Apple Teacher is a free professional learning program designed to support and celebrate educators using Apple products for teaching and learning. This course allows teachers to build skills on an iPad that directly apply to activities with students in their classrooms. Teachers will learn to integrate tools available on the iPad to engage students in the curriculum. Teachers will complete exercises using a variety of Apple programs and earn badges after the completion of each set of tasks. Once

Apple Teacher is a free professional learning program designed to support and celebrate educators using Apple products for teaching and learning. This course allows teachers to build skills on an iPad that directly apply to activities with students in their classrooms. Teachers will learn to integrate tools available on the iPad to engage students in the curriculum. Teachers will complete exercises using a variety of Apple programs and earn badges after the completion of each set of tasks. Once teachers have finished all iPad badges, they will receive a certificate of completion and Apple Teacher recognition.

In order to receive their Apple Teacher certification for iPad teachers need to complete all six badges in the iPad Foundations journey. These badges are:

• iPad
• Pages for iPad
• Keynote for iPad
• Numbers for iPad
• iMovie for iPad
• GarageBand for iPad

Get started by signing into the Apple Teacher Learning Center using your Apple ID. When you have completed all badges, submit proof of completion using this form. Find more info and see the list of current Apple Teachers at bit.ly/BPSApple.

Apple Teacher is a free professional learning program designed to support and celebrate educators using Apple products for teaching and learning. This course allows teachers to build skills on a Mac that directly apply to activities with students in their classrooms. Teachers will learn to integrate tools available on the MacBook to engage students in the curriculum. Teachers will complete exercises using a variety of Apple programs and earn badges after the completion of each set of tasks. Onc

Apple Teacher is a free professional learning program designed to support and celebrate educators using Apple products for teaching and learning. This course allows teachers to build skills on a Mac that directly apply to activities with students in their classrooms. Teachers will learn to integrate tools available on the MacBook to engage students in the curriculum. Teachers will complete exercises using a variety of Apple programs and earn badges after the completion of each set of tasks. Once teachers have finished all Mac badges, they will receive a certificate of completion and Apple Teacher recognition.

In order to receive their Apple Teacher certification for Mac teachers need to complete all six badges in the Mac Foundations journey. These badges are:

• Mac
• Pages for Mac
• Keynote for Mac
• Numbers for Mac
• iMovie for Mac
• GarageBand for Mac

Get started by signing into the Apple Teacher Learning Center using your Apple ID. When you have completed all badges, submit proof of completion using this form. Find more info and see the list of current Apple Teachers at bit.ly/BPSApple.

Google Certification Level 1 entails self-training in the Google Suite for Education Platform and then taking a rigorous test. Participants will complete training as they see fit to achieve certification of passing the rigorous exam offered by Google for Education.

To learn more about learn more about the exam go to the Google Teacher Center; Google Teacher Center

• This course does have step up credit app

Google Certification Level 1 entails self-training in the Google Suite for Education Platform and then taking a rigorous test. Participants will complete training as they see fit to achieve certification of passing the rigorous exam offered by Google for Education.

To learn more about learn more about the exam go to the Google Teacher Center; Google Teacher Center

• This course does have step up credit approval. Don't forget to fill out a credit approval request
• This course does having a testing fee
• If you would like more information on this course please reach out to your TIS.

Apple Teacher is a free professional learning program designed to support and celebrate educators using Apple products for teaching and learning. This course allows teachers to build skills and an understanding of Swift programming using Swift Playgrounds. Swift Playgrounds is a revolutionary app for iPad that makes learning Swift interactive and fun....Solve puzzles to master the basics using Swift - a powerful programming language created by Apple and used by thte pros to build today's most po

Apple Teacher is a free professional learning program designed to support and celebrate educators using Apple products for teaching and learning. This course allows teachers to build skills and an understanding of Swift programming using Swift Playgrounds. Swift Playgrounds is a revolutionary app for iPad that makes learning Swift interactive and fun....Solve puzzles to master the basics using Swift - a powerful programming language created by Apple and used by thte pros to build today's most popular apps. Teachers will complete exercises in Swift Playgrounds and earn badges after the completion of each set of tasks. Once teachers have finished all Swift Playgrounds badges, they will receive a certificate of completion and Apple Teacher recognition.

In order to receive their Apple Teacher certification for Swift Playgrounds teachers need to complete all four badges in the Swift Playgrounds section of the Learning Center. These badges are:

• Swift Playgrounds App
• Coding Concepts
• Swift Code
• Coding in the Classroom

Get started by signing into the Apple Teacher Learning Center using your Apple ID. When you have completed all badges, submit proof of completion using this form. Find more info and see the list of current Apple Teachers at bit.ly/BPSApple.

Validate your expertise and advanced technology integration skills with the Educator Level 2 Certification. Completing the certification show proficiency in TPACK with the tools of Google Workplace which focus on Classroom, Meets, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Gmail, Calendar, YouTube and how tools should successfully be integrated with curriculum for achieving learning goals.

