 | | | Bulk: The Montana Autism Education Project has a blog. | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 4K | 2010/2/4 1:36 PM | Greetings, The Montana Autism Education Project (MAEP) has a blog available through the Office of Public Instruction web pages. The blog can be found at: opi.mt.gov/autism/maep The blog will be used to share information about autism and autism-related |
 | | | Limited Funding for Students With Significant Needs | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 6.1K | 2010/2/3 4:30 PM | February 1, 2010 The Office of Public Instruction is making available limited funding for the costs of students with significant behavioral or physical needs served by the public schools. The information memorandum, application and budget forms are avai |
 | | | Paraprofessional Recognition Letter and Paraprofessional Certificate | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 4K | 2010/2/3 3:22 PM | The week of February 1-6, 2010, has been proclaimed as Paraprofessional Recognition Week. The following link provides information regarding the Paraprofessional Recognition Letter and Paraprofessional Certificate. http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/CSPD/Para/10Pa |
 | | | CRT and CRT-Alt Update | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 4K | 2010/1/13 7:58 AM | CRT AND CRT-ALTERNATE UPDATE 1. January 15: Window for registering currently enrolled students for the CRT-Alt closes. 2. On January 15, Measured Progress will mail a memo to System Test Coordinators with information regarding downloading the CRT-A |
 | | | Bulk: Webinar on The Increase in Montana Students with Autism - from the Montana Autis | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 4K | 2010/1/8 4:38 PM | From 8 to 495 - The Increase in Montana Students with Autism This online presentation will present and examine data from 1991-2008 on the number of students in Montana public schools who are identified as having a primary disability of autism. What effec |
 | | | 2010 Assessment Conference | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 4K | 2010/1/8 3:46 PM | 2010 Assessment Conference The agenda is online at the following link: http://www.opi.mt.gov/AssessConf/Index.html See you on the 28th. Judy Snow State Assessment Director Montana Office of Public Instruction jsnow@mt.gov 406-444-3656 Fax: 406-444-0743 |
 | | | Webinar on Differentiated Instruction | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 5.1K | 2010/1/8 1:53 PM | The fourth webinar on Differentiated Instruction is scheduled for January 12 starting at 3:30 p.m. This webinar, "Setting the Stage: Developing a Differentiated Lesson Plan," will focus on the key components in developing a differentiated lesson plan. T |
 | | | Bulk: MontCAS Updates and Reminders | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 4K | 2010/1/6 4:08 PM | Subject: MontCAS Updates and Reminders Assessment Conference, January 28-29, Red Lion Colonial Inn, Helena http://www.opi.mt.gov/AssessConf/Index.html January 15 at 5:00 p.m. is the deadline for the early registration fee of $60 and for the special lodgi |
 | | | School Mental Health Conference (Registration Deadline) | Synness, Jenine <JSynness2@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/12/17 9:04 AM | NOTE --- Please disregard the registration deadline. We are still accepting registrations. Also, if you have not completed the Survey, please do so. (If you tried and it was closed, it has been reopened.) Subject: School Mental Health Conference The |
 | | | ARRA Second Quarterly Report | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 5.1K | 2009/12/16 2:36 PM | DIRECTORS: Please forward this message to your Business Manager/Clerk. Attention Special Education Cooperative Directors/Business Managers: The second quarterly report for funding resulting from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is due n |
 | | | School Mental Health Conference | Synness, Jenine <JSynness2@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/12/16 12:46 PM | The Office of Public Instruction (OPI) and the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) are working together on an important statewide initiative. On February 9-10, 2010, the OPI is hosting the first collaborative school mental health confer |
 | | | Aversive Procedures in IEPs | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 5.1K | 2009/12/15 3:35 PM | http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_4247.html Good day everyone. Congress is considering legislation which would greatly impact schools' ability to implement aversive procedures in IEPs of students with disabilities under the IDEA. Repres |
