OPI Compass

1/1: 2025 Educator Licensure Renewals Open
1/7: Brain Science Around Trauma & Trauma Informed Practices - Dose Regulation
1/8: Early Literacy Learning Series - Special Education and Inclusion
1/10: Virtual: FBA to BIP/BSP
1/13: MAST Testing Window 2 Opens
1/13: Virtual: Stress Management and Classroom Climate for Educators
1/13: Transformational Learning and MT Advanced Opportunities new applications and annual reports closes
1/14: Brain Science Around Trauma & Trauma Informed Practices - Building Safe and Connected Relationships
1/14: Supporting Immigrant Students Experiencing Homelessness
1/14: Magic of Words: Academic Language and the Importance of Productive Language Opportunities
1/15: Making It All Add Up: Part 1: Developing Children’s Number Sense, Part 2: Math EVERY Day for EVERY Child!
1/15: MonTECH, AT, and the IEP - Virtual
1/16: Montana’s AI Learning Cohort
1/17: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Relationship Barriers for ASD - Virtual
1/17: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Refusal Barriers for ASD - Virtual
1/21: Brain Science Around Trauma & Trauma Informed Practices - Supporting Students Through Feelings
1/21: Special Education Learning Community Featuring Shara Blair, AIMS/Infinite Campus
1/21: Magic of Words: Word Selection and Explicit Teaching of Specific Words
1/22: Early Literacy Learning Series - Early Writing
1/23: Practical Strategies for Reducing Anxiety and Challenging Behavior in the Classroom
1/24: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Stop Behavior Before it Starts: Part 1 - Virtual
1/27: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Breaking Down Executive Functioning Skills Part 1: Assessment - Virtual
1/27: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Breaking Down Executive Functioning Skills Part 2: Intervention - Virtual
1/28: Brain Science Around Trauma & Trauma Informed Practices - Money in the Bank
1/28: Magic of Words: Word Learning Strategies to Prompt Independent Word Learning
1/31: Impact Aid Applications for 2026
1/31: 2nd Semester Bus Inspections
1/31: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Using Evidence-Based Practices to Teach Safety Skills - Virtual
1/31: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Brain Differences in ASD: What this Means for Behavior - Virtual

2/1-2: Educator Wellness Workshop in Fort Benton
2/3: Spring Student Count Opens
2/3-4: DECA State Career Development conference, Hilton Garden Inn Missoula
2/3: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Refusal Barriers for ASD - Virtual
2/3: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Girls with ASD - Virtual
2/4: Energize! IEFA - Virtual
2/4: Spring ANB Collection Opens
2/4: Spring Teacher Class Collection Opens
2/4: Magic of Words: Using Morphology to Build and Expand Word Networks
2/5: Early Literacy Learning Series Winter and Spring Session: - Virtual
2/7: Accommodations Requests for Grade 11 Students on the ACT with Writing DUE
2/7: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Stop Behavior Before it Starts: Part 1 - Virtual
2/7: Mentorship/Introduction Session - Virtual
2/7: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Stop Behavior Before it Starts: Part 1 - Virtual
2/10: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Breaking Down Executive Functioning Skills Part 1: Assessment - Virtual
2/10: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Breaking Down Executive Functioning Skills Part 2: Intervention - Virtual
2/14: Spring ANB Collection Closes
2/14: Spring Teacher Class Collection Closes
2/14: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Relationship Barriers for ASD - Virtual
2/14-16: Western Business Education Association Conference Double Tree Billings
2/18: Magic of Words: Fostering Word Consciousness to Deepen Word Learning
2/20: Early Literacy Learning Series Winter and Spring Session: - Virtual
2/20: Autism and Classroom Management - Whitefish
2/21: Advanced FBA-BSP - Whitefish
2/21: MAST Testing Window 2 - CLOSES
2/21: ACCESS for ELLs Test Window - CLOSES
2/24: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Brain Differences in ASD: What this Means for Behavior - Virtual
2/25: Magic of Words: Effective Lesson Planning for Vocabulary Instruction
2/25: ESSER amendments submission final date
2/26: February 26: MAST Window 2 Listening Session 3:30-4:30: -Virtual
2/28: Accreditation Submission DUE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

3/1: Yellowstone Writing Project's annual Fire on the Page conference

3/5: Early Literacy Learning Series Winter and Spring
3/3-5/23: Montana Science Assessment Window Open

3/9-11: BPA State Leadership Conference Billings Hotel and Convention Center
3/10: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Stop Behavior Before it Starts: Part 2 Getting Ahead of the Behavior - Virtual
3/10-4/25: Multi-State Alternate Testing Window Open
3/10-4/25: Alternate Science Testing Window Open
3/14: Dr. Jennifer Schoffer Closson, Girls with ASD - Virtual
3/24-25: Early Literacy Learning Series Winter and Spring Session: - Virtual
3/24-25: Annual IEFA Best Practices Conference at East Helena High School
3/24: MAST Testing Window 3 Opens
3/24: 21st CCLC Spring Site Training (Billings)
3/25: 21st CCLC Data Training (Billings)
3/25-4/4: ACT with Writing Window 1
3/28: 21st CCLC Data Training (Great Falls)
3/29: 21st CCLC Spring Site Training (Great Falls)
3/31: 21st CCLC Spring Site Training (Missoula)

4/1:21st CCLC Data Training (Missoula)

4/2-3:Exceptional Children Conference (Butte)

4/3-4:Montana School Counselor’s Association Conference (Billings)

4/4:ACT with Writing Test Window #1 Closes
4/8: Annual CSPD State Council Meeting Helena
4/8-18: ACT with Writing Test Window #2 Open
4/9: COPS grant School Resource training Great Falls
4/9: Annual Special Education Joint Partnership Meeting Helena
4/10: Special Education Advisory Panel Meeting Helena
4/22-5/2: ACT with Writing Test Window #3 Open
4/23: FCS Drive In Technical Training—1300 Building 12:30-3:30 p.m.
4/24-25: 2025 Montana Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Spring Conference, Downtown Helena, Montana
4/24-25: Higher Education Consortium Spring Meeting Missoula
4/25: Multi State Alternate Assessment Testing Window Closes
4/25: Alternate MT Science Assessment Testing Window Closes
4/27-29: 2025 Traffic Education Conference

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6/16-19: OPI Summer Institute (Bozeman)
6/23-25: 21st CCLC Summer Conference (Polson)

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