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.

Continuation of Coaching Matters book study.

Fall North Georgia RESA area Technology Directors Consortium

Guest Speaker: Bob Swiggum - Chief Information Officer for the GADOE

Led by: Taelor Moran and Bren Munoz

The course teaches participants the risk factors and warning signs of a variety of mental health challenges common among adolescents, including anxiety, depression, psychosis, eating disorders, AD/HD, disruptive behavior disorders, and substance use disorder.

Presenter: Georgia Department of Education Math Team

The Georgia Numeracy Project is a free numeracy development resource provided by the Georgia Department of Education that introduces teachers and teacher leaders to the trajectory by which learners acquire a solid foundation in numeracy. The resource is focused on developing students' understanding of numbers and their ability to use numbers to solve problems. The mathematics team of content specialists from the Georgia Department of Education in collaboration with the RESA Mathematics Mentor for the local regional agency will provide teachers with information about the Georgia Numeracy Project and how it can be used to customize interventions based on student needs.

Target Audience: K-8 Mathematics Teachers, Instructional Leaders, Special Education Teachers, and Intervention Specialists

Led by Jennifer Smith Jochen

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.
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.

How do the Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science impact assessments? In this session, we will look at crafting both formative and summative assessments that engage students in the three dimensions of our science standards.

Led by Keith Crandall, Science Program Specialist, Georgia Department of Education

"The Siamese Twins of Literacy: Reading and Writing"

Led by: Carolyn Waters

This session will explore the challenges that come with higher expectations for student achievement. Standards-based, research-based, performance-based, and TKES-based instructional strategies will be presented in an interactive session that will demonstrate how to develop better writers.

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Led by: Pamela Weber Harris

Too many students struggle with basic numeracy! Based on Pam’s Building Powerful Numeracy and Lessons & Activities for Building Powerful Numeracy, this workshop engages teachers in an overview of powerful ways to help students develop efficient and sophisticated numeracy strategies.

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Led by Mark Wilson

Topics: 

"Manage Your School with Skill and Precision" and "Communicate Meaningfully and Positively"

The Fall Instructional Technology Consortium will be on October 25th from 9-2. Our guest this time will be Celeste Martin Ed. D. from the GaDOE SLDS team.

Led by Melissa Fincher (Retired GaDOE Deputy Superintendent for Assessment and Accountability)

Have questions about Georgia Milestones? This workshop is designed to answer those questions, help educators understand the test development process, who is involved, and how the results can be used to reflect on instructional practice. What resources are available for schools and classroom teachers? How are items written? How are student responses scored? And just how does one make sense of the test results? No need to bring your number two pencil - just bring your questions and your district, school, or class score reports.

Led by Melissa Fincher (Retired GaDOE Deputy Superintendent for Assessment and Accountability)

"This hands-on session will focus on how the Georgia Milestone’s open-ended items are scored.  Student responses in both English language arts and mathematics will be analyzed and scoring rubrics applied by the participants.  This workshop is designed to answer scoring questions as well as support districts and schools who have common assessments and want to ensure common expectations."

Keynote- Holly Terei, author of Jacob the Flapping Dinosaur Goes to School.

Agenda includes GLMA updates, Follett Representative, Adam Carruthers, and collaboration & discussion.

Led by JoAnn Wood, Social Studies Program Specialist, GADOE

Come into the lab and see what's on the slab as we dissect a good history lab for primary grades to examine it's anatomy.  We will experiment with a lab and then cook up our own, making sure to mix thoroughly with literacy skills.

PRESENTER: Texas Instruments Consultant, Dennis Wilson

Let’s put math and science in motion and engage our students while addressing tough to teach, tough to learn standards! This workshop is designed for teachers interested in introducing coding with the TI-Innovator™ Rover to their students. No coding experience is necessary. Participants will learn the basics and choose from math and science lessons that include topics that will engage students in new and exciting ways

PRESENTER: Texas Instruments Consultant, Dennis Wilson

Let’s put math and science in motion and engage our students while addressing tough to teach, tough to learn standards! This workshop is designed for teachers interested in introducing coding with the TI-Innovator™ Rover to their students. No coding experience is necessary. Participants will learn the basics and choose from math and science lessons that include topics that will engage students in new and exciting ways

INSTRUCTOR: Rachel Scott, Georgia Educational Consultant, hand2mind

In this interactive workshop, K–2 teachers will learn how to help their students develop efficiency, flexibility, and accuracy with basic math facts using Number Strings, Math Talks, and hands-on manipulatives. Daily Math Fluency is a teacher-developed, classroom-tested solution that builds conceptual understanding, strengthens number sense, and develops math fluency in just 10 minutes a day!

Whenever you’re not getting the results you’re looking for, it’s likely a crucial conversation is keeping you stuck. Whether it’s a problem with poor quality, slow time-to-market, declining customer satisfaction, or a strained relationship—whatever the issue—if you can’t talk honestly with nearly anybody about almost anything, you can expect poor results.

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: Bobby Smith

Target Audience: District and School Leaders

Participants will be given the tools and strategies for analyzing their 2019 CCRPI data

Cost: $50 in-area fee, $100 out-of-area fee

Led by Mark Wilson

"Manage Your School with Skill and Precision" and "Communicate Meaningfully and Positively"