Led by NAMI Georgia

This DECAL training has participants a) explore the dynamics of relationship building in early learning; b0 analyze how positive relationships with children and families effect positive behavior; c) acquire strategies to foster positive relationships with colleagues, families, and children; d) understand how environment effects behavior; e) learn ways to optimize the physical design of the classroom space; f) understand the importance of environment cues; g) identify strategies to enhance meaningful communication with children; h) learn ways to build and support classroom community. Recommended for elementary and pre-k teachers and staff.

$35 no-show fee

This is a two day session: July 14 and July 16, 9:00-10:30.

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: Kirk Jones, 7 Mindsets

Imagine being able to teach social-emotional learning through a common language that supports students AND staff. Imagine a school where teachers are excited to teach SEL and students rave that it's the best part of their week. Are you looking for an engaging and interactive yet ready-to-go SEL curriculum that will shift your school culture from good to GREAT? If so, you don't want to miss this FREE interactive virtual training session on a mindset-based approach to social-emotional learning. In this training, educators will be provided with a background as to why SEL is essential in today's school setting as well as an in-depth look at the 7 Mindsets, a K-12 online SEL curriculum used in schools across the country. 

Target Audience: All K-12 Faculty and Staff.

Led by Jimmy Stokes, Georgia Association of Educational Leaders

The Hearing Officer and Tribunal member class covers discipline law, due process, hearing procedures and practices. A number of relevant cases will be cited dealing with various aspects of conducting hearings for regular and special education students. A homework assignment is required in order to complete the basic training required by State Board Rule 160-4-8-.15. All persons completing the class will receive a certificate certifying their qualifications for participating in disciplinary hearings.

Precautionary requirements to participate in substitute teacher training:

1. You must wear a mask at all times in the RESA building
2. You must prepay the registration fee through Paypal- no exchange of money/credit cards will be allowed the day of the training
3. You must maintain 6 feet or more of social distancing while in the RESA building
4. Hand sanitizer will be available in the training room and at the registration desk

If you are sick or running a fever, please do not attend the training- let us know and you will receive a refund. 

If the sub training is cancelled due to further restrictions due to Covid-19, you will receive a refund.  If you are unable to attend due to other conflicts, please notify us within 7 days of the sub training to receive a refund.  If you do not show up, we will not be able to issue a refund. 

If you did not prepay through Paypal, you will not be able to attend the training.

Led by: Pam Smith, Education Consultant, Lead Me To Learning, LLC

DESCRIPTION: Want to know more about Writer's Workshop in the primary classroom? We will take a close look at what workshop looks like, feels like, and sounds like in grades K, 1 and 2. We will explore craft writing and writing about reading. Other topics will include management, minilessons, small group work, and conferences.

Mandatory minimum for registration must be met.

This will be a virtual session.  Meeting information will be shared prior to the session.

Led by: Pam Smith, Education Consultant, Lead Me To Learning, LLC

DESCRIPTION: Want to know more about Writer's Workshop in the primary classroom? We will take a close look at what workshop looks like, feels like, and sounds like in grades 3rd-5th. We will explore craft writing and writing about reading. Other topics will include management, minilessons, small group work, and conferences.

Mandatory minimum for registration must be met.

This will be a virtual session.  Meeting information will be shared prior to the session.

Led by: Pam Smith, Education Consultant, Lead Me To Learning, LLC

DESCRIPTION: Want to know more about Writer's Workshop in the primary classroom? We will take a close look at what workshop looks like, feels like, and sounds like in grades 6th-12th. We will explore craft writing and writing about reading. Other topics will include management, minilessons, small group work, and conferences.

Mandatory minimum for registration must be met.

This will be a virtual session.  Meeting information will be shared prior to the session.

Participants will design engaging lessons that speak to the learning motives of students and will focus on the use of design qualities. These qualities enhance lesson interest and result in improved student achievement. The Georgia Standards of Excellence will be used to create work that is relevant to the participant’s role at school. In addition, they will learn the importance of building relationships with students and colleagues and how to create the conditions for transforming the culture of classrooms to those that function as learning communities. All learning is authentic and applicable in the classroom.

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 9 from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm

Led by: Pete Charrette- Award Winning PE Teacher, PE Teacher Trainer and Creator of Cap’n Pete’s Power PE Health and PE Resources

Innovative Movement Experiences and Resources for Enhancing Your PE Program

• Specifically Designed for Physical Education Teachers and Specialists Working with Students in Grades K-8
• Innovative and engaging activities, games and movement experiences that will enhance your K-8 physical education program
• Practical strategies for optimal instruction, classroom management and student assessment in all your PE classes
• Effective methods that align with local, state and national PE standards
• Cutting-edge ideas and resources for incorporating motor skills, locomotor movement and fitness into your lessons

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 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 Maria Walther

Join us for an inspiring day of learning.  To begin, you'll experience the joys of interactive read aloud.  Discover a wealth of kid-appealing picture books coupled with tips for meaningful collaborative conversations that will spark high-level comprehension.  Then, to release responsibility to students, learn classroom-tested ideas for teaching effective guided reading lessons, carefully matching readers with texts and supporting students' independent reading. 

Mandatory minimum for registration must be met.

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 Jennifer Smith Jochen

Interactive Notebooks have the power to not only engage and interact with each student, no matter the background, but also provide a valuable tool and resource for students to continue to use over time to reinforce skills taught throughout the school year and beyond.

Come join us as we create an Interactive Notebook for you to use with your students in Math, ELA, Science, and Social Studies, including many tips and techniques to keep your students engaged.

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