Introduction to Educating Exceptional Children and Youth. This is an online course that fulfills the state requirement for teachers in Georgia.

This online course will focus on the five areas of reading and how to implement reading and writing strategies across the curriculum.

This will be a virtual training.  You must have access to internet and a device that can connect to Zoom.  The virtual meeting link will be sent to you via email a few days before the training.  

All training materials will be shared with you prior to the session.  The substitute certificate of completion will be shared after you have completed the training. 

You must prepay for this session through Paypal.  After you complete the registration and click process registration, you will be taken to the PayPal website.  Please complete the transaction to be added to the registration list.  

If you have any questions, please email tanna.barnes@ngresa.org. 

Teach what we Assess and Assess what we Teach!

Target Audience: 5th-12th Grade US History and Economics Teachers

Join GADOE as we investigate ways to align GSE standards to instruction to assessment. Increasing EOC scores isn't always dependent on increasing teacher content knowledge or learning effective instructional strategies. Increasing EOC scores are dependent on aligning instructional practices and assessments to the cognitive demand of the standard. Come prepared to revise a future unit to align the standard, instructional activity and assessment to the cognitive demand of the standard and watch the EOC scores increase!

Led by author Michael Buchanan

This course will be online through CANVAS and include one virtual group discussion.

While reading the award-winning novel The Fat Boy Chronicles, participants will answer online questions and interact with classmates in a search for best practices that help with bullying, cutting, and other issues facing our youth today.

Mandatory Virtual Meeting: October 29 from 4:00 pm-6:00 pm

Led by NAMI

This 3-hour DECAL training has participants:

1. explore the dynamics of relationship building in early learning

2. analyze how positive relationships with children and families effect positive behavior

3. acquire strategies to foster positive relationships with colleagues, families, and children

4. understand how environment effects behavior

5. learn ways to optimize the physical design of the classroom space

6. understand the importance of environmental cues

7. identify strategies to enhance meaningful communication with children

8. learn ways to build and support classroom community

You must attend both days of this course: October 6 and October 8, 3:30-5:00 pm

Led by Dr. Brett James, School Improvement Specialist, North GA RESA

This session will highlight the process of examining and selecting best evidence-based practices primarily for federal/state identified schools.  However, this information would be practical and useful for all schools.  The session will provide guidance for schools in justifying their selection of best practices and the importance of evidence with regard to ESSA. 

Target Audience: Administrators and academic coaches at federally identified schools

Virtual meeting instructions will be shared prior to event.

Led by Samuel DePaul, Executive Director, North GA RESA

Participants will learn the key advantages and importance of high performing teams, define a team, review common goals, and discuss the three components of trust. Participants will also learn and discuss the Ten Characteristics of High Performing Teams; the Ten Characteristics of High Performing Team Members; and identify the attitudes, skills, and knowledge of the perfect team member. Activities and videos will supplement the presentation.

Led by: National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI)

This course is designed to improve school personnel’s understanding of Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) and its impact. Participants will learn how to assess STS symptoms in themselves and others, explore factors that help to protect professionals from the negative effects of STS, and discover strategies to use these protective factors to manage STS. Participants will also assess their own personal and professional self-care and develop self-care plans.

Virtual meeting information will be shared prior to training. 

Course # NDT1018

What Does Crucial Conversations Training Teach?
Crucial Conversations teaches participants how to:
• Speak persuasively, not abrasively
• Foster teamwork and better decision making
• Build acceptance rather than resistance
• Resolve individual and group disagreements

What Is a Crucial Conversation?
A crucial conversation is a discussion between two or more people where the stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong. These conversations—when handled poorly or ignored—lead to strained relationships and dismal results.

Led by: Renee Shirley-Stevens, Science Integration Specialist, GaDOE and Keith Crandall, Science Program Specialist, GaDOE

Need help providing supports for students? Equity in science education is difficult to achieve for all students without supports. However, all students can be successful in science courses with inclusive strategies that involve students in 3-D science. These inclusive strategies may seem daunting to many teachers who are trying to teach a course to a diverse group of students. This is designed to give teachers a crash course in some basic supports that can assist all students in being successful in science.

