COMMON PIR DAY SCHEDULE DETAILS & INFORMATION
Sept. 28, 2018 | Willson Building | 404 West Main Street | Bozeman, MT
“Supporting the Whole Child: Social, Emotional, and Academic Development”
Thank you for participating in the 2nd Annual Common PIR Day sponsored by Region IV CSPD and Southwest Montana School Services. Sign-in & registration materials pick up for all registered participants will be in the Willson Building lobby between 8:15 am - 8:45 am. The keynote speaker session will start promptly at 9 am - please be in your seats on time. Reminder (per the Willson Building) - NO FOOD OR DRINKS are allowed in the auditorium.
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
Districts are encouraged to provide bus transportation from their schools to the event. PARTICIPANTS MAY NOT PARK IN THE WILLSON STAFF PARKING LOTS. Participants and busses may park in the empty lot across the street (NW of the Willson) - look for the signs. Additional parking is available in the large parking lot to the NW of the empty lot. Busses may unload in front of the Willson building.
RENEWAL UNITS
All participants will receive OPI renewal units for the sessions they attend. Forms will be available for the morning keynote session as you exit the auditorium; afternoon session forms will be available at the check-in table in the lobby at the end of the day. Up to 6 renewal units are available.
Sept. 28, 2018 | Willson Building | 404 West Main Street | Bozeman, MT
“Supporting the Whole Child: Social, Emotional, and Academic Development”
Thank you for participating in the 2nd Annual Common PIR Day sponsored by Region IV CSPD and Southwest Montana School Services. Sign-in & registration materials pick up for all registered participants will be in the Willson Building lobby between 8:15 am - 8:45 am. The keynote speaker session will start promptly at 9 am - please be in your seats on time. Reminder (per the Willson Building) - NO FOOD OR DRINKS are allowed in the auditorium.
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
Districts are encouraged to provide bus transportation from their schools to the event. PARTICIPANTS MAY NOT PARK IN THE WILLSON STAFF PARKING LOTS. Participants and busses may park in the empty lot across the street (NW of the Willson) - look for the signs. Additional parking is available in the large parking lot to the NW of the empty lot. Busses may unload in front of the Willson building.
RENEWAL UNITS
All participants will receive OPI renewal units for the sessions they attend. Forms will be available for the morning keynote session as you exit the auditorium; afternoon session forms will be available at the check-in table in the lobby at the end of the day. Up to 6 renewal units are available.
- please welcome our keynote speaker -
SANDRA-LYNN SHORTALL
Sandra-Lynn Shortall is an accomplished education leader, currently employed as the District Principal for Early Learning - Student Support Services for the West Vancouver School District, Canada’s highest achieving public school district. Sandra-Lynn is a frequent speaker on the link between social-emotional learning, self-regulation, educational leadership, transformation and optimal learning outcomes. She earned her Master’s in Education at the University of British Columbia specializing in Educational Leadership and Administration in 2003, following completion of Bachelor’s degrees in Education and Special Education at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Sandra-Lynn is recognized across Canada for her deep knowledge of cutting-edge early learning initiatives. She has made numerous media and public appearances in Canada and in the United States. Her work focuses on the importance of human connection – the value of nourishing both the heart and the mind as the foundation of successful healthy human development, community connections, professional learning, student engagement and academic excellence.
SANDRA-LYNN SHORTALL
Sandra-Lynn Shortall is an accomplished education leader, currently employed as the District Principal for Early Learning - Student Support Services for the West Vancouver School District, Canada’s highest achieving public school district. Sandra-Lynn is a frequent speaker on the link between social-emotional learning, self-regulation, educational leadership, transformation and optimal learning outcomes. She earned her Master’s in Education at the University of British Columbia specializing in Educational Leadership and Administration in 2003, following completion of Bachelor’s degrees in Education and Special Education at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Sandra-Lynn is recognized across Canada for her deep knowledge of cutting-edge early learning initiatives. She has made numerous media and public appearances in Canada and in the United States. Her work focuses on the importance of human connection – the value of nourishing both the heart and the mind as the foundation of successful healthy human development, community connections, professional learning, student engagement and academic excellence.