The learning is all self paced and in a manner that suites your own learning style. You can talk with your TIS to learn optio

Validate your expertise and advanced technology integration skills with the Educator Level 2 Certification. Completing the certification show proficiency in TPACK with the tools of Google Workplace which focus on Classroom, Meets, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Gmail, Calendar, YouTube and how tools should successfully be integrated with curriculum for achieving learning goals.

The learning is all self paced and in a manner that suites your own learning style. You can talk with your TIS to learn options to on how to address your gaps.

Learn more about Google Educator Level 2 Certification at the Teacher Center

-This course does have step-up credit approval. Don't forget to fill out a credit approval request

Earning your first Google Certification is a triumph and one to celebrate but maintaining that certification is an important aspect of the journey of staying an accomplished TPACK teacher. Google Certification is only good for 36 months, and for good reason. Google Workplace is constantly updating its tools, pedagogical methods, and tools. The Google recertification course and credit is ONLY for learners who have earned their Google Certification 1 and 2 in prior terms and are to their 36-month

Earning your first Google Certification is a triumph and one to celebrate but maintaining that certification is an important aspect of the journey of staying an accomplished TPACK teacher. Google Certification is only good for 36 months, and for good reason. Google Workplace is constantly updating its tools, pedagogical methods, and tools. The Google recertification course and credit is ONLY for learners who have earned their Google Certification 1 and 2 in prior terms and are to their 36-month test re-take point.

The recertification process requires the teacher to study in-depth the updates to Google Sheets including the updates to the Data Filters, Pivot Tables, and Explore as well as the inclusion of Jamboard and the updates to the Google privacy updates. The teacher will learn these updates on their own by going through the Google for Education Teacher Center Learning Center Resources.

-This course does have step-up credit approval. Don't forget to fill out a credit approval request

Earning your first Google Certification and then level 2 is a huge deal and in BPS only 27 people have done so. But, keeping that ongoing commitment to innovative technology understanding is a triumph one must strive for. As a Google Certified Educator, one must unlearn, learn, and apply new understanding every 36 months by taking a rigorous recertification exam.

This course is a self-paced journey to learn the rigor of the requirements of Google Re-Certification 2 in a manner that the teache

Earning your first Google Certification and then level 2 is a huge deal and in BPS only 27 people have done so. But, keeping that ongoing commitment to innovative technology understanding is a triumph one must strive for. As a Google Certified Educator, one must unlearn, learn, and apply new understanding every 36 months by taking a rigorous recertification exam.

This course is a self-paced journey to learn the rigor of the requirements of Google Re-Certification 2 in a manner that the teacher feels is best for their learning styles. The objectives covered in GCE 2 recertification include Google Apps Script, creating ADA compliant Google Sites, using Google Applied Skills curriculum in an integrated and ethical manner, and applying COPPA, FERPA, and COPPA to all educational technology creations and teachings.

This course does have step-up credit approval. Don't forget to fill out a credit approval request

Teachers can utilize the Google Teacher Center, summer course offerings, TIS, TILT, or their choice avenues to learn the required material.

Apple Teacher Portfolio is a free professional learning program designed to support educators using Apple products for teaching and learning. This self-paced course allows teachers to build skills and an understanding of Apple tools on both Mac and iPad devices. Each phase of lesson planning as teachers build their Apple Teacher Portfolio offers a unique opportunity to design more meaningful learning experiences with iPad and Mac. When teachers build an Apple Teacher Portfolio, they're encourage

Apple Teacher Portfolio is a free professional learning program designed to support educators using Apple products for teaching and learning. This self-paced course allows teachers to build skills and an understanding of Apple tools on both Mac and iPad devices. Each phase of lesson planning as teachers build their Apple Teacher Portfolio offers a unique opportunity to design more meaningful learning experiences with iPad and Mac. When teachers build an Apple Teacher Portfolio, they're encouraged to integrate creativity into the lessons they teach every day to help students activate prior knowledge, explore topics more deeply, and apply their learning to the world around them.

Teachers will access the course through the Apple Learning Center, and use Apple’s Everyone Can Create guides to plan, teach and reflect on lessons in each of the following modules: Activate, Explore and Apply. Once teachers have finished all lessons and earned a badge for each (9 badges total), they will be able to submit a portfolio of lesson examples and earn Apple Teacher Portfolio recognition.

Get started by signing into the Apple Teacher Learning Center using your Apple ID. When you have completed all badges, submit proof of completion using this form. Find more info and see the list of current Apple Teachers at bit.ly/BPSApple. Here is some information on how to get started!

This course is available only to teachers who have been invited to complete the Fast Track Seesaw Ambassador course by Traci Piltz and/or their administrator. In this course, teachers will accelerate their Seesaw skills and develop an understanding of resources and tools to support other teachers in their building. To successfully complete the course, teachers must access the content via the Seesaw Learning Hub and complete tasks within each module to demonstrate an understanding of the content.

