This event will invite visitors to learn more about Wyoming’s wildlife, ecology, and natural spaces by featuring a wide variety of outdoor recreation and hands-on educational learning opportunities. Example activities include: a bear safety awareness trail, deer migration maze, aquatic macroinvertebrate ID and stream health, fly casting, wildlife habitat, fish ID and biology, bird watching, … Continue reading Wyoming Outdoor Expo →

During the 2018 Legislative session, HEA0048 was passed, which directs the State Board of Education to “promulgate uniform student content and performance standards for computer science to be effective beginning with the 2022-2023 school year.” The Wyoming Department of Education will collect community input for committee members to consider when creating the standards.

The purpose of this meeting is to consider the Committee's interim topics. The Committee will receive reports concerning education accountability, review the State's educational program including related rule promulgation and the Hathaway scholarship program, consider issues on school finance, review information on school safety and security, and discuss the Committee's obligation to report on alternative … Continue reading Joint Education Committee Interim Meeting →

The purpose of this meeting is to review aspects of the State's school facilities program. This includes receiving reports and discussing: rules and regulations of the School Facilities Commission, school safety and security, how the State and school districts maintain school facilities, how the State supervises school facilities projects, how school facilities requests for proposals … Continue reading 2018 Select Committee on School Facilities Interim Meeting →

The Wyoming Department of Education invites K-12 science teachers to participate in a two-day professional development workshop: Implementing the Wyoming Science Standards. Description: The workshop will provide science educators an opportunity to: *Understand the organizational structure of the 2016 Wyoming Science and Content Standards *Unpack to understand the 3-dimensional nature of the science standards *Engage … Continue reading Science Standards Workshop, Casper →

The goals of the conference are to share information regarding student data reporting, provide workshops about various software products, and facilitate networking between end users of student information systems software, the Wyoming Department of Education, and other education stakeholders. The conference will present solutions, strategies, and techniques to streamline data reporting and utilize student information … Continue reading 2018 Wyoming Student Information System User Conference →

This training will focus on the development and appropriate documentation of school-based transition services. This will be done within the scope of the Indicator 13 requirements to ensure compliance, provide a clear and legally defensible transition plan and to increase relevance and meaning to the student subject of the IEP. A short review of the … Continue reading Indicator 13 Training Session – Cheyenne →

This training will focus on the development and appropriate documentation of school based transition services. This will be done within the scope of the Indicator 13 requirements to ensure compliance, provide a clear and legally defensible transition plan and to increase relevance and meaning to the student subject of the IEP. A short review of … Continue reading Indicator 13 Training Session – Casper →

The 10th Annual WYAA State Conference will be held October 2-3, 2018 at Little America Hotel in Cheyenne. In addition to workshops and networking events, the conference will feature special guests including U.S. Department of Education’s Director of Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality Programs, Dr. Sylvia Lyles, the Afterschool Alliance’s Executive Director, Jodi Grant (invited), … Continue reading 10th Annual Wyoming Afterschool Alliance Conference →

This training will focus on the development and appropriate documentation of school based transition services. This will be done within the scope of the Indicator 13 requirements to ensure compliance, provide a clear and legally defensible transition plan and to increase relevance and meaning to the student subject of the IEP. A short review of … Continue reading Indicator 13 Training Session – Jackson →

The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) is pleased a series of in-person training events for K-12 Canvas users delivered by Canvas trainers. Enrolled Act 57 was passed during the 2017 legislative session requiring the WDE to provide districts with a Learning Management System (LMS). The WDE in collaboration with the University of Wyoming, 5 community … Continue reading Statewide Canvas Training – Evanston →