT assessment process, bring that to the workshop.

Presenter:
Elisabeth (Liz) Kuehn it the Clinical Coordinator for the easter Montana office of MonTECH. MonTECH provides technology, support, and services that improve the quality of life for Montanans with disabilities . . . assistive technologies and adaptive equipment.

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.

This workshop will be held in-person in Room 122 of the College of Education at Montana State University Billings. Parking permits will be available at registration. No food or beverages will be provided--please bring whatever you might need for the day. Lunch is on your own and breaks will be provided for it.

PRESENTER:
Dr. Randy Russell, Ph.D., is an award-winning educator and author of the book "The Three Ships". He is the superintendent of the Freeman School District in Rockford, Washington. To learn more about Dr. Russell go to https://randyrussell.org.

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.

This workshop will be held in-person in Room 122 of the College of Education at Montana State University Billings. Parking permits will be available at registration. No food or beverages will be provided--please bring whatever you might need for the day. Lunch is on your own and breaks will be provided.

PRESENTER:
Dr. Randy Russell, Ph.D., is an award winning educator and Author of the book "The Three Ships". He is the superintendent of the Freeman School District in Rockford, Washington. To learn more about Dr. Russell go to https://randyrussell.org.

Support new and existing individuals and teams as they develop the sustainable systems and data practices to implement MTSS. This session will include practical examples of team organization, implementation, and encouragement. Existing teams will solidify their approach and identify areas of improvement.

Included Content:
--Working smarter
--Use data to develop plans and monitor implementation
Identify what makes an effective secondary school

Both workshops will be held at Fergus County High School in Lewistown. A block of rooms at the Yogo Inn is reserved for participants--ask for CSPD. Scholarships available on a first come, first serve basis for individuals or teams. Free copy of Hank's Book, "Implementing Systematic Interventions: A Guide for Secondary Schools", will be available to the first 25 people to register. The book will be available upon check in.

PRESENTER:
Hank is a professor at Loyola University of Chicago. His work focuses on supports for high school settings related to positive behavior support, response to intervention, social and emotional learning, school-based mental health, and school improvement. He is the co-author of Implementing Systematic Interventions: A Guide for Secondary Schools, published this summer by Routledge Press. To learn more about him: http://www.hankbohanon.net/

This will be an active hands on day working with tools to implement MTSS school-wide, in and out of the classroom. Strategies and examples will be included to develop your own MTSS model. Breakout times will allow teams to work on current systems and improve behavior and instructional strategies. Existing teams will have the opportunity to refine practices and share their ideas, best practices, and content with colleagues. New teams will have examples to share with their school to develop a basic plan for implementation.

Included Content:
--Structures to facilitate learning
--Define norms
--Increase engagement
--Improve and respond to academic and behavioral performance through feedback and acknowledgement

Both workshops will be held at Fergus County High School in Lewistown. A block of rooms at the Yogo Inn is reserved for participants--ask for CSPD. Scholarships available on a first come, first serve basis for individuals or teams. Free copy of Hank's Book, "Implementing Systematic Interventions: A Guide for Secondary Schools", will be available to the first 25 people to register. The book will be available upon check in.

PRESENTER:
Hank is a professor at Loyola University of Chicago. His work focuses on supports for high school settings related to positive behavior support, response to intervention, social and emotional learning, school-based mental health, and school improvement. He is the co-author of Implementing Systematic Interventions: A Guide for Secondary Schools, published this summer by Routledge Press. To learn more about him: http://www.hankbohanon.net/

Stop guessing and start collecting data to drive your decisions about students' reading accommodations. In this workshop, you will learn how to use the Protocol for Accommodations in Reading (PAR) by Don Johnston. The PAR is designed to help teachers make informed decisions on reading accommodations to support instruction and is not a diagnostic reading assessment tool. The PAR is suited to students grades 1 through 10 with high incidence disabilities; it is not suited for decision making for students who are blind or have low vision. This workshop includes a paper copy of the PAR for you to keep.

Presenter:
Elisabeth (Liz) Kuehn it the Clinical Coordinator for the easter Montana office of MonTECH. MonTECH provides technology, support, and services that improve the quality of life for Montanans with disabilities . . . assistive technologies and adaptive equipment.

Students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities often struggle with reading and writing, even with high quality intervention strategies. Assistive technology can help! We'll show you a variety of different reading and writing supports to help your students succeed in class. Our focus will be on technology available on Chromebooks and iPads.

Presenter:
Elisabeth (Liz) Kuehn it the Clinical Coordinator for the easter Montana office of MonTECH. MonTECH provides technology, support, and services that improve the quality of life for Montanans with disabilities . . . assistive technologies and adaptive equipment.