Learning Hub: General School Issues & Administration

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Creating Asthma Friendly Schools

This course is designed to help you understand what asthma is and what you can do to help make your school asthma friendly for those students with asthma. It was created from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services' Creating Asthma Friendly Schools in Montana: A Resource Guide, Second Edition.

Created by William Biskupaik, DPHHS

Self-paced

1 OPI Renewal Units

All Educators

User Ratings: 4.6

"Very informative and gave me valuable information. This information needs to be disseminated to EVERY teacher!" -Elementary teacher, Bozeman, MT

Facilitator: Marjorie O'Rourke

Navigating The Other Side of Teaching

This course emphasizes environmental, educational, and social demands that influence an educator's daily decisions involving ethics, relationships, and cybertraps. Many of these decisions conflict with personal, organizational, technological, and social factors. Poor decisions -- no matter how well-intentioned -- may result in adverse consequences.

This course is for professional development only and will not be used for any other purpose. It is intended to build an educator’s knowledge and confidence in dealing with education-based ethical decisions.

Created by NASDTEC and vStars

Self-paced

6 OPI Renewal Units

All Educators

User Ratings: 4.1

"I am very thankful this course is available for all teachers. I found it rewarding, and hugely informative, and directional in which I can implement what I've learned in my teaching career." -High School teacher, Missoula, MT

Facilitator: Bruce-Alan Barnard
Facilitator: Kristine Thatcher

The Six Steps to Developing a School Emergency Operations Plan

This course covers the six steps to developing a School Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). By the end of the course, you will have an EOP team, hazards identified, goals and objectives, courses of action, the beginnings of a written plan, and a training and exercise schedule developed for your school. This course is designed to be taken in a group of at least 3 teachers to work through the course together. Read more about group courses.

Created by Amanda Domino, OPI Health Enhancement & Safety Division

Group Course

6 OPI Renewal Units

School Leaders

User Ratings: 4.5

You will need an enrollment key to take this course. Contact Jessica or Cari for access.

Facilitator: Amanda Domino

Using the Montana Early Warning System

This free course discusses the Montana Early Warning System (EWS) and how it can be used in Montana schools. The system is used to identify students at-risk for dropping out in grades 6-12. It uses live student data in a statistical model to determine the chance of drop out.

Created by Eric Meredith, OPI.