November 28, 2018 Edition
IN THIS EDITION Early Bird Registration Open Thru Dec. 15 for the Tech Summit | Spring 2019 Food Order Window closes Dec. 11 | Dec. 7 CPI Workshop in Bozeman | FREE Gifted & Talented PD Dec. 8 | FREE Infinite Campus User Group Meetings | 2018-19 MECC Review Dates & More | Joke of the Week | Addt'l PD Opportunities & Resources
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION CLOSES DEC. 15
6TH ANNUAL TECH SUMMIT
February 4-5, 2019 | Bozeman, MT

You do NOT want to miss our upcoming Tech Summit. Our presenters include Google Education Evangelist Jaime Casap and Minecraft's Kyle Calderwood! Early bird registration closes Dec. 15, so [ click here to register ] your team today!
MEET OUR KEYNOTE FROM GOOGLE
This year's Tech Summit features keynote speaker Jaime Casap , Global Education Evangelist at Google, Inc. (Yes, we said GOOGLE.) Jaime evangelizes the power and potential of the web, technology, and Google tools as enabling and supporting capabilities in pursuit of creating powerful learning models. In eight years at Google, Jaime was part of the original team that launched Google Apps for universities, launched Google Apps into K12, and helped get Chromebooks off the ground and into schools. Today he is responsible for working across all internal teams that impact education, and he works with educational organizations around the world, helping them find ways to improve the quality of education through the use of technology.

On February 4, 2018 Jaime will set the tone for our entire event as the most incredible, impactful, game-changing SWMSS Tech Summit to date!

[ CLICK HERE ] FOR DETAILS, REGISTRATION, & A
LIST OF PRESENTERS / BIOS / SESSION DESCRIPTIONS

[ Are you a BUSINESS interested in SPONSORSHIP details? Click HERE ]

For more information please contact:
Mary Anne Skinner | maskinner@swmss.coop | (406) 522-6069
ATTENTION FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS
SPRING 2019 CO-OP FOOD ORDER WINDOW CLOSES DEC. 11 !!!
For three years this statewide SWMSS program has provided quality food and food service supplies to school districts across Montana (and now Wyoming!) at a substantial cost savings through high volume competitive bid purchasing.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Food Services of America has been awarded the Spring 2019 bid
  • CLICK HERE for program details, the new Item Price List - Order Form, a link to the Marketplace, and more!
  • We have several new products to order - read about them here
  • The newly streamlined order process received a standing ovation by our advisory committee
  • Over 125 districts across Montana (and a few in Wyoming) participate in our order; several new districts are registered for this order window

For more information & program registration, please contact:
Jennifer Brekke | jbrekke@swmss.coop | (406) 522-6024
CPI Square
CPI WORKSHOP DEC. 7
Hosted by Cottonwood Day School, Bozeman MT
8 am - 4:30 pm | Lunch provided :)
The Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training program is a safe, nonharmful behavior management system designed to help human service providers give the best possible care, welfare, safety and security to disruptive, assaultive, and out-of-control individuals. Our one day workshop provides you with 8 OPI Renewal Units.
SPACE IS LIMITED - [ REGISTER HERE] TODAY
REGISTRATION CLOSES DEC. 4TH

Questions? Want to host a class? Please contact our CPI instructor:
Melissa Hanson | mhansonmtpsych@gmail.com
- FREE SWMSS PD -
GIFTED & TALENTED SUPER SATURDAY
presented by Dianne Fowler, M. ED
8:30am - 3:30pm | December 8 | Willson School, Bozeman
6 OPI Renewal Units Available
- MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND -
MORNING AGENDA: Differentiation using Kaplan Icons of Depth and Complexity
AFTERNOON AGENDA: Upgrading Questioning for Complexity & Depth

[ click here ] to REGISTER - deadline is Dec. 4th


For additional information please contact our instructor:
Dianne Fowler | upanotch4kids@gmail.com | cell (830) 870-2002
- SWMSS PRESENTS -
FREE INFINITE CAMPUS
USER GROUP MEETINGS
COLSTRIP DEC. 13 OR BOZEMAN DEC. 20
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Attention Infinite Campus District Edition school districts! You are ALL
invited to attend our FREE work group sessions geared toward admin,
registrars, counselors, and anyone responsible for data and reporting.

[ click here ] to REGISTER your team today
- Presented by Southwest Montana School Services -
Todd Lark | tlark@swmss.coop | (406) 208-7956
2018-19 MECC AGENDA
Full Swing into the New School Year
Our goal is to support curriculum work at our member school districts by building awareness of the process with staff through MECC overviews and supporting your district's curriculum goals through review sessions. 

REGISTER HERE FOR A REVIEW SESSION:
Social Studies   Dec. 5 | Counseling  -  Jan. 15
ELA - Elementary  - Jan. 16 | ELA - Secondary  - Jan. 23
World Language  -  Feb. 20 | NEW!  MATH  - Session TBD

2nd Tuesday of every month @ 3:45 pm

Questions? Please contact our Co-Director of Education:
Melissa Tovaas | mtovaas@swmss.coop | cell (646) 831-7264
JOKE OF THE WEEK
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING & RESOURCES


  • FREE PD in Southwest MT by Region IV CSPD:
  • Becoming a Classroom Chef with the Math Chefs, Jan. 11 in Butte; details
  • Math Chef: Make Math Meaningful, Jan. 12 in Bozeman; details
  • Compare/Contrast & Summarization: A "Best Best" for Raising Student Achievement, grades 4-11, Mar. 7 in Helena; details

  • SWMSS 2018-19 Indian Education for All (IEFA) Offerings - Flyer

  • SAVE THE DATE: 2nd Annual MT Science Summer Institute Aug. 6-7, 2019 at MSU-Bozeman; sign up to receive updates including session topics, speaker bios, and conference details HERE

  • 2019 Montana AGATE Spring Conference Feb. 28 - Mar. 1, 2019 in Bozeman; details and registration HERE


  • SAVE THE DATE: 2019 Montana Advanced Placement Summer Institute June 24 - 27 at MSU - Billings

  • National Endowment of the Humanities workshops summer of 2019 at MSU - Billings + $1200 stipend; deadline to apply is March 1st; flyer; details
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