 | | | MBI Newsletter | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/12/14 3:34 PM | Welcome to the first bimonthly newsletter of the Montana Behavioral Initiative (MBI), Montana's positive behavior interventions and supports process! Within the newsletter are news, views, quicksters and trainings. The following link will take you to th |
 | | | MASP Supervision Institute 2010 | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/12/9 1:28 PM | Supervision training for experienced Class 6 School Psychologists will begin in the spring of 2010. The following link provides information for the training: http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/SpecED/Link/09DecPsychSupervise.pdf Frank Podobnik IDEA Part |
 | | | ABA Course Offerings at MSU-Billings | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 5.1K | 2009/12/8 11:52 AM | Hello; The college of education at Montana State University-Billings will be offering more courses in the BACB Applied Behavior Analysis approved sequence related to instruction of students with autism and/or response to intervention that may interest yo |
 | | | Educational Interpreters Performance Assessment Training | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/12/7 12:05 PM | For the opportunity to receive free training and an opportunity to network with other interpreters within the state of Montana, use the following link for information on the available Web shops. http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/SpecED/Link/10Jan_AprEIPA |
 | | | December Jump | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/12/7 7:51 AM | The December Jump Is online. Following is the link: http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/Assessment/NewsLetters/09DecJUMP.pdf Judy Snow State Assessment Director Montana Office of Public Instruction jsnow@mt.gov 406-444-3656 Fax: 406-444-0743 P. O. Box 202501 Hele |
 | | | Bulk: National Autism Center Releases New Autism Educator Manual | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 5.1K | 2009/12/2 12:51 PM | National Autism Center Releases New Autism Educator Manual We are pleased to make available a comprehensive new manual by the National Autism Center entitled, Evidence-Based Practice and Autism in the Schools. "We created this manual for educators as |
 | | | Registration for CRT-Alternate | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 5.1K | 2009/11/24 1:02 PM | Reminder: The window to register currently enrolled students who are eligible for the CRT-Alternate closes on December 1, 2009. Page 5 of the October JUMP has instructions for registering students for the 2010 CRT-Alternate. http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/Ass |
 | | | Bulk: Developmental Disabilities Program - Community Outreach Meetings | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 5.1K | 2009/11/24 12:48 PM | The Developmental Disabilities Program is a state department that provides oversight and funding to individuals who receive developmental disability services that are available from providers. We feel it is valuable to have meaningful contact and dialo |
 | | | Bulk: Webinar on Autism Spectrum Disorder and Employment on December 1 | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/11/23 1:27 PM | Howdy, Minot State University is broadcasting a webinar on ASD and Employment on December 1. A description of the webinar can be found at: www.ndcpd.org/events/pdf/10/Gerhardt%20Brochure.pdf The OPI Montana Autism Education Project has provided a nu |
 | | | Special Education Tool in AIM | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/11/20 2:59 PM | The Special Education Division has determined the following with regard to the Special Education Tool in AIM: * We are mandating use on March 1, 2010 - school administrators may mandate the use at the local level sooner. * Exiting and child count will c |
 | | | Maintenance of Effort (MOE) for IDEA Part B | Synness, Jenine <JSynness2@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/11/17 10:04 AM | Your preliminary Maintenance of Effort (MOE) information for IDEA Part B projects to begin July 1, 2009, is now available on the OPI's Web site at: http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/SpecED/Link/09NovMOEMemo.pdf School districts and special education cooperative |
 | | | Bulk: October JUMP | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 13K | 2009/11/16 8:48 AM | Below is the link to the October JUMP. On pages 4 and 5 is information on the registration for the CRT-Alternate. A year ago at this time, over 500 students statewide were registered. This year, to date, only 80 are registered. Please determine which |
 | | | OPI Montana Autism Education Project is sponsoring a webinar on Autism Spectrum D | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 12K | 2009/11/6 9:02 AM | Greetings, Below is a description of a webinar/conference call on ASD and Employment. A full copy of the brochure is available at: [ http://ndcpd.org/events/pdf/10/Gerhardt%20Brochure.pdf ]http://ndcpd.org/events/pdf/10/Gerhardt%20Brochure.pdf |
