Fwd: [MT ITE] Montana CTE Best Practices: Professional Development Virtual Webinars and/or In Person Oct 14th

[Eric Tilleman]

Montana CTE Best Practices Professional Development Series

Virtual 1-hour sessions 

Open to ALL Montana CTE Instructors

Career and Technical Education programs jump from managing live lab spaces, tracking certifications, mapping pathways, offering WBL opportunities, and grading many different projects, while providing individualized instruction; your plate is full.

Whether you are stepping into your very first Montana classroom or you are a 25-year veteran looking to refresh your toolkit, the MT CTE Best Practices Series is built for you. 

These fast-paced, interactive, one-hour working sessions designed to help solve your classroom headaches, share digital resources, and connect you with peers across the state. In hopes to create a cohort of CTE teachers from different content focuses.  Sign up for one, or join us for the whole series! 

Webinars Dates & Topics

• Sept 17th, 2026 - Control the Chaos: Real-World Classroom Management Tips & Tricks
• Sept 29th, 2026 - Rethinking the Gradebook: Purposeful CTE Assessments
• Jan 26th, 2027- Rubric Remodel: Designing Performance-Based Grading: Authentic Assessment Design.
• Feb 11th, 2027 - The 'Bulletproof' Lab Safety Audit & Protocol Lab Liability & Safety Infrastructure.
• March, 3rd, 2027 -The CTE Blueprint: Curriculum Crosswalks, Integration and Realignment.

Please complete all questions below and submit. A registration confirmation will be sent via email after your registration has been processed. Up to nine (5) OPI Renewal Units will be available for attendees if they attend all of the webinars.

Attendance at all webinars is not required but we would love to have you! 

Montana CTE Best Practices Webinars Registration 

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In Person Event: Montana OPI CTE Best Practices Conference

• Date: October 14th
• Location: Fairmont Hot Springs
• Time: 11 am - 5 pm

Event Description: The Montana CTE Best Practices In person event is a collaborative, statewide professional development event designed to empower Career and Technical Education instructors to enhance program quality, visibility, and intra-curricular depth. This day moves beyond passive listening into active creation.

Participants will learn directly from a peer-led panel of expert Montana educators sharing proven teaching methodologies and classroom adaptations. In localized working sessions.

Whether you are stepping into your very first Montana classroom or you are a 25-year veteran looking to refresh your toolkit, the MT CTE Best Practices In Person Event is built for you. 

Please complete all questions below and submit. A registration confirmation will be sent via email after your registration has been processed. Up to nine (6) OPI Renewal Units will be available for attendees.

Montana CTE Best Practices In Person Event Registration

Event Schedule 

Welcome & Introductions

• MT CTE Professional Peer Panel - Veteran and mid-career Montana teachers discuss successful instructional shifts, their best-received lesson plans, and lessons learned the hard way
• Montana Career Pathway: School Specific Mapping & Planning - Utilizing OPI’s Approved Pathway guidelines, school teams look at their local course codes and community partnerships to draft or refine a unique, localized program of study. 
• Hype your program: The CTE Marketing Lab - Bring your own laptop - A working lab where teachers leave with physical or digital deliverables (e.g., a Canva-based program brochure, a recruitment presentation for middle/high schoolers, or a press-release template a highlighting student projects or WBL).
• Breakout Sessions
  • Breaking Down Perkins V & Local Grants 
  • Bridging the Gap: Localizing Dual Enrollment - Higher-Ed Articulation
  • Catching Them Early: The Middle School Pipeline - Recruitment
    Pipelines.
  • Tech Tools & AI in the CTE Classroom - Modern Instructional
    Technology
  • Advisory Boards That Actually Work - Community Stakeholder
    Engagement.
  • The Resource Sharing/Collaboration - Collaborative Resource
    Swapping.

Session & Workshop Debrief, Questions & Answers, and closing.

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