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.

Please click on the link below for the GATAPP application packet.  Please note that only COMPLETE packets will be accepted.  There is a $50 non-refundable application fee.

https://sites.google.com/a/ngresapl.org/gatapp/

Patrick Wallace, Program Specialist for World Languages & Global Work Initiatives at the Georgia Department of Education will present the Department’s latest initiatives regarding world languages. The workshop will focus on ACFTL’s revised proficiency standards and participants will design and share activities targeting a specific proficiency level.

On May 1st 2018 North Georgia RESA will be offering Mental Health First Aid training in Local Area. This groundbreaking eight-hour training course gives people the tools to identify when someone might be struggling with a mental health or substance use problem and to connect them with appropriate support and resources when necessary. This is an 8 hour course.

Presenter: Tammy Silvers

Counselors have a different scope of focus and need within SLDS, and this session is designed to train counselors on the function and use of SLDS.

Presenter: Tammy Silvers

Special Education Teachers have a different scope of focus and need within SLDS, and this session is designed to train counselors on the function and use of SLDS.

Begin the 2018-2019 school year with the North Georgia RESA Leadership Redefined conference. Start off with our keynote, Dave Weber. Additional sessions will be conducted by the DOE, legal and school districts presenting on their innovative practices. Registration includes breakfast and lunch. The conference will be held at Chattahoochee Tech in Jasper, Georgia.

Wrap-up and assessment of the school year.

Wrap-up and assessment of the school year.

Going Beyond

Come to summer camp with us! Camp Tech will feature great presenters covering a variety of leading edge topics such as using Cloud Platforms and dealing with digital media. Session times are slightly longer than most conferences to make sure presenters have time to “dig in” without being too long. Special guest keynote, Jeff Giddens, will be here to challenge us to go beyond our current understandings about technology in education so that we can prepare today’s learners for tomorrow’s world. We will have T-Shirts, door prizes, and a lunch and tech preview area provided by Howard Technology all for just $25!

Register soon... space is limited to the first 50 people!

The Teacher and Leader Support and Development team and the Technology Department at the Georgia Department of Education have worked closely together to build a system for housing the Teacher Keys and Leader Keys Effectiveness Systems.  The TKES and LKES plans will have a similar feel and flow to the current system, but will be housed in SLDS.  The NEW platform in SLDS will be fully operational for use during the 2018-2019 school year.   Join us to review the platform in SLDS and have your questions answered. 

Target Audience: District Office and School Administrators

The Georgia Department of Education will offer required Teacher Keys Effectiveness System training for individuals seeking the initial training and credentialing.
This training is appropriate for school or district leaders who evaluate and/or mentor teachers. Attendance at all days of training is required for persons to take the credentialing assessment for that course. Passing the credentialing assessment is required to be an evaluator in the state of GA.

You are the evaluator!  In this one-day training, teachers will explore TAPS as they complete classroom observations and rate the ten standards.  New insights will be discovered regarding the intent of each standard as teachers assume the role of evaluator.

Join us to explore a variety of practical and engaging tasks that get students thinking and talking about mathematics. Gather interesting problems, discover children’s books that illustrate math concepts, and explore fun and simple classroom routines that spark students’ thinking about important math ideas.
In this session we will explore:

· strategies and routines to promote problem-solving success

· prompts and questions that guide students’ understanding

· engaging ways to develop the language of math

· strategies to help students visualize math concepts

· simple routines that get students talking about their math thinking

Join us to gather a wealth of strategies and resources to add to your teaching repertoire. Participants will receive a copy of Now I Get It: Strategies for Building Confident and Competent Mathematicians, K-6 (Heinemann) which includes a wealth of online resources.