November 14, 2018 Edition
IN THIS EDITION Spring 2019 Food Order Window opens Nov. 15 | Tech Summit Early Bird Registration Open NOW | Dec. 7 CPI Workshop in Bozeman is a GO | FREE PD: GT Fall Super Saturday Dec. 8 | Infinite Campus User Group Meetings | Nov. 13 Medicaid Newsletter | Joke of the Week | Addt'l PD Opportunities & Resources
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ATTENTION FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS
CO-OP FOOD ORDER WINDOW
OPEN NOV. 15 - DEC. 11 !!!
For three years this statewide SWMSS program has provided quality food and food service supplies to school districts across Montana (and now Wyoming!) at a substantial cost savings through high volume competitive bid purchasing.
ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Food Services of America has been awarded the Spring 2019 bid
  • The Spring 2019 Item Price List - Order Form has been posted to the SWMSS website
  • [CLICK HERE] for program details, the new Item Price List - Order Form, a link to the Marketplace, and more!
  • We have several new products to order - read about them here
  • The newly streamlined order process received a standing ovation by our advisory committee
  • Over 125 districts across Montana (and a few in Wyoming) participate in our order; several new districts are registered for this order window

PLEASE NOTE: this order window closes DEC. 11

For more information & program registration, please contact:
Jennifer Brekke | jbrekke@swmss.coop | (406) 522-6024
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
6TH ANNUAL TECH SUMMIT
February 4-5, 2019 | Bozeman, MT
You are NOT going to want to miss our 6th Annual Tech Summit! Early bird registration closes December 15 - register your team today. Our presenters include Google Education Evangelist Jaime Casap and Minecraft's very own Kyle Calderwood! [ Click here ] to register.
OUR KEYNOTE HAILS FROM GOOGLE
This year's Tech Summit features keynote speaker Jaime Casap , Global Education Evangelist at Google, Inc. (Yes, we said GOOGLE.) Jaime evangelizes the power and potential of the web, technology, and Google tools as enabling and supporting capabilities in pursuit of creating powerful learning models. In eight years at Google, Jaime was part of the original team that launched Google Apps for universities, launched Google Apps into K12, and helped get Chromebooks off the ground and into schools. Today he is responsible for working across all internal teams that impact education, and he works with educational organizations around the world, helping them find ways to improve the quality of education through the use of technology.

On February 4, 2018 Jaime will set the tone for our entire event as the most incredible, impactful, game-changing SWMSS Tech Summit to date!

[ CLICK HERE ] for DETAILS & REGISTRATION
[includes a list of breakout session presenters, bios, session titles and descriptions]
For more information please contact:
Mary Anne Skinner | maskinner@swmss.coop | (406) 522-6069
CPI WORKSHOP DEC. 7
Hosted by Cottonwood Day School, Bozeman MT
8 am - 4:30 pm | Lunch provided :)
The Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training program is a safe, nonharmful behavior management system designed to help human service providers give the best possible care, welfare, safety and security to disruptive, assaultive, and out-of-control individuals. Our one day workshop provides you with 8 OPI Renewal Units.
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This workshop is hosted by Cottonwood Day School,
SWMSS newest member school district!

- Workshop is limited to 25 people -
[ click here ] for details & registration today!

Questions? Want to host a class? Please contact our CPI instructor:
Melissa Hanson | mhansonmtpsych@gmail.com
- FREE SWMSS PD -
GIFTED & TALENTED SUPER SATURDAY
presented by Dianne Fowler, M. ED
8:30am - 3:30pm | December 8 | Willson School, Bozeman

6 OPI Renewal Units Available
- MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND -
MORNING AGENDA: Differentiation using Kaplan Icons of Depth and Complexity
AFTERNOON AGENDA: Upgrading Questioning for Complexity & Depth

[click here] to register - deadline is Dec. 4th


For additional information please contact our instructor:
Dianne Fowler | upanotch4kids@gmail.com | cell (830) 870-2002
- SWMSS PRESENTS -
FREE INFINITE CAMPUS
USER GROUP MEETINGS

Choose from one of three dates & locations:
Fairfield 11/27 - Colstrip 12/13 - Bozeman 12/20
(all work sessions are 8:30 am - 4 pm)
Attention Montana Infinite Campus school districts! You are invited to attend our FREE work group sessions geared toward admin, registrars, counselors, and anyone responsible for data and reporting. [ click here for agenda ]

[ click here ] to REGISTER your team today!
Presented by Southwest Montana School Services
Todd Lark | tlark@swmss.coop | (406) 208-7956
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- check out our latest -
MEDICAID NEWSLETTER
The Nov. 13 edition features upgrades to the Service Portal, Compliance Matters & the Consent to Bill form, logging instructions for Personal Care services, and links to manuals for Therapists and Personal Care/Nursing. Please [ click here ] to read more.
Questions? Looking for more information? Please contact:
Lisa Waterman | lwaterman@swmss.coop | (406) 624-3336 ext. 4
JOKE OF THE WEEK
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING & RESOURCES


  • FREE PD in Southwest MT by Region IV CSPD:
  • Corrective Reading Instruction, grades 3-12, Nov. 28 in Bozeman; details
  • Becoming a Classroom Chef with the Math Chefs, Jan. 11 in Butte; details
  • Math Chef: Make Math Meaningful, Jan. 12 in Bozeman; details

  • FREE Google training: Grow with Google, Nov. 15 in Bozeman; details

  • SWMSS 2018-19 Indian Education for All (IEFA) Offerings - Flyer

  • SAVE THE DATE: 2nd Annual MT Science Summer Institute Aug. 6-7, 2019 at MSU-Bozeman; sign up to receive updates including session topics, speaker bios, and conference details HERE

THANK YOU TO OUR 2018-19
BUSINESS SPONSORS
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