Keynotes

Join keynote speakers in the Gallatin HS Auditorium or live stream virtually from your device.

Primary Curriculum Group
MSCA (School Counselors)
Name
Leading Above the Line
Description

This keynote, delivered in a storytelling, interactive style, will explore the concept of leading from "above the line"- encouraging a mindset shift toward conscious leadership.

Date & Time
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Primary Curriculum Group
MCTM (Math)
Name
The Floor is Lava: Creating Mathematical Possibility by Constraining Mathematical Possibility
Description

Rich mathematical activity is often associated with open problems, and we rarely pair the limits on student actions with an increase in mathematical possibility. However, in this session we consider how playing with what is forbidden in a mathematical task can help us design and use problems that open doors to deep mathematical understanding.

Date & Time
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Primary Curriculum Group
MATELA (English Language Arts)/WPUBS (Writing Projects)
Name
Discovering the Newness of Older Books
Description

In today’s breakneck publishing model, books go out of print almost as fast as they are published. That not only creates a glut of often poor-quality material for educators to wade through, it promotes an environment in which quality books are often overlooked and forgotten. In this year’s keynote, Montana author Sneed B. Collard III discusses the value of older books, and surveys both his older and newer “greatest hits”—including his 2024 Orbis Pictus Award winner, Border Crossings and his newest picture book, Like No Other: Earth’s Coolest One-of-a-Kind Creatures.

Date & Time
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Secondary Curriculum Group
GENERAL
Primary Curriculum Group
MAEA (Art)
Name
Fostering Educator Well-being: Embracing Artistic Practice for Professional Growth
Description

Join us to explore how artistic practice can enhance educators' personal and professional well-being. Learn strategies for self-care and creative engagement that enrich teaching and the fundamental benefits of the neuroscience of art and the brain. This presentation will discuss the importance of self-care and artistic engagement for educators, offering strategies to balance teaching demands with personal creative pursuits. Participants will gain insights into cultivating a sustainable teaching career that prioritizes personal well-being and professional effectiveness.

Date & Time
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Secondary Curriculum Group
GENERAL
Primary Curriculum Group
MT STOY (Teachers of the Year)
Name
MT STOY Keynote: Kevin KickingWoman
Description

2024 Montana Teacher of the Year Kevin KickingWoman will share his experience teaching Indian Education and why all teachers need to integrate it into their curriculum.

Date & Time
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Secondary Curriculum Group
GENERAL
Primary Curriculum Group
MSTA (Science)
Name
Preparing for Launch: Strategies to Engage the Next Generation of Scientists & Engineers
Description

Brock LaMeres, Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, author, Boeing Professor, NASA Engineer, whose designs have been to the moon, will talk share his experiences in teaching the next generation of scientists. Brock is not only an accomplished professor, he is a respected teacher and does significant outreach to K-12 schools across the nation and the state.

Date & Time
Friday, October 18, 2024, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Secondary Curriculum Group
MCTM (Mathematics)
Primary Curriculum Group
GENERAL
Name
Indigenous Language and Culture Keynote
Description

The Hunt for Red Pedagogy is a quest to seek out those scholars and educators committed to understanding and practicing the structural institutional impedances to attaining a society of race and ethnic pluralism. This talk is a primer to help faculty think more consciously about the meaning of colonization and decolonization in higher education; offer strategies for individuals and groups as they seek to combat this pervasive social problem; to introduce tribal sovereignty nomenclature, and assist in developing tangible strategies for decolonizing one’s life and praxis through a conceptual framework called “wave-jumping.” The Transformational Indigenous Praxis Model will guide how educators can decolonize research methodologies and emerge from Indigenous epistemology frameworks, so they are always people- and place-specific.

 

 

Capacity
80
Date & Time
Friday, October 18, 2024, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Secondary Curriculum Group
MIEA (Indian Education)