2022 Curriculum Groups
AGATE sessions will address meeting the needs of gifted children across Montana. Specific, content-related supports, social-emotional skills, and pedagogical strategies will be provided to identify and address working with gifted learners, K12.
AGATE will be hosting Tamra Stambaugh, Ph.D., as keynote speaker Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 4:00 pm. Tamra is an associate research professor in special education and executive director of Programs for Talented Youth at Vanderbilt University.
Dr. Tamra Stambaugh
MAEA will be hosting Raymond Yang, NAEA Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion as a Keynote speaker Thursday. In addition an institute held at Archie Bray on Friday.
Ray Yang
MALT will be hosting Author, Carol Gaab, (Esperanza, Brandon Brown series, Problemas au Pardis and more) is the keynote speaker for MALT in Helena 2022. She will present on Thursday about acquisition-driven instruction and designing units using novels and other resources. Then Friday we will have a wide variety of engaging sectionals presented by our members and language teachers from around the state.
Carol Gabb
MATELA and WPUBS will be hosting keynote speaker, Jeffrey Willhelm. His work is honored by the two top American research awards in English Education: the NCTE Promising Research Award for “You Gotta BE the Book” and the Russell Award for Distinguished Research for “Reading Don’t Fix No Chevys” and for Reading Unbound: Promoting the Power of Pleasure Reading.
Dr. Jeffery Wilhelm
MCEE connects students, educators, and business leaders to improve economic and financial literacy for Montana’s youth. MCEE is a proud supporter of the MFPE educators conference and will provide multiple sessions in improving economics teaching at the conference.
Montana Council for the Social Studies welcomes Denise Juneau, former Montana Superintendent of Education and Superintendent of Schools for Seattle, as our keynote speaker. Plan to attend more than 40 sectionals featuring experts on the Ukraine War, the Montana Historical Society, our always popular Lewis and Clark sections, and others with pertinent ready to use classroom ideas.
Denise Juneau
MCTM Keynote School Mathematics Needs More Problems (and Fewer Exercises) with Fawn Nguyen at MFPE Educator Conference this October. 
Fawn Nguyen
MJEA will offer a keynote address by journalism Mike Dennison, who will discuss the vital importance of a free press in Montana and the United States. Sessions will focus on topics including advising yearbook, designing publications, writing strategies, and teaching media literacy.
Mike Dennison
MSCA
Laurine Wolf, Education Bureau Chief for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks where she oversees the education bureau staff and the Montana WILD Education Center and Wildlife Rehabilitation Center will be MSTA's Keynote speaker.
Laurine Wolf
WPUBS and MATELA will be hosting keynote speaker, Jeffrey Wilhelm. His work is honored by the two top American research awards in English Education: the NCTE Promising Research Award for “You Gotta BE the Book” and the Russell Award for Distinguished Research for “Reading Don’t Fix No Chevys” and for Reading Unbound: Promoting the Power of Pleasure Reading.
Dr. Jeffery Wilhelm