This will be a virtual session, log-in details will be provided at a later date.

Led by: Sherry Parrish, author of Number Talks: Whole Number Computation, Grades K-5 

Sherry Parrish will lead professional learning for teachers to learn how to develop fluency and numerical reasoning using Number Talks, a 5 to 15-minute classroom routine designed to help students build mental math and computation strategies. Teachers will participate in Number Talks, rehearse facilitating Number Talks, analyze classroom video clips, and learn how to use Number Talks to support the Georgia Standards of Excellence in Mathematics and the Standards of Mathematical Practice.

Mandatory minimum for registration must be met. 

Led by: Amber Loughridge, Assistant Principal/Curriculum & Instruction/3-5 Math and Science, Georgia Cyber Academy

Topic of Session:

Intro- Icebreaker strategies you can use with your students

Strategy- Organizing Online Learning

Q&A Session with participants

A virtual meeting link will be shared prior to session

Led by Samuel DePaul, Executive Director, North GA RESA

Participants will learn about the most important leadership skills needed for success. A review to understand and differentiate between the roles of leader and manager will be provided. Presenter will provide the importance of what followers expect from leaders. A conversation on the relevance of motivation to a leader will occur.

Led by: KB Ballentine

During this session, poet KB Ballentine will facilitate discussion, model strategies, and lead teachers through classroom practices on the following topics:

1. poetry’s effect on people

2. how interpretations of poetry can differ

3. how people lose interest as they grow older (no time to wonder, dream, imagine; too burned out and/or disillusioned

4. how to teach other aspects of writing through poetry (i.e. parts of speech, syllables, reading skills, diction, etc.)

5. how to choose poems students can relate to and/or appreciate

6. how to be open to unusual topics, grammar and punctuation, line breaks, word choices, and memorization

Led by Samuel DePaul, Ph.D., Executive Director, North GA RESA

Participants will learn about the important ingredients that will help in creating a positive environment of school and community relations.   A review of  critical aspects for effective communications to occur will be provided.  Presenter will stress the importance of honesty, integrity, and transparency when communication both within the school and with the community.  And a review of related issues and topics  relevant to cultivating positive community relations.  

Led by: Amber Loughridge, Assistant Principal/Curriculum & Instruction/3-5 Math and Science, Georgia Cyber Academy

Topic of Session:

Intro- Icebreaker strategies you can use with your students

Strategy- Teaching Resources

Q&A Session with participants

A virtual meeting link will be shared prior to session

Led by Jennifer Lempp, Educational Consultant, Author of Math Workshop: Five Steps to Implementing Guided Math, Learning Stations, Reflection, and More

Math Workshop is a differentiated approach to mathematics instruction that puts the student at the center of the learning environment.  Through the use of small group and whole class focus lessons and engaging learning stations, students experience mathematics through investigation.  Academic discourse and reflection are critical elements of the Math Workshop model – a place where students believe in themselves as mathematicians. Participants will build an understanding of what Math Workshop is and how to establish a workshop approach in their classrooms.  Exploration of the three structures of Math Workshop will allow participants to see the model through the lens of teacher and student. Activities to support differentiation will be shared, and connections will be made to current instructional practices. 

Mandatory minimum for registration must be met.

Led by: Amber Loughridge, Assistant Principal/Curriculum & Instruction/3-5 Math and Science, Georgia Cyber Academy

Topic of Session:

Intro- Icebreaker strategies you can use with your students

Strategy- Assessment

Q&A Session with participants

A virtual meeting link will be shared prior to session

Led by: Amber Loughridge, Assistant Principal/Curriculum & Instruction/3-5 Math and Science, Georgia Cyber Academy

Topic of Session:

Intro- Icebreaker strategies you can use with your students

Strategy- Student Engagement

Q&A Session with participants

A virtual meeting link will be shared prior to session