DETAILED SCHEDULE
(Session Descriptions Listed Below)
9:00 - 12:00
Location: Auditorium (1st Floor)
12:00 - 12:35
12:45 - 3:45
Location: 217B (2nd Floor)
12:45 - 2:15
Location: Library 217A (2nd Floor)
Location: Auditorium
Location: Commons (2nd Floor)
2:15 - 3:45
Location: Library 217A (2nd Floor)
Location: Commons (2nd Floor)
SWMSS Q & A: stop in to visit with SWMSS staff on any of the following topics:
(Session Descriptions Listed Below)
9:00 - 12:00
- Keynote: The Game Changers - Regulation, Resiliency & Relationships
Location: Auditorium (1st Floor)
12:00 - 12:35
- Lunch: assorted boxed lunches from Mama Macs
12:45 - 3:45
- Self-Regulation and Strategic Inquiry: Building Leadership Capacity through the Lens of Self-Regulation [for administrators]
Location: 217B (2nd Floor)
12:45 - 2:15
- Integrating Trauma-Informed Care into Communities and Schools
Location: Library 217A (2nd Floor)
- Data Savvy for SEL - Collecting and Using Data to Encourage SEL in Your District
Location: Auditorium
- Building Empathy and Positive Interactions Among Students
Location: Commons (2nd Floor)
2:15 - 3:45
- Integrating Trauma-Informed Care into Communities and Schools [repeat]
Location: Library 217A (2nd Floor)
- Building Empathy and Positive Interactions Among Students [repeat]
Location: Commons (2nd Floor)
SWMSS Q & A: stop in to visit with SWMSS staff on any of the following topics:
- Medicaid Billing - Lisa Waterman: SWMSS office room 225
- Technology Services - Todd Lark & Mary Anne Skinner: conference room 129C
- Food Services - Jennifer Brekke: SWMSS office room 225
- Professional Learning / MECC - Tom Franta & Jeff Blessum: conference room 139
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
Core Principle: ‘Getting small to get big results’
✓ Marriage of Self-Regulation, mental health, school improvement (culture-climate) & leadership development
✓ How can strategic inquiry change school culture? How can strategic inquiry enhance leadership capacity?
Learning Objectives
1. To understand the unique and multifaceted impacts of early trauma-exposure on a child’s biological functioning, worldview, and self-concept;
2. To conceptualize “problem-behaviors” and challenges as reactions to traumatic experience;
3. To effectively incorporate this conceptualization in order to develop compassionate, strengths-based, and effective interventions for better supporting trauma-exposed youth in communities and schools.
- Keynote: The Game Changers - Regulation, Resiliency & Relationships [Sandra-Lynn Shortall]
- Self-Regulation and Strategic Inquiry: Building Leadership Capacity through the Lens of Self- Regulation [Sandra-Lynn Shortall]
Core Principle: ‘Getting small to get big results’
- Pinpointing areas of need related to Self-Regulation 5 domain model
- Precise skill development and related instructional practice (i.e. direct instruction)
- 4Ts – teams, targets, tasks, training (leadership development)
- Moving students, moving instructional systems, moving colleagues
- Set specific learning goals not action goals
✓ Marriage of Self-Regulation, mental health, school improvement (culture-climate) & leadership development
✓ How can strategic inquiry change school culture? How can strategic inquiry enhance leadership capacity?
- Integrating Trauma-Informed Care into Communities and Schools [Dr. Julian Nolen] <-click for bio
Learning Objectives
1. To understand the unique and multifaceted impacts of early trauma-exposure on a child’s biological functioning, worldview, and self-concept;
2. To conceptualize “problem-behaviors” and challenges as reactions to traumatic experience;
3. To effectively incorporate this conceptualization in order to develop compassionate, strengths-based, and effective interventions for better supporting trauma-exposed youth in communities and schools.
- Building Empathy and Positive Interactions Among Students [Melissa Tovaas] <-click for bio
- Data Savvy for SEL - Collecting and Using Data to Encourage SEL in Your District...