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Introduction to Educating Exceptional Children and Youth. This is an online course that fulfills the state requirement for teachers in Georgia.
This is an "at-your-own pace" online course. You can begin the course at any time during the year.
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| Event Date | 07-01-2024 |
| Cut Off Date | 06-30-2025 |
| Individual Price | $350 in-area fee/$450 out-of-area fee |
To ensure educators know, understand, and can apply Georgia's Code of Ethics for Educators to their daily practice, paraprofessional ethics modules were developed by Georgia's RESAs in collaboration with the GaPSC.
The enhanced learning gained by paraprofessionals who participate in the training will help protect them, their colleagues, their schools, their school districts, their community, and, most importantly, their students, by enhancing professionalism and school safety.
| Event Date | 07-01-2024 |
| Cut Off Date | 06-30-2025 |
| Individual Price | $15.00 |
Led by: Dr. Toby Westmoreland
Location: Virtual
This course is designed to study the concepts, theories, and philosophy of middle level education. A primary focus will be understanding the unique nature and development of young adolescent students.
| Event Date | 07-01-2024 |
| Cut Off Date | 06-30-2025 |
| Individual Price | $350 in-area fee/$450 out-of-area fee |
This course will focus on learning about how we use language to communicate with students using the book Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children’s Learning by Peter H. Johnston. Use this course and this book to learn how to empower children through language so they may become strategic thinkers.
This course is completely online and self-paced.
PLUs: 2
| Event Date | 09-30-2024 |
| Event End Date | 05-30-2025 |
| Cut Off Date | 05-30-2025 |
| Individual Price | $30 in-area fee/$55 out-of-area fee |
The Writing Revolution provides strategies and activities to support educators in simultaneously implementing effective writing instruction and content. Participants will explore how to support students through explicit instruction, as they learn to build sentences, develop paragraphs, and construct compositions within the writing process.
This course is completely online and self-paced.
2 PLUs awarded at the end of the coursework.
| Event Date | 09-30-2024 |
| Event End Date | 05-30-2025 |
| Cut Off Date | 05-30-2025 |
| Individual Price | $30 in-area fee/$55 out-of-area fee |
Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction, Second Edition, demystifies the complexities of teaching vocabulary. Authors and experts Isabel Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, and Linda Kucan explain how teachers can select words to teach, how to introduce new vocabulary, and how to design and implement instructional sequences that engage students in developing word knowledge and reading comprehension.
This course is completely online and self-paced.
2 PLUs awarded at the end of the coursework.
| Event Date | 09-30-2024 |
| Event End Date | 05-30-2025 |
| Cut Off Date | 05-30-2025 |
| Individual Price | $30 in-area fee/$55 out-of-area fee |
This course will focus on learning about how we use language to communicate with students using the book Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children’s Learning by Peter H. Johnston. Use this course and this book to learn how to empower children through language so they may become strategic thinkers
This course is completely online and self-paced.
2 PLUs awarded at the end of the coursework.
| Event Date | 09-30-2024 |
| Event End Date | 05-30-2025 |
| Cut Off Date | 05-30-2025 |
| Individual Price | $30 in-area fee/$55 out-of-area fee |
Led by: Dr. Toby Westmoreland
Location: Virtual
This course will provide candidates with opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge of methods and materials for teaching the science of reading. This course is designed for candidates i to deepen their understanding of the science of reading and its application in the classroom. The course emphasizes the five essential components of literacy: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Through a blend of theoretical research and practical application, candidates will develop, teach, and refine literacy lessons that align with these core components.
This course was created based on The Georgia Early Literacy Act (House Bill 538).
This is an "at-your-own pace" online course. You can begin the course at any time during the year.
| Event Date | 10-01-2024 |
| Event End Date | 06-30-2025 |
| Cut Off Date | 06-30-2025 |
| Individual Price | $350 in-area fee/$450 out-of-area fee |
Led by: Dr. Toby Westmoreland
Location: Virtual
This course will provide an introduction to the skills, materials, and methods of teaching the
Science of Reading. Field experience will allow participants to observe and interview a veteran
reading teacher. Participants will also build lessons to demonstrate competency in reading
instruction.
This course was created based on The Georgia Early Literacy Act (House Bill 538).
This is an "at-your-own pace" online course. You can begin the course at any time during the year.
| Event Date | 10-01-2024 |
| Event End Date | 06-30-2025 |
| Cut Off Date | 06-30-2025 |
| Individual Price | $350 in-area fee/$450 out-of-area fee |
Led by Cathy Paige, ELA Specialist, NGRESA
NGRESA will support the roll out of the new K-12 English Language Arts Standards for educators in a series of professional learning sessions. Each separate training session will focus on a domain of the new K-12 English Language Arts Standards for the state of Georgia. Participants will have opportunities to collaborate to deepen their understanding of the Big Ideas, Standards, and Expectations for each domain. This session will focus on understanding the Texts Domain.
| Event Date | 01-21-2025 8:30 am |
| Event End Date | 01-21-2025 2:30 pm |
| Individual Price | Free |