Core Values
Our Vision Create Opportunities for Students to Keep Wyoming Strong Our Mission To significantly increase the percentage of Wyoming Students that are College, Career, and Military Ready. Our Core Values Transparency Full transparency builds public trust in the WDE, showing that decisions and actions are open to feedback. It [...]
COVID-19
The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) is working closely with the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) and other agencies to monitor COVID-19 (commonly called coronavirus) activity. School districts should work directly with their local community health department to establish protocols to control the spread of COVID-19 and educate their employees and students on prevention. [...]
Wyoming Innovations In Learning
Oct. 21-22, 2024 Registration is now open for the 2024 Wyoming Innovations in Learning Conference. The Innovations Conference will be held on October 21-22, 2024 in Casper, Wyoming at the Best Western Downtown Casper. The Innovations Conference is an opportunity for educators from kindergarten through higher education to share and explore innovative teaching [...]
Native American Education Conference
August 6-7, 2024 Theme: Community Wisdom and Engagement: Teaching Resilience to Our Indigenous Youth. Cost: $35, while students are free. Location: Central Wyoming College in Riverton. Credit: PTSB credit available. Register Here Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, from 1-5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. You will [...]
New SPED Teacher Bootcamp
July 29-30, 2024 Location: Holiday Inn, Riverton Join us for a Pre WAVE Event. Are you a new special education teacher with three years or less experience? Join us for a pre WAVE bootcamp to dive deeper and engage in the following topics: Providing FAPE IEP Development Classroom Strategies Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) Behavior strategies Supporting [...]
WAVE Conference
July 31-August 2, 2024 Location: Central Wyoming College – Riverton The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE), Special Education Programs Division, is pleased to announce our in-person Week of Academic Vision for Excellence (WAVE) Conference to be held July 31 – August 2, 2024 at the Central Wyoming College (CWC) in Riverton, Wyoming. This conference [...]
Embracing Literacy
June 18-20 in Person June 25-26 Virtually Please join us as Kareem Weaver, Dr. Charles Hulme, Dr. Kim St Martin, Dr. Pam Kastner, Dr. Nell Thompson, Dr. Terrie Noland, Nancy Hennessy, Jeanne Schopf, the Knowledge Matters Campaign, University of Wyoming, TNTP, ANet, Kari Kurto, and Ryan Buggy from The Reading League National come together to share [...]
Spring Technical Assistance Retreat
May 13-15, 2024 The 2024 Spring Technical Assistance Retreat (STAR) is an information-packed professional development opportunity for Wyoming school district federal funds administrators. We will host representatives from Linq (the new eGMS vendor) with training on the new system, as well as a Q&A session with Superintendent Degenfelder. Session topics will include emergency grants, [...]
Virtual Education
Wyoming school districts with approved programs provide virtual education opportunities to K-12 students.
Canvas
Canvas is a Learning Management System, or LMS. It is a collaborative platform used to manage online learning—including reporting, resource-sharing, grading, feedback, discussions, content creation, outcomes and tasks. An LMS simplifies teaching and learning by connecting all the digital tools teachers use in one easy place.
Monitoring
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004), Part B, Section 300.600(a) of the Federal Regulations states: The state must monitor the implementation of this part, enforce this part in accordance with §300.604 (a)(1) and (a)(3), (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(v), and (c)(2), and annually report on performance under this part. (b) The [...]
Wyoming Charter School Authorizing Board
Meeting Information August 14 from 2:00-4:00 PM Join Virtually Board Materials & Agendas Past Meeting Recordings The Wyoming Charter School Authorizing Board (WCSAB) was initiated by the legislature during the 2023 session with a mission to approve high-quality public charter schools in the state. The board is made up [...]