 | | | Bulk: Next AIM Special Education Forms Webcast November 9 | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/11/3 9:24 AM | Infinite Campus, the company which developed the AIM Special Education Forms, will be presenting a series of webcasts on AIM functions which may not have been addressed in OPI special education trainings. Each webcast will have the same content as previou |
 | | | Urgent: AIM system offline Wed 4pm to Thurs 7am | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/11/2 4:07 PM | The AIM system will be offline from Wednesday, Nov. 4th at 4:00pm to Thursday, Nov. 5th at 7:00am. This down time will allow Infinite Campus to apply a necessary update to the system. This will affect all MT Edition, District Edition, and State Edit |
 | | | GSEG Pilot Test | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 5.1K | 2009/10/29 11:44 AM | Two new documents that will streamline the registration and the eligibility determination processes are online at the assessment special projects site: http://www.opi.mt.gov/Assessment/SpecProj.html They are: GSEG Grant Pilot Test Easy to Use Eligibility |
 | | | Special Education Child Count | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 27K | 2009/10/28 11:11 AM | Good morning! This is a reminder that the Special Education Child Count data collection is due to the Office of Public Instruction no later than November 16, 2009. If you have already submitted your child count for this year, thank you. If you are the |
 | | | Differentiated Instruction Webinar | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/10/27 11:34 AM | "THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION" - A Webinar Series The second webinar on Differentiated Instruction is scheduled for October 28 starting at 3:30 p.m. Both general education and special education teachers recognize the benefits of Dif |
 | | | PilotTest Participation Needs | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 15K | 2009/10/26 2:21 PM | From: Snow, Judy Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 1:31 PM Subject: Pilot test participation needs In the November JUMP on pages 8 and 9 was information on a pilot test. This test is the result of input from teachers and administrators across the state r |
 | | | Bulk: AIM Special Education Forms webcasts | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 6.1K | 2009/10/22 12:23 PM | Infinite Campus, the company which developed the AIM Special Education Forms, will be presenting a series of webcasts on AIM functions which may not have been addressed in OPI special education trainings. Each webcast will have the same content. These fun |
 | | | Autism Two-Day Conference | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/10/19 4:21 PM | The following link provides information regarding the ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders) for the Classroom Teacher conferences being held in Kalispell, November 17-18, 2009, and Missoula, November 18-19, 2009. [ http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/SpecED/Link/ASD_C |
 | | | Future Training in the AIM Special Education Forms System | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/10/15 9:19 AM | Greetings, The OPI Division of Special Education will have completed the initial round of trainings in the AIM Special Education Forms by the end of October. Over 900 special education staff will have been trained. Because our AIM trainers are the same |
 | | | AIM--Student Up For Renewal of Annual IEP | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/10/7 3:18 PM | As the AIM System is beginning to be used in districts, the question arises: What do we do for a student who is up for an annual IEP, but is not having an evaluation? The AIM system won't put the disability category on the IEP without the Evaluation in |
 | | | Upcoming AIM Special Education Forms Webcasts | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/10/6 2:01 PM | Infinite Campus, the company which developed the AIM Special Education Forms, will be presenting a series of webcasts on AIM functions which may not have been addressed in OPI special education trainings. Each webcast will have the same content. These fun |
 | | | AIM Special Education Tool & Adobe 9.X | Synness, Jenine <JSynness2@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/10/1 11:48 AM | This is from Infinite Campus' customer portal: UPGRADE WARNING: Adobe 9.X Friday, 25 September 2009 Recently, Adobe Systems has created an update to their Adobe Acrobat Reader program that will render FDF forms unusable for Campus. Previous releases |
