Headlines and Features

• Click HERE to renew your SAM Membership for 2018-19.

• School Safety Resources -- SAM Resources on Managing School Walkouts - Protests and MT-PEC Project Safe Schools

• OPI released the FY 2019 Preliminary Budget Data Sheets on 2/26/18.  2018-19 General Fund Budget Overview Worksheets for the overview. 

• The Preliminary Budget Data Sheets are posted at the following link: CLICK HERE. 
• The General Fund Budget Excel Spreadsheet is posted at the following link: CLICK HERE.  (Note: Please download this current version of the spreadsheet to your computer (right-click on the link and choose "Save Target As" to save it to your desktop.) Previous versions of the spreadsheet are no longer applicable for preliminary budget purposes.

• SAM School Leadership Directory 2017-18  Updated membership listing as of 4-12-18

•  SAM Schedule of Conferences and Board Meetings

• SAM Friday Update

• SAM Needs Assessment Survey Executive Summary 2018 is available for your review.

• 2017-18 District/School Leadership Staffing Report   Administration for Montana Schools is effective and efficient!

• Suicide Prevention resources are available through the work of the Montana Suicide Prevention Task Force over the past 4 years.  Please check out The Montana Crisis Action Toolkit on Suicide (MT-CAST-S 2017) authored by Drs. Scott and Donna Poland with guidance from the State Suicide Prevention Morbidity Committee (website).  See also the Montana Suicide Awareness & Prevention Training Act resources available to you for community planning.

• The Great Work of Montana's Public Schools, Volume 5 (GREAT V 2017) is now available for your review and use with your community!

• SAM Youth Endowment Brochure - Click HERE to access the SAM Youth Endowment nomination form. 

• #SAMedchat Resources, Upcoming Chats and Past Chats from 2016-17 including a "How-To" powerpoint showing how to participate in a #SAMedchat

• The ESSA Montana Consolidated Plan has been submitted to the US Dept of Education (9/14/17).  See ESSA Implementation for resources and progress on implementation.  For information important for administrators review ESSA Montana Plan 2017 School Administrators - Leadership and Support for your District.

• RISE4Montana prepares Education Interim Committee Meeting RISE4MT Information 1-22-18.  Check out the RISE4Montana 2017 Update and the RISE4MT SemiAnnual Report May 2016.

• Click HERE to listen to Daisy Dyer Duerr's podcast, Mentoring in Rural Montana,  featuring Godfrey Saunders discussing the SAM LPLP program. 

• SAM 2017 Legislative Session Summary

• Evening of Excellence Program 2017

• GREAT IV Released at MCEL 2016!  The story about the Great Work of Montana's Public Schools was showcased in print and video at MCEL 2016. You have to check out this resource!

• SAM Brochure 2017-18

• Vision Net SAM Virtual Meeting Room

• SAM Membership Report

• Resources for Upcoming Meetings and Trainings Web links to meetings and trainings that may be important for our schools

• SAM Presentation Materials

• SAM Leaders Professional Learning Program 2017-18 Check out SAM's professional learning programs for Montana's School and District Leaders!

• Sample Administrator Employment Contracts  View sample superintendent and principal contracts with innovative language

• SAM 2018 Travel Expense Form Template