Professional Development
MTAA offers a variety of in-person and virtual professional development opportunities regularly and by request, as well as customized trainings designed to suit your program.
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Next offered: Spring 2025
This free, virtual conference provides opportunities for OST professionals to network with peers from across the country, engage with speakers committed to supporting others in designing enriching STEM activities beyond the classroom and ignite excitement to help youth explore STEM and all the ways it can inspire and set their lives up for success. Sessions elevate resources available through the Million Girls Moonshot Initiative.
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Next offered: Winter 2025
Winter Wonders virtual steam series takes place each winter and highlights Montana-based programs to share STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) resources and ready-to-use activities.
Check out the recordings of the 2024 sessions:
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Next offered: to be announced!
Every other year the Fall Roadshow travels throughout Montana, bringing high quality professional development to a town near you! The previous roadshow offered three sessions: Stop Behavior Before it Starts, STEAM Family Engagement, and HEARTS Trauma Informed Training. Sessions were offered in Missoula, Bozeman, and Helena, as well as virtually.
Interested in seeing a particular town or topic on the next Roadshow schedule?Let us know!
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Next offered: to be announced!
HEARTS Trauma-Informed Principles is offered periodically. The training explores how to manage behavior through a trauma-informed lens.
This transformative training is grounded in the Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools (HEARTS) framework.
Interested in participating in an upcoming HEARTS training or bringing it to your program? Let us know!
Can’t find what you are looking for above?
Contact us today to learn more about additional professional development opportunities customized to fit your program’s unique needs and budget.
“I have struggled with patience for unruly behavior in the classroom, because it feels like we don’t really have many good tools for discipline. But after learning about Trauma-Informed practices I found myself slipping into a mindset of empathy before anger, and I got some great suggestions for preempting outbursts and de-escalation in the classroom if they do happen.”