This course is available only to teachers who have been invited to complete the Fast Track Seesaw Ambassador course by Traci Piltz and/or their administrator. In this course, teachers will accelerate their Seesaw skills and develop an understanding of resources and tools to support other teachers in their building. To successfully complete the course, teachers must access the content via the Seesaw Learning Hub and complete tasks within each module to demonstrate an understanding of the content. Upon successful completion, teachers must submit a certificate of completion to piltzt@billingsschools.org to receive OPI renewal units.

This course is for teachers who are new to Seesaw. This pathway will get teachers up and running on Seesaw to create engaging learning experiences that make thinking and learning visible. This is offered virtually through the Seesaw learning Hub, and teachers will work at their own pace. Teachers will create a free account of the Seesaw Learning Hub at learn.seesaw.me, then complete the courses in the Learning Path:

 * Getting Started
 * Deepen Learning

Teachers will receive a cer

This course is for teachers who are new to Seesaw. This pathway will get teachers up and running on Seesaw to create engaging learning experiences that make thinking and learning visible. This is offered virtually through the Seesaw learning Hub, and teachers will work at their own pace. Teachers will create a free account of the Seesaw Learning Hub at learn.seesaw.me, then complete the courses in the Learning Path:

 * Getting Started
 * Deepen Learning

Teachers will receive a certicate of completion for each of the above courses. Once both courses in the Learning Path have been completed, teachers will use this form (bit.ly/GetStartedbps) to submit documentation and recieve a certificate for 3 OPI renewal units.

This is for MS new hires and their mentors .

Middle School Mondays is a training series dedicated to MS new hires. The continued professional learning series will provide time to collaborate with mentors, specialists, and peers.

Once a month a topic will be presented that will help you build towards accomplished teaching.

This is for MS new hires and their mentors .

Middle School Mondays is a training series dedicated to MS new hires. The continued professional learning series will provide time to collaborate with mentors, specialists, and peers.

Once a month a topic will be presented that will help you build towards accomplished teaching. We will cover important topics such as using Powerschool for report cards, district leave management, how to navigate PIR trade and step up, and how to follow our professional educator code of conduct.

Within the series will be a dedicated session for IEFA infusion and multilingual learners which are required courses for BPS new hires By signing up for Middle School Mondays you will be grouped with other middle school new hires and the training will be geared towards your pedagogical area. There will also be several optional trauma-informed sessions with our behavior and resiliency coaches.

-This course does have step up credit approval. Don't forget to fill out a credit approval request

In 1972, Montana rewrote its constitution, where Article X, Section 1(2) states, "The state recognizes distinct and unique cultural heritage of American Indians and is committed in its educational goals to the preservation of their cultural integrity". In 1999, the Montana Legislature passed House Bill 528 into law, which codified the constitutional intent as MCA 20-1-501. This law is known as Indian Education for All and states, Immediately after passage of Indian Education for All the Office o

In 1972, Montana rewrote its constitution, where Article X, Section 1(2) states, "The state recognizes distinct and unique cultural heritage of American Indians and is committed in its educational goals to the preservation of their cultural integrity". In 1999, the Montana Legislature passed House Bill 528 into law, which codified the constitutional intent as MCA 20-1-501. This law is known as Indian Education for All and states, Immediately after passage of Indian Education for All the Office of Public Instruction brought together representatives from all the tribes in Montana and created the Seven Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians. This section will include a deep dive into the Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians. This section will include a deep dive into the Essential Understandings for building lessons and a resource evaluation for conducting research.

This three-hour course is designed to help develop the skills of critical thinking of meaningful engagement with a variety of IEFA novels. These books provide insights into different societies, traditions, and ways of life. They offer a window into the experiences and perspectives of people from diverse backgrounds. By reading cultural books, you can develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for different cultures, foster empathy and promote intercultural dialogue. The course will provide

This three-hour course is designed to help develop the skills of critical thinking of meaningful engagement with a variety of IEFA novels. These books provide insights into different societies, traditions, and ways of life. They offer a window into the experiences and perspectives of people from diverse backgrounds. By reading cultural books, you can develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for different cultures, foster empathy and promote intercultural dialogue. The course will provide the tools and skills to think critically about the world, cultures, cultural products and landscapes you navigate while preparing to teach these novels. Teachers will leave with the confidence and tools that will help students open their eyes to new ideas and allow them to view the world through different perspectives while meeting their IEFA requirements. Specific novels discussed include: Marrow Thieves; There, THere; Firekeepers Daughter; Absolutely True Diary of a Part time Indian.

This full day session will focus on K-1 math content and classrooms. Learning as a group, observing, and a post-reflective conversation will be held after observing. This day will provide opportunities for collaboration and application into our own classrooms.

Year 2 teachers will be given priority. Subs will be paid by BPS Curriculum.
Other educators are welcome to sign up