December 2017 Member Newsletter

Mark Your Calendars for SWWC's 2017-18 Conferences! Law Seminar for School Administrators: February 8, 2018; Marshall This is IT2 Technology Conference: March 11-12, 2018; Redwood Falls Behavior Conference: April 9, 2018; Marshall Behavior Conference: April 10, 2018; Brookings Annual School Business Conference: April 11, 2018; SMSU/Marshall Summer Leadership Conference: June 18-20, 2018; Arrowwood/Alexandria

Take Part in our Virtual Career Fair! March 13-15, 2018 9am - 3pm each day Connect with job seekers without leaving your office! Read more on our flyer!

Administrative Services

Questions about Regional HR Support Services? Contact Elizabeth Sullivan at elizabeth.sullivan@swsc.org

2018 Mileage Rates Beginning on January 1, 2018, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be: 54.5 cents for every mile of business travel driven, up 1 cent from the rate for 2017. 18 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes, up 1 cent from the rate for 2017. 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations.

Education Services

Teaching & Learning Updates

PBIS Cohort 14 - Applications Due January 18, 2018 Teams can now apply for Cohort 14 training (Summer 2018-Spring 2020) on the MN PBIS website at http://pbismn.org/getting-started/application-for-school-training.php. Contact Teresa Hunt with questions at teresa.hunt@swsc.org. 2018 Teacher Licensure Renewal Webinars Find more information about each webinar and register at www.swsc.org/workshops . All webinars will be held from 3:30pm - 4:30pm unless otherwise noted . January 25 - Engaging Students with Interactive Tools January 29 - Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies February 7 - Accommodations & Modifications February 22 - Onset of Mental Health Webinar March 5 - Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies March 16 - Protecting our Students with Interactive Tools April 10 - Reading Strategies for Non-ELA Teachers April 10 - 7am - 8am Onset of Mental Health Webinar May 2 - Teaching All Students: A Guide to Accommodations and Modifications May 15 - Engaging Students with Interactive Tools May 21 - Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies

Creative Writing Contest Challenge students to get creative with their words. Encourage them to get involved with the 2018 Creative Writing Contest . This is a wonderful opportunity for Regions 6 & 8 students in grades 3-12 to use their creative imaginations to generate unique fiction and nonfiction stories and poems. Use this as a classroom project or encourage students to enter on their own. Over the holidays is the perfect time for students to generate great stories. Visit www.swsc.org/cw for contest rules, guidelines and other details. Geoff Herbach will be the guest speaker at this year’s Awards Ceremony in April. Each winning student will be recognized for their talented work. Help us encourage the love of writing.  The 24 th Annual Science & Nature Conference What do you get when you combine the curious nature of students with cutting edge topics in science and technology? One of the largest and most popular science conferences for students in the country! The Science & Nature Conference provides students a unique opportunity to work with a variety of science related subjects. It is a fun and enriching opportunity to get students excited about science. With hands-on learning and demonstrations students will get to experience a variety of interesting science sessions from animals to chemistry to technology, engineering, power, physics, the body and much more. Mark your calendar for May 9, 2018 , to come join us for the 2018 Science & Nature Conference. Visit www.swsc.org/sn for specific information. Brochures will be available in mid February.

Special Education Updates

Watch our new Cosmos Learning Center video!

Other Information

SMSU Health Careers Day - March 22, 2018 Save the date - share the information with your students! This is a great opportunity for students to explore career opportunities! Read the Event Flyer. Minnesota STEM Teacher Center Educators across Minnesota are using the free resources at the Minnesota STEM Teacher Center to support their professional development and develop new classroom curriculum in mathematics and science. The site was produced in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Education and is supported by the MN Council of Teachers and Mathematics, the Minnesota Science Teachers Association, and the Minnesota Technology and Engineering Educators Association. http://scimathmn.org/stemtc/

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