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228 courses total.

Getting Started with Seesaw (Seesaw Learning Path)
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 105
Description

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 on the Seesaw Learning Hub at learn.seesaw.me, then complete all 5 courses in the Getting Started Learning Path. The five courses are:

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Technology
Credits Available
2.00 OPI Credits
2.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
Getting Started with Seesaw (Seesaw Learning Path)   Asynchronous course.

2023 Poverty Simulation: An Interactive Trauma-Invested Learning Experience
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12043
Description

Participants take on the role of a person and family in poverty. They go to work, school, and try to meet their needs during 4 simulated weeks lasting 15 minutes each and manage the experiences that arise through their days. The session ends with a debrief and some opportunities for community action.

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Elementary High School Middle School
Credits Available
3.00 OPI Credits
3.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
2023 Poverty Simulation: An Interactive Trauma-Invested Learning Experience   Jun 7, 2023

EUREKA2 Adapt: Optimizing Instruction Grades K-2
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12047
Description

Participants build upon the framework from Teach: Effective Instruction with Eureka Math2 to further their capacity to effectively use the curriculum materials and student data to plan for and facilitate instruction that supports all learners in accessing grade-level content. Participants will leave this session feeling empowered to use student data to optimize instruction, responding to the needs of the individual learners in their classrooms.

Tags
Elementary
Credits Available
6.00 OPI Credits
6.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (5 of 6 total)
Section 1
EUREKA2 Adapt: Optimizing Instruction Grades K-2 LINCOLN CENTER BOARD ROOM   Jun 6, 2023
Section 4
EUREKA2 Adapt: Optimizing Instruction Grades K-2 LINCOLN CENTER ROOM 308   Jun 6, 2023
Section 6
EUREKA2 Adapt: Optimizing Instruction Grades K-2 LINCOLN CENTER BOARD ROOM   Jun 7, 2023
2 additional sections meet after those listed above.

EUREKA2 Adapt: Optimizing Instruction Grades 3-5
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12049
Description

Participants build upon the framework from Teach: Effective Instruction with Eureka Math2 to further their capacity to effectively use the curriculum materials and student data to plan for and facilitate instruction that supports all learners in accessing grade-level content. Participants will leave this session feeling empowered to use student data to optimize instruction, responding to the needs of the individual learners in their classrooms.

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Elementary
Credits Available
6.00 OPI Credits
6.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (5 of 6 total)
Section 1
EUREKA2 Adapt: Optimizing Instruction Grades 3-5 BURLINGTON   Jun 6, 2023
Section 5
EUREKA2 Adapt: Optimizing Instruction Grades 3-5 - BURLINGTON   Jun 7, 2023
Section 6
EUREKA2 Adapt: Optimizing Instruction Grades 3-5 LINCOLN CENTER ROOM 308   Jun 7, 2023
2 additional sections meet after those listed above.

2023 Amplify Technology Reboot
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12055
Description

Amplify trainers will unveil the new technology upgrades for Amplify Math and show how they enhance the program.

Tags
Math Middle School
Credits Available
3.00 OPI Credits
3.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
2023 Amplify Technology Reboot   Aug 15, 2023

2023 Math Discourse Using Amplify Math
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12056
Description

Learn strategies for leading discussions that promote more math talk among all students in your classroom. Walk away with strategies and Amplify Math curriculum tools you can bring back to your classroom to enhance discussion in your next lesson.

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Math Middle School
Credits Available
3.00 OPI Credits
3.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
2023 Math Discourse Using Amplify Math   Aug 15, 2023

2023 Deeper Dive into Amplify for New Teachers
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12057
Description

Deepen teachers' understanding of a core aspect of the Amplify Math approach. Participants will leave this Strengthening workshop with a deeper understanding of how to facilitate lesson activities using the Launch, Monitor, Connect problem-based learning model.

