IN THIS EDITION.. Fall Enrollment & Count Date Guides | Self-Paced Dyslexia Course | Food Program Highlights & Bonus Perks! | Upcoming Curriculum Reviews | SSoM Program Updates featuring COPY PAPER SALE UPDATE | SSoM Partner Resources | Joke of the Week | Additional Resources featuring the OPI MT Autism Education Program | About SSoM

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Are you supporting students with dyslexia or other reading disabilities this year? This asynchronous, virtual course was designed by literacy expert and consultant, Genevieve Thomas, with Spark Educational Consulting, and brought to you by SSoM. It was constructed to deepen your knowledge about dyslexia as it relates to Montana’s Dyslexia Screening and Intervention Act, the science of reading, and research-based literacy assessment and instructional practices in a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS). Click the button below for registration and details about the course module content.

NEW: FOOD PROGRAM BONUS PERKS FOR YOUR DISTRICT!

Participating districts also gain access to one of the industry's most comprehensive purchasing portfolios for K-12 Schools featuring hundreds of contract listings in categories such as: Administrative-Financial-Management Services, Facility Management & Maintenance, Food Service-Products & Supplies, I.T., and Office Supplies & Furniture. Our new partner, a leader in performance improvement, focuses on cost management, savings, and operational efficiencies. *DETAILS COMING SOON*

...a continuation of curriculum development, including the creation of Year At-A-Glance docs, proficiency scales, and assessments for K-12 priority standards. Register using the new Social Studies Sign-Up Genius form to help balance out participation across the grade levels. Dr. Hailey Hancock, MSU Education Dept. & Social Studies specialist, joins us to support this work!

Join us for the MECC Curriculum Review by completing this form and survey: Library Media Curriculum Review Registration and Survey. We are excited to have library media consultant and Missoula County Superintendent, Erin Lipkind, join us to support this work!

QUICK LINKS: MECC 2022 - 2023 Calendar of Events

- scheduled events updates, registration details, & descriptions

School Services of Montana has offered a members-only spring truckload copy paper sale for nearly 10 years, securing volume-discounted pricing for schools through a generous K-12 discount provided by Costco Wholesale. Due to several external market factors, we were unable to order truckload quantities in the spring of 2022.

However! We discovered a program offered by a nationally-based office supply company, available through the group purchasing organization (GPO) who negotiated the great pricing we offer through the SSoM Co-op Food Program. Here are the highlights:

5th Annual MT STEM Summer Institute

National School Lunch Week October 10 - 14: 'Peace, Love, & School Lunch'

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) serves nearly 30 million children every school day, and more than 240 Montana school districts are a part of that! NSLW, created in 1962, promotes the importance of a healthy school lunch in a child’s life and the impact it has inside and outside of the classroom. https://schoolnutrition.org/meetings/events/nslw/2022/about/

If you are a visual learner, a good image helps you bring data to life, but a great image can genuinely change how you see the world. From population densities to European wine consumption to the state of Democracy around the world, we invite you on a journey where cartography fans delve into the intriguing treasure trove of territories, statistics, and history.

Sept 29 & Oct 20 Putting the Evidence-Base Into Practice: Foundational Skills; 2 - 3:30pm MT

Oct 25 Where the Science of Learning Meets the Science of Reading: Unpacking the Evidence; 2 - 3pm MT

OPI Education Compass - September 2022 Edition

Oct 20 or Mar 1| 8:30 - 3:30pm | Virtual

Oct 20-21 or Dec 1-2 | 9 - 3pm | Virtual

Oct 21 | 10:30 - 12:30pm | Virtual

Oct 27 | 11-12:30pm | Virtual

For a complete list of OPI MT Autism Education Program trainings, please click here.

All 5 Montana CSPDs offer FREE VIRTUAL PD in their regions. Click for details:

Region I - Eastern MT | Region II | Region III | Region IV - SW MT | Region V - NW MT

SSoM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit education service agency committed to unlocking the full potential of every child in each and every school we serve across the state. We accomplish this by providing a wide variety of professional learning activities and business services designed to meet the specific needs of Montana’s excellent educators and administrators. Interested in supporting our work? Click here to make a donation, and be sure to read all about our organization on our website.