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LeadScape Inclusive Education Resources - Webtour - October 19, 2009

Learn about the many resources available on our NIUSI-LeadScape website by joining this one-hour webtour on Monday, October 19 at 3:00 Eastern (2:00 Central/1:00 Mountain/12:00 Pacific & AZ/11:00 AK/9:00 HI).

Your tour guide will be Elaine Mulligan, the Assistant Director of NIUSI-LeadScape. School leaders, professional development coordinators, educators, parents, and technical assistance providers will find useful resources on this site including:

• LeadCast expert blog on inclusive practices
• Topical Briefs on research-based practices for improving outcomes
• Professional Learning modules
• Event announcements
• Spotlights on notable work going on around the country
• National and selected district data maps

To register for the tour, go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=P0QDLIamXX14di7lmw4biQ_3d_3d

Diana MTK Autin
Executive Co-Director
Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
(973) 642-8100 x 105
diana.autin@spannj.org
Empowered Parents: Educated, Engaged, Effective!

MBI Youth Day(s) - Miles City - Dec. 6 & 7, 2009

Greetings!

Effective school change requires wide stakeholder participation. Engaging the student voice in designing and implementing school change can be very powerful. We can make a difference – one student and one school at a time.

• December 6 & 7 – Miles City

Bobby Petrocelli, speaker, author, educator and coach will be working with the youth day teams. Bobby will share with our youth the power of their decisions and how to build a strong foundation for their lives. He is the author of several books, including 10 Seconds Will Change Your Life Forever. Please check out his Web site at: www.10seconds.org. Please play your part and join us for a memorable Youth Day experience. Everything in the world starts with one person, one decision

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MBI Youth Day(s) - Billings - Nov. 22 & 23, 2009

Greetings!

Effective school change requires wide stakeholder participation. Engaging the student voice in designing and implementing school change can be very powerful. We can make a difference – one student and one school at a time.

• November 22 & 23 – Billings

Bobby Petrocelli, speaker, author, educator and coach will be working with the youth day teams. Bobby will share with our youth the power of their decisions and how to build a strong foundation for their lives. He is the author of several books, including 10 Seconds Will Change Your Life Forever. Please check out his Web site at: www.10seconds.org. Please play your part and join us for a memorable Youth Day experience. Everything in the world starts with one person, one decision

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MBI Youth Day(s) - Bozeman - Nov. 15 & 16, 2009

Greetings!

Effective school change requires wide stakeholder participation. Engaging the student voice in designing and implementing school change can be very powerful. We can make a difference – one student and one school at a time.

• November 15 & 16 –Bozeman

Bobby Petrocelli, speaker, author, educator and coach will be working with the youth day teams. Bobby will share with our youth the power of their decisions and how to build a strong foundation for their lives. He is the author of several books, including 10 Seconds Will Change Your Life Forever. Please check out his Web site at: www.10seconds.org. Please play your part and join us for a memorable Youth Day experience. Everything in the world starts with one person, one decision

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MBI Youth Day(s) - Great Falls - Nov. 8 & 9, 2009

Greetings!

Effective school change requires wide stakeholder participation. Engaging the student voice in designing and implementing school change can be very powerful. We can make a difference – one student and one school at a time.

• November 8 & 9 - Great Falls

Bobby Petrocelli, speaker, author, educator and coach will be working with the youth day teams. Bobby will share with our youth the power of their decisions and how to build a strong foundation for their lives. He is the author of several books, including 10 Seconds Will Change Your Life Forever. Please check out his Web site at: www.10seconds.org. Please play your part and join us for a memorable Youth Day experience. Everything in the world starts with one person, one decision

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MBI Youth Day(s) - Missoula- Nov. 1 & 2, 2009

Greetings!

Effective school change requires wide stakeholder participation. Engaging the student voice in designing and implementing school change can be very powerful. We can make a difference – one student and one school at a time.

• November 1 & 2 – Missoula

Bobby Petrocelli, speaker, author, educator and coach will be working with the youth day teams. Bobby will share with our youth the power of their decisions and how to build a strong foundation for their lives. He is the author of several books, including 10 Seconds Will Change Your Life Forever. Please check out his Web site at: www.10seconds.org. Please play your part and join us for a memorable Youth Day experience. Everything in the world starts with one person, one decision

Click here to view the full memo (PDF)

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America Goes Back to School: A National Town Hall Meeting with Arne Duncan - September 15, 2009

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is traveling throughout the country to engage a broad group of stakeholders—including parents—in an open and honest conversation about federal education policy in anticipation of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Already, the secretary has met with hundreds of mothers and fathers, students, teachers, principals, education support staff, superintendents, college professors, higher education administrators, and community leaders during his national tour, “Listening and Learning: A Conversation About Education Reform.”

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The Bozeman Special Education PTA is Recruiting Members

Dear Current and Future SEPTA Members,

A new year has started and we need to collect membership dues from everyone for this year. Dues are still $10 for an individual and $15 for a family. We have to pay state and national for every member and that is why dues are so important. If you are already a member please send a check for this year's dues to me at: Alyson Ball, 1103 S. Pinecrest Dr., Bozeman, MT 59715. If you wish to become a member please send your dues check along with your name, address, phone number, and email address. This way I can get all the member databases up to date and forward the money to our treasurer so she can pay our state and national dues. If you are unable to afford the money then please send a note to that effect and we will scholarship your dues. Anyone that we do not hear from will no longer be a member. Thank you so much for your support of SEPTA.

Alyson Ball, secretary

P.S. If you just became a member in the last month, you have already paid this year's dues.

Positive Behavior Supports Case Study Groups: Supporting School Based Teams - Billings - October 29th

MSU Billings College of Education Building - Room 122

Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is an approach to helping people improve their difficult behavior that is based on four things:

1. An understanding that people do not control others, but seek to support others in their own behavior change process

2. A belief that there is a reason behind most difficult behavior, that people with difficult behavior should be treated with compassion and respect, and that they are entitled to lives of quality as well as effective services

3. The application of a large and growing body of knowledge about how to better understand people and make humane changes in their lives that can reduce the occurrence of difficult behavior

4. A conviction to continually move away from coercion, the use of unpleasant events, to manage behavior

Participants are required to present a brief case summary for discussion and are encouraged to remain for the duration of the learning group to participate in all of the case presentations. Cases may be presented orally, however short video presentations of 5-10 minutes, are preferred for the group to review. Each case will be allotted a one‑hour review. A signed student information release form from the parent/guardian for case presentation is required.

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Region III CSPD Council Meeting - Billings - October 9th

MSUB College of Education, Room 122

Anyone with an interest in planning professional development for educators in Region III is encouraged to attend. Please contact the Region III CSPD Coordinator, Debra Miller, at 657-2072 for more information.