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Math Middle School
Credits Available
3.00 OPI Credits
3.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
2023 Deeper Dive into Amplify for New Teachers   Aug 15, 2023

2023 CORE MTSS Update
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12058
Description

Teachers involved in the MTSS grant will get an update on effective models for using MTSS in their buildings

Tags
Elementary
Credits Available
3.00 OPI Credits
3.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
2023 CORE MTSS Update   Aug 1, 2023

2023 CORE Tier 1 Booster:
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12059
Description

Teachers who taught CORE last year will be given a refresher on ways to implement the program and what year 3 of the grant entails.

Tags
Elementary
Credits Available
3.00 OPI Credits
3.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
2023 CORE Tier 1 Booster   Aug 1, 2023

2023 CORE Elementary Reading Academy Day 1
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12060
Description

Teachers involved in the MTSS grant will learn effective teaching strategies for teaching the foundational skills of reading.

Tags
Elementary
Credits Available
6.00 OPI Credits
6.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
2023 CORE Elementary Reading Academy Day 1   Aug 2, 2023

2023 CORE Elementary Reading Academy Day 2
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12061
Description

Teachers involved in the MTSS grant will learn effective teaching strategies for teaching the foundational skills of reading.

Tags
Elementary
Credits Available
6.00 OPI Credits
6.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
2023 CORE Elementary Reading Academy Day 2   Aug 3, 2023

2023 CORE Elementary Reading Academy Day 3
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12062
Description

Teachers involved in the MTSS Grant will learn effective teaching strategies for teaching the foundational skills of reading.

Tags
Elementary
Credits Available
6.00 OPI Credits
6.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
2023 CORE Elementary Reading Academy Day 3   Aug 4, 2023

2023 - K-5 ST Math Novice
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12065
Description

During this training, participants will have time to learn the basics of ST Math (including updates) and immerse themselves in a variety of hands-on experiences that will teach them the "what and why" of ST Math. Educators will also learn how to assign ST to align to core instruction. Learning the basics of efficiently using ST Reports to motivate and support students will also be addressed in this course.

ST Math Novice Session is for you if.... *You are new to the district and/or new to ST

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Elementary
Credits Available
3.00 OPI Credits
3.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (2 of 2 total)
Section 1
2023 - K-5 ST Math Novice   Aug 7, 2023
Section 2
2023 - K-5 ST Math Novice   Aug 7, 2023

2023 ECRI Foundaltional Skills Day 1
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12066
Description

Teachers involved in the MTSS grant will learn effective teaching techniques for teaching the foundational skills of reading.

Tags
Elementary
Credits Available
6.00 OPI Credits
6.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
2023 ECRI Foundational Skills Day 1   Aug 1, 2023

2023 ECRI Foundaltional Skills Day 2
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12068
Description

Teachers involved in the MTSS grant will learn effective teaching techniques for teaching the foundational skills of reading.

Tags
Elementary
Credits Available
6.00 OPI Credits
6.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
2023 ECRI Foundational Skills Day 2   Aug 2, 2023

2023 ECRI Booster Training
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12069
Description

Teachers and principals who taught ECRI last year will be given a refresher on ways to implement the program and what year 2 of the grant entails.

Tags
Elementary
Credits Available
6.00 OPI Credits
6.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
2023 ECRI Booster Training   Aug 3, 2023

2023 ECRI MTSS Training
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12070
Description

Teachers involved in the MTSS grant will learn effective models for using MTSS in their buildings and learn the next steps in Year 2 of the grant.

Tags
Elementary
Credits Available
6.00 OPI Credits
6.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
2023 ECRI MTSS Training   Aug 4, 2023

2023 Simplifying Common Assessments
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12072
Description

Kim Bailey from Solution Tree will address common qustions and challenges that eams experience when developing effective common assessments. Topics such as Balanced ASsessment Systems, Complexity Validity, and Creating Valid and Reliable Assessment items will be addressed.

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Elementary High School Middle School
Credits Available
6.00 OPI Credits
6.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
2023 Simplifying Common Assessments   Jun 12, 2023

2023 IEFA Symposium
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12073
Description

New Indian Education for All lessons developed by Billings Public Schools teachers.

