The 26th Annual AUGUST INSTITUTE
Connecting Innovators and Educators Under the Big Sky Join us in-person or virtually July 31st - August 2nd, 2024 at Missoula College Missoula, MT (Friday, August 2nd will be virtual ONLY) MTPLC HOSTS MONTANA CONVERSATIONS “MONTANA’S POET LAUREATE” WITH CHRIS LA TRAY at the 2024 August Institute Registration: Blackfoot Communications is providing FREE REGISTRATIONS to all educators serving Blackfoot schools. Additional free registrations will be provided to Montana educators while supplies last. Apply today. WMPLC will notify you, via email, once you have been approved for a free registration. This conference for educators will focus on technology integration into core content areas including sessions on topics such as Artificial Intelligence, media literacy, cybersecurity, and apps such as Curipod and Diffit. Additional sessions may include mindfulness, IEFA, visual arts, SEL, STEAM, suicide intervention, grief support, and Mandt training. Join us for one, two or three days of the conference. This year's conference will be a hybrid platform: You can choose to attend In-person at Missoula College or attend virtually. In most cases, you will not need to select the sessions you plan to attend in advance. Specific sessions will be announced in the coming months, but examples from last year's conference can be viewed here: https://www.wmplc.org/sample-schedule-2023.html Additionally, we will be offering asynchronous courses/sessions using the Thinkific platform. These sessions will run concurrently with the in-person and live zoom options, and also be available for several days prior to the start of the conference and for two weeks after the conference concludes! PLEASE NOTE: You will need to select the Thinkific courses you wish to attend in advance so we can enroll you. However, your completion of the courses will be on your own schedule. Additional information will be provided for how to register at least two weeks prior to the start of the Institute. The Montana Professional Learning Collaboration (MTPLC) hosts Montana Conversation “Montana’s Poet Laureate” with Chris La Tray on Thursday, August 01, 2024. The program is at Missoula College at 8:00 AM.. The presentation is free and open to the public. Funding for the Montana Conversations program is provided by Humanities Montana through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montana’s Cultural Trust, and private donations. We are funded in part by coal severance taxes paid based upon coal mined in Montana and deposited in Montana’s cultural and aesthetic projects trust fund. Métis storyteller and Little Shell Chippewa member Chris La Tray approaches the practice of poetry the same as he does the spiritual life of an Anishinaabe person: which is to say, if one lives an Anishinaabe life, with particular attention to the seven guiding principles of the Seven Grandfather teachings – Humility, Courage, Honesty, Wisdom, Truth, Respect, and Love – then every footstep becomes a prayer. Similarly, if one approaches poetry in a similar fashion, recognizing that everything that happens may be viewed as a poem, and that every moment in life is an experience best paid constant and careful attention to, then every footstep becomes a poem. Whether as words on a page or shared orally, poetry becomes another means for telling and sharing stories; La Tray's programs exist to remind people that their stories matter, that they are the only ones who can properly tell them, and that poetry, however it is defined, is a beautiful means for doing so. La Tray is a Métis storyteller and an enrolled member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. He is the author of One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays from the World at Large. His next book, Becoming Little Shell will be published by Milkweed Editions in 2024. Dates: (Times are tentative) Wednesday, July 31st, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Thursday, August 1st, 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Friday, August 2nd, 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Virtual only. Where: The Missoula College, 1205 East Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802 (See website for hotel blocks. Hotel blocks end early in July so please make your reservations as soon as possible to ensure you will be able to get one.) Or you can attend some of the sessions via Zoom. These sessions will be identified on the schedule as it becomes finalized. Not all sessions will be available both face to face and virtually! Coffee will be provided each day and lunch will be provided on July 31st and August 1 for those attending in person. Credit Options: July 31st: 6 OPI renewal units August 1st: 6 OPI renewal units August 2nd: 3 OPI renewal units or 2 semester credits at an additional charge of $155. (not part of Blackfoot's free registration). A separate Semester Credit Registration Form will be provided at the conference. The third day of the conference (August 2nd) is a virtual-only, half day session that is required if you choose to take the August Institute for University of Montana semester credits. Event Number: 24570002 Register here: https://forms.gle/8PuTbf1LjDDbXwHa9 |
Keynote: Beyond the Chalk presenters;
Jeff Crews and Dean Phillips Hotel blocks: Hotel blocks end on June 30 so please make your reservations as soon as possible to ensure you will be able to get one.
MTPLC HOSTS MONTANA CONVERSATIONS “MONTANA’S POET LAUREATE” WITH CHRIS LA TRAY at the 2024 August Institute
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