 | | | Significant Needs Program | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/9/25 12:21 PM | Greetings my Friends... Effective today, Dale Kimmet, our newest acquisition in the Special Education Division, will be overseeing the Significant Needs program. Dale's e-mail is dkimmet2@mt.gov. Since this is the first year of the biennium, we wil |
 | | | Postschool Survey Link | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 3K | 2009/9/22 5:20 PM | An E-mail was sent to you today reminding you that the deadline for the Postschool Survey submission is September 30, 2009. The following link will access the survey: http://data.opi.mt.gov/PostSchoolSurvey/ To go to Citrix, you need to enter y |
 | | | Postschool Survey - Important Reminder | Synness, Jenine <JSynness2@mt.gov> | 5.1K | 2009/9/22 9:06 AM | IMPORTANT REMINDER REGARDING POSTSCHOOL SURVEY Deadline for survey submission is September 30, 2009. This a reminder for those schools who have not yet finished submitting all the survey information for the postschool data collection and reporting. Ple |
 | | | A Webinar Series for Differentiated Instruction | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 6.1K | 2009/9/17 11:15 AM | "THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION" - A Webinar Series Both general education and special education teachers recognize the benefits of Differentiated Instruction, but sometimes struggle with determining how to utilize the data in selectin |
 | | | RE: Child Count for October 2009 | bhsclerk <bhsclerk@nemontel.net> | 6.1K | 2009/9/16 11:02 AM | Hi Anne- What do I have to do to have all 7-9 special education teachers fill in their own child count and then gather it to the Roose-Valley Coop--that is how I am going to do it--Can you please let me know how I set this up. Is this eventually going |
 | | | Child Count for October 2009 | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 27K | 2009/9/15 8:44 AM | Greetings, The special education child count application will open September 28, 2009. The official count date is October 5. Click on the following link (http://opi.mt.gov/citrix/index.html) and scroll down to Special Education Data Collection for mor |
 | | | Secondary Transition Personnel Update | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 6.1K | 2009/9/15 8:09 AM | Subject: Need Updated Information on Secondary Transition Personnel Greetings Directors – In an effort to provide the Vocational Rehabilitation counselors with up-to-date information regarding contac |
 | | | FILLED - AIM Special Education Forms Training in Helena October 6 and 7, 2009 | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 5.1K | 2009/9/14 10:18 PM | This training has been filled. Notifications will be sent to the attendees later this week. We will keep you aware of future AIM training opportunities. ________________________________________ From: Doty, Doug Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 2:24 PM T |
 | | | Bulk: UPDATE on Upcoming AIM Special Education Webcasts | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 5.1K | 2009/9/14 11:01 AM | September 14 update: All of the webcasts have the same content. Videos of webcasts will be available through the Infinite Campus University web site (not on the OPI site.) Please remember that you must register with Infinite Campus prior to the webca |
 |  | | MEA OT PT Conference | Wallis, Marlene <mwallis@mt.gov> | 14K | 2009/9/11 3:19 PM | The Montana School OT PT Organization is hosting a conference in Bozeman during the MEA and is trying to make sure that all school therapists receive this information. Please forward this message and attachment to your therapists. The Web site is www.mts |
 | | | Bulk: Discussion of NEW OPI Compliance Monitoring Process, September 24th, 11:00 a.m. | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/9/10 1:43 PM | On September 24th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. the OPI Division of Special Education will present a webcast on revisions to the special education compliance monitoring process. The compliance monitoring revisions mandated by OSEP are required beginning |
 |  | | Bulk: Fall 2009 All Teacher Training Cancelled | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 5.1K | 2009/9/9 6:01 PM | We have cancelled the All Teacher Training videoconference slated for this fall due to the demands of AIM training, revisions to the compliance monitoring process and staff turnover. |
 | | | Bulk: Upcoming AIM Special Education Webcasts | Doty, Doug <ddoty@mt.gov> | 4K | 2009/9/9 1:50 PM | Infinite Campus, the company which developed the AIM Special Education Forms, will be presenting a series of webcasts on AIM functions which may not have been addressed in OPI special education trainings. These functions include: How to do an IEP Amendme |