MUST ATTEND ALL 6 SESSIONS: These 6 sessions include lesson plans, resources, and strategies for implementing Indian Education for all K-12 classrooms in all content areas. There will be a student panel during one session with a focus on protective factors for American Indian students. Presenters include Cheyenne Aldrich, Jacie Jeffers, Lisa Joki, Carla Ljunggren, Jessica Louk, Samantha Mayes, Wanda Morales,

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Elementary High School Middle School
Credits Available
6.00 OPI Credits
6.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
IEFA Symposium   Jun 6, 2023

Teacher Clarity and a Focus on Student Learning
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12074
Description

Leaders and teachers will develop a common language of learning as they examine the Visible Learning research and what makes a significant impact on student learning. The focus of this course is teacher clarity. Teacher clarity (effect size .75) is when teachers are clare in the expectations and instruction, students learn more.

Tags
Elementary High School Middle School
Credits Available
6.00 OPI Credits
6.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
Teacher Clarity and a Focus on Student Learning   Jun 5, 2023

Adult and Child Heartsaver First Aid, CPR, AED
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12075
Description

This class is designed to train and certify participants in Heartsaver First Aid, CPR and AED.

Tags
Elementary High School Middle School
Credits Available
4.00 OPI Credits
4.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
Adult and Child Heartsaver First Aid, CPR, AED   Jun 7, 2023

High School Summer School Training
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12076
Description

Class will cover philosophy and policies for Billings Public Schools Summer school for 2023. Apex information, classroom management, and overall climate issues will be discussed.

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High School
Credits Available
3.00 OPI Credits
3.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
High School Summer School Training   Jun 8, 2023

Montana Shared Catalog Training - K-12 Librarians Only
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12077
Description

This training will be a hands on training for K-12 BPS Librarians. The Montana Shared Catalog (MSC) is our new circulation system. A state MSC training will walk us through the following procedures: cataloguing, reports, billing, help desk and user data. Librarians need only 1 day of training

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Elementary High School Middle School
Credits Available
8.00 OPI Credits
8.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (2 of 2 total)
Section 1
Montana Shared Catalog Training   Aug 1, 2023
Section 2
Montana Shared Catalog Training   Aug 2, 2023

Apple Teacher Certification - iPad
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12078
Description

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

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Tags
Elementary High School Middle School
Credits Available
3.00 OPI Credits
3.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
Apple Teacher Certification - iPad   Asynchronous course.

Apple Teacher Certification - Mac
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12079
Description

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

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Tags
Elementary High School Middle School
Credits Available
3.00 OPI Credits
3.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
Apple Teacher Certification - Mac   Asynchronous course.

23-24 Google Certification Level 1
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12080
Description

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

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Elementary Middle School Remote Technology
Credits Available
3.00 OPI Credits
3.00 Trade Credits
3.00 Step-Up Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
Asynchronous Testing   Asynchronous course.

Apple Teacher Certification - Swift Playgrounds
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12081
Description

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

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Tags
Elementary High School Middle School
Credits Available
2.00 OPI Credits
2.00 Trade Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
Apple Teacher Certification - Swift Playgrounds   Asynchronous course.

23-24 Google Certification Level 2
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12082
Description

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

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Elementary Middle School Remote Technology
Credits Available
3.00 OPI Credits
3.00 Trade Credits
3.00 Step-Up Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
Asynchronous Testing   Asynchronous course.

23-24 Google Educator Recertification Level 1
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12083
Description

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

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Elementary Middle School Remote Technology
Credits Available
3.00 OPI Credits
3.00 Trade Credits
3.00 Step-Up Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
Asynchronous Testing   Asynchronous course.

23-24 Google Educator Recertification Level 2
Offered By : Billings Public Schools

Course ID : 12084
Description

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

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Elementary Middle School Remote Technology
Credits Available
1.00 OPI Credit
3.00 Trade Credits
3.00 Step-Up Credits
Fee
No fee.
Upcoming Sections (1 of 1 total)
Section 1
Asynchronous Testing   Asynchronous course.

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228 courses total.

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