PIR Days 2010-2011
March 7, 2011 PIR Day
This PIR Day was held at the Crown Plaza in Billings and and expand on the September 13, 2010, workshop with Jay McTighe. Two of Jay McTighe's associates, Opal Davis Dawson and Erik Powell presented on this day.
Link to the material used on the day and to lessons that were generated by workshop participants may be accesses at the links below:
- March 7th PIR Day Workshop Slide Show
- Understanding by Design Template generic template in Word format
- High School Understanding by Design Lessons
- Kindergarten-Eighth Understanding by Design Lessons
- Opal Davis Dawson's PowerPoint in PDF format
There are 82 pages to this document with, three slides on each page - Erik Powell's PowerPoint in PDF format
There are 11 pages to this document, with three slides on each page
September 13, 2010
Dr. Jay McTighe, author of Understanding by Design, Backward Design, and Essential Questions and more ... was the guest presenter at the September 13, 2010 ACE PIR Day workshop. Bus driver training was also help on this day. Below are links to information pertaining to the workshops.
- McTighe Workshop Evaluation
- PIR Day Attendance Sheet.xls
- Understanding by Design Unit Template
- Social Studies Transferable Concept
- Language Arts/Literature Essential Questions
- Math Essential Questions
- An Introduction to Understanding by Design
- Bus Driver Training Evaluation
- Bus Driver Workshop Slideshow
PIR Days 2009-2010
March 1, 2010 PIR Day
Visit the links below for presentation information:
- Working with Kids with Asperger Syndrome:
Practical Strategies for the Classroom - PDF - 15 Fixes for Broken Grades PowerPoint Slides - PDF
- One District’s Story: MWP’s Summer Institutes Raise Test Scores - PDF
- Montana Surveys of Enacted Curriculum Project - ppt
- Using Data to Improve Schools - ppt
- 5YCEP, Now What? - ppt
September 14, 2009 PIR Day
Dr. Harry Wong was he speaker at the September 14th ACE PIR Day which was held at the Laurel High School.
View our album of Dr. Wong's presentation here:
Dr. Wong: Guest Speaker at the September 14, 2009 PIR Day
Evaluations for this day are available at the links below:
• Harry Wong Workshop Evaluation
• Bus Driver Workshop Evaluation
To learn more about Dr. Wong, visit the link below:
Dr. Harry Wong, Ed.D - The Effective Teacher: Classroom Management
PIR Days 2008-2009
March 2, 2009 PIR Day
Highlights from the March PIR Day may be accessed here.
Visit the following link to read evaluations of the March PIR Day: Evaluation Documents
September 8, 2008 ACE PIR Day
Visit the following link to view the archives: 2008 PIR Day
The following information is available.
~Joseph Whelan PowerPoint presentation
~List of sectionals
~Evaluation forms for each sectional
~List of workshop participants and attendance
~Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
~Cooperative Spelling Groups
PIR Days 2007-2008
March 3, 2008
The March 3rd PIR Day event was a follow-up to Bea McGarvey's presentation of September 10, 2007. Ms. Jane K. Doty, an international trainer and author and consultant for Marzano & Associates, was the presenter. (Bea was unable to attend the March meeting.) More information about Jane is available at her website at www.janekdoty.org. The handout used in the March presentation may be downloaded here: What Works in Schools
September 10, 2007
ACE sponsored nationally known educator and speaker Bea McGarvey at this PIR Day event in Billings. The following link has photos and information about the presentation: September 10, 2007 Bea McGarvey Photo Album Bea's handout for the event, "Classroom Instruction that Work", may be downloaded here.