November 6, 2024

🍎Welcome & Professional Learning Updates - Jennifer Hand

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

• Elementary School Gifted Service Delivery Models - GaDOE Recording - GaDOE PPT

• Middle School Gifted Service Delivery Models with GaDOE-VIRTUAL - November 8th - 8:00-9:00 am - Recording will be shared

• Correcting Behavior Problems Now with Amie Dean - Nov 12th - MUST HAVE ATTENDED SESSION 1 TO REGISTER

• K-2 ELA Grade Band Session - Nov 12th 9-11:30 am

• 3-5 ELA Grade Band Session - Nov 12th 1-3:30 pm

• Counselor & Social Worker Job Alike - Nov 13

• 6th-8th ELA Grade Band Session - Nov 14th 9-11:30 am

• 9th - 12th ELA Grade Band Session - Nov 14th 1-3:30pm

• Georgia Studies and Economics, 2024 Edition - Nov 18th - FREE LUNCH🙂

• Personal Finance & Economics: Case Studies, Simulations, and More! - Nov 19th - FREE LUNCH🙂

• Literacy in STEM - Nov 20th

• Georgia Registered Teaching Apprenticeship Program (GARTAP) Information Session - Nov 21st

• Media Specialists Job Alike - Nov 21st

• Finance Professionals Job Alike - Dec 3rd

• Analyzing Georgia's K-12 ELA Standards: Foundations and Language for Grades K-5 - Dec 4th - FULL

• Grades 6-12 Science of Reading & Adolescent Literacy Intro & Analyzing GA's ELA Standards: Language - Dec 5th 

• TRS Pre-Retirement Individual Counseling Sessions - Dec 17th

• FINE TUNE PL & Support - Brochure Flyer

Mark your Calendars!

Analyzing ELA Standards with GaDOE ELA Team -  Grades k-5 - December 4th  - Grades 6-12 -December 5th

  GaDOE Teaching and Learning Summit - January 14th

Next Planning Committee Meeting - January 15th - 9:30 am - 12:00 pm - Virtual or F2F?

CD Job Alike - January 15th (following Planning Committee) - Virtual or F2F?

🍎Young Georgia Authors 2025

Entries are due electronically by Thursday, Feb 20, 2025.

FOR SYSTEM COORDINATORS

1. Ensure each system-level winning entry meets the entry guidelines and the entry form is complete and signed by parent and student.

2. Submit system-level winning entries to SWRESA YGA Coordinator - Gwen Lee at glee@swresa.org

• Make sure the completed and signed entry form, and the original is a clear copy that can be read after being scanned.

• Use the cover page template provided to list your system-level winning entries.

• Submit your system-level winning entries to your RESA YGA Coordinator.

• Entries must be received before 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 20, 2025.

• APPLICATION

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

• GACIS Update - Lori Brinkley

• School Climate/MTSS - Kathy Wooten, Kevin Strickland, Pricilla Yarbrough  - UPDATES

• Growing Readers - Carrie Holland  - PRESENTATION

• ELA - Nancy Slocumb, Gwen Lee  (Carrie Holland will provide update)

• LETRS  - Deirdre Daughtry - UPDATE

• Wraparound - Sue Youngblood, Lynn Arline

• Math - Amy Casper 

• STEM/STEAM - Rontra Brown  - PRESENTATION - NATIONAL STEM DAY FLYER

• Regional Literacy Specialists - Karen Moncrief, Nikki Meredith  - LITERACY COACHING MENU

• School Improvement/Science - Michelle Greer

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

• Technology - Ashley Palmer - 

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🌼Curriculum Directors' Job Alike  - Facilitated by Lori Brinkley - AGENDA

MISC. Topics

• GACIS Feb 24&25

• HQIMs

• Velocity Training - Ashley Palmer apalmer@swresa.org

• HB 538  - Elective Teachers

• Fit Georgia