January 31,2024

🍎Welcome & Consultant Updates/Presentations (Contact info for our consultants can be found on our About Us/Staff Page)

• ELA - Nancy Slocumb, Gwen Lee - Young Georgia Authors , ELA Updates Flyer, ELA Updates Presentation

• Math - Amy Casper - Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning for Georgia’s K-12 Mathematics Standards: K-2, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th

• Social Studies - Lisa Gilligan

• Science - Michelle Greer - Liason Program/Updates

• School Improvement - Michelle Greer, Lynn Arline, Sue Youngblood 

• GaTAPP - Janna Beanblossom, Rhonda Grim, Lisa Goodin, Lisa Gilligan, Christine Ford, Barbi Fisher, Camille Bolton, Angie Davis

• REI - Dierdre Daughtry - LETRS, OG, Wilson Reading

• Growing Readers - Carrie Holland

• Wraparound - Ashley Collier  - Improving Students Mental Health Through: Circles and Community Resilience Model

• Interdisciplinary - Rontra Brown - STEM/STEAM Updates

• GaConnects/Instructional Technology - Ashley Palmer

• School Climate/PBIS - Kathy Wooten, Kevin Strickland, Priscilla Yarbrough 

• Academic Recovery Specialists - Dr. Sabrina Boykins-Everett, Kim Devalle

• PALS - Dr. Linda Lumpkin, Mark Willis, Gene Christie, Dr. Larry Clark, Dr.  Lillie Brown

• LAPP - Dr. Lillie Brown

🍎Professional Learning Updates - Jennifer Hand

PL Opportunities (Can all be found under the Professional Learning Tab at www.swresa.org)

• New Math Standards for High School - Unit 5 & Beyond - Feb 1st

• MTSS Job Alike - Feb 12th

• Virtual Wrap Around Collaborative - Feb 13th 

• PBIS Universal Classroom Supports - Feb 20th 

• VIRTUAL - Parent Engagement Coordinator/Parent Liason Job Alike - Feb 20th 

• K-2 Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning with GaDOE Mathematics Team - Feb 26th

• Grades 6-8 Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning with GaDOE Mathematics Team - Feb 26th

• Grades 3-5 Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning with GaDOE Mathematics Team - Feb 27th

• Grades 9-12 Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning with GaDOE Mathematics Team - Feb 27th

• GaDOE Theater Workshop - Feb 28th

• STEM/STEAM 101 - March 6th

• Health & Physical Education Conference - March 11th

• Media Specialists Job Alike - March 13th

• Human Trafficking - March 14th

• GLRS Professional Learning Opportunities

PL Attendance -$25 No Show Fee -  Please be sure your staff that registers attends. If they are unable to attend, please ask them to withdraw as soon as they know they cannot attend to create openings for those on the waiting list.  Presenters and supplies are expensive, preparations are time-consuming, and record-keeping becomes inaccurate. 

Examples: Emotional Poverty - 52 registered, books for participants were purchased, only 25 attended - $500 excess

Math Fractions Workshop - Filled quickly, so we added an additional day, but only 36 out of 53 attended

Amie Dean - 135 registered....150 attended....15 participants will not have transcripts for participation. 

HB538 Literacy Resources & Info 

• SWRESA GaTAPP and Reading Endorsement are being updated to align with new standards and we will be adding the Dyslexia Endorsement in FY 25.

• Cox Campus k-3rd Structured Literacy Modules (Will be named the Georgia Literacy Academy and moved to Georgia Learns)

• Cox Campus Virtual Knowledge Building for Leaders PLCs to support the Cox Campus K-3rd Structured Literacy Modules

• Aligning State Literacy Policies & Practices  Updated November 7, 2023 - updated EIP section; updated SBOE Testing Rule timeline; added

professional learning section; updated Literacy Metric timeline 

By July 1, 2025, all kindergarten through third-grade teachers must:

Option A: Successfully complete the Georgia Literacy Academy. (These are the modules currently housed in Cox Campus that will be migrated to Georgia Learns)

 ---OR--- 

Option B: Successfully complete one of the Independent Teacher Training Programs, accredited by the International Dyslexia Association. This approved list includes evidence-based training such as Orton-Gillingham, AIM Institute, LETRS (Lexia Learning), and Wilson Language Training

(WLT). For the full list of approved training, go to: Independent Teacher Training Programs

Accredited by IDA.

 ---OR--- 

Option C: Earn a Dyslexia Endorsement or Reading Endorsement recognized by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC).

 ---OR— 

Option D: Enter the teaching profession with a proficient GACE score set by the GaPSC after July 1, 2025 (Georgia Early Literacy Act; Lines 275-277). 

• Qualified Dyslexia Screening Tools 

• Qualified Universal Reading Screeners 

• High-Quality Instructional Materials (K-3) Advisory List (Our very own Felicia Purdy - Seminole County - District 2)

🍎GACIS - Christy Wray, District 9 Directo, Felicia Purdy, Membership Committee

🍎Special Presentation - Dr. Boyan Bonev - Performing Arts Outreach - bbonev@tcjackets.net 

🍎Q&A/Share & Tell

🍎Lunch Provided by JCI Construction in the PLC...ENJOY!!

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Future Planning Committee Dates & Times

April 17, 2024 - VIRTUAL - 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.