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Recorded Webinar

Do you look longingly out the window on the weekends, only to glance back at the seemingly insurmountable stack of student responses awaiting feedback? The grading load for a secondary ELA teacher can be daunting. This professional learning experience will ground itself in the research but serve as a pragmatic approach to engage in meaningful feedback on students’ writing (while saving your weekend)! If your class incorporates writing (even if it’s not ELA), we will have something for you.

Engaging Students with Meaningful Feedback

These two-day training sessions provide a deep dive into the Georgia Numeracy Project. On the first day, we will focus on the strategy stages and administering the GloSS and IKAN assessments. On the second day, we will discuss how to analyze the data from the assessments and implement the intervention tools and activities.

Georgia Numeracy Project Professional Learning Sessions

This workshop series will be a virtual professional learning community for educators that teach Marketing in middle schools around the state of Georgia. It will consist of 2 virtual meetings in the Fall semester. An experienced middle school marketing teacher will lead the collaborative sessions. The lead teacher will share resources (pacing guides, lesson plans, projects, assessments, etc) and guide participants in developing new lessons for the Middle School Marketing standards.

Teaching Marketing in Middle School Workshop Series

As a DECA advisor, you&#8217;re part of a network of 6,000 educators who enrich their classrooms and extend their students learning through DECA.

New Advisors: This is How We Do DECA

This workshop series is for new CTAE (Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education) teachers with 3 years or less experience. Agricultural teachers should check with their region coordinators. There are 5 parts to the New CTAE Teacher Workshop Series. We encourage you to sign up for all five sessions of this series. Part 2 of the 5-part series will have the opportunity to meet with a master teacher and program specialist in each pathway area. You all will discuss program specific information and resources. Career clusters, End of Pathway Assessments, lesson plans, and activities will also be covered in this session workshop. ***Each pathway will meet on a specific date. The new teachers will not meet every day. There will be a chart posted on CTAERN by August 6th with the dates for each pathway meeting.***

New Teacher Conference Series: Part 2

[For New and Returning GaCTSO Board Members] 
Presented by TEAMTRI 
Dive into the key practices of Boards&#8211;creating policies aligned with strategy. In this age of increasing media, legal, cultural and equity pressures, it&#8217;s important for Boards to not only craft new policies but review existing policies to ensure they are current and reflective of strategy and organizational aims. Learn key vulnerabilities CTSOs and nonprofits have and ways to address and mitigate exposure. We&#8217;ll visit on foundational policies all CTSOs should have in place, address recent changes boards should examine, grow understanding of various insurance products and what they cover (and do not cover) and look at various risks and vulnerabilities to inspect. The organizations and leaders who know the rules&#8212;rule!

CTSO Board of Directors Training – Policies, Procedures, and Vulnerabilities

Have you ever been working on a lesson that the planning is going great and then you hit a wall? You’re out of ideas? No idea what to do next? Let me help! I have some ideas to fill your teacher toolbox so you can plan engaging effective marketing lessons! This session will include strategies for covering standards, using technology tools, and classroom management. Lessons will be shared and created .

"Fill Your Teacher Toolbox for Marketing Principles"

If you are a district level library leader, join Donita Hinckley for a meeting to discuss the initiatives planned for Library Media Services in the 2021-2022 school year.

District Library Leaders Statewide Meeting

This workshop series will be a virtual professional learning community for educators that teach the Fashion, Merchandising and Retail Management Pathway from around the state of Georgia. It will consist of 3 virtual meetings spaced throughout the school year. An experienced teacher in the Fashion, Merchandising and Retail Management Pathway will lead the 3 collaborative sessions. The lead teacher will share resources (pacing guides, lesson plans, projects, assessments, etc) and guide participants in developing new lessons for the Fashion, Merchandising and Retail Management standards.

Insider Guide: Teaching the Fashion, Merchandising and Retail Management Pathway

This training will focus on how to make the most of your YouScience Snapshot and Snippet assessments, how to use the online administrative portal, how to fulfill BRIDGE Bill requirements, and the valuable resources in our Knowledge Bases. Learn how to walk students through their results, and use our Insights reporting tools to better advise students toward best fit CTAE pathways. Participants who have their own administrator or group manager log ins will be encouraged to deep dive into their own data during this informative, 1 hour session. For those participants who do not have an administrator or group manager log in, a demo log in will be provided during the training.

YouScience – A Snippet, A Snapshot…What’s in the Middle School Basket?

In this workshop, Ashley will review the latest tools and tips that are being used to help teachers integrate technology back into the face-to-face classroom environment.

New Year, New Tech Tools -Technology Tips by Ashley

[For New and Returning GaCTSO Board Members] Presented by TEAMTRI We survived and now it&#8217;s time to thrive! Emerging from the world of COVID and all our world has experienced in the past 24 months provides important opportunities and key openings that can be leveraged to increase participation, engagement, and excellence. In this session we&#8217;ll explore the future of events and programs and 10 lessons and opportunities that have resulted from this historic season we all have shared. The future is bright!

CTSO Board of Directors Training – The Future of Events and Programs

Understanding WBL Course Numbering Template and CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) Code Numbers. Do you need clarification on how to correctly generate a student’s WBL Course Number Sequence in relation to Pathway, Year of Enrollment, WBL Semester, and WBL Classes Off-Campus? (See Chart, Section 19, Page 19-5, WBL Standards and Guidelines Manual) The system for assigning course numbers to students enrolled in Work-Based Learning is a unique coding process applicable to specific cluster/pathway numbers only. To better align the WBL course numbering system across the state of Georgia, this course will demonstrate and guide you into determining the best WBL course number sequence for individual students. If time allows, you will also hear from a registrar who uses Infinite Campus to link a student with multiple WBL gradebooks to ease grade posting stressors and allow for effective time management of WBL grade posting.

Understanding WBL Course Numbering Template and CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) Code Numbers Workshop

This workshop series is for new CTAE (Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education) teachers with 3 years or less experience. Agricultural teachers should check with their region coordinators. There are 5 parts to the New CTAE Teacher Workshop Series. We encourage you to sign up for all five sessions of this series. Part 3 of the 5-part series will cover topics such as employability skills, lesson planning, and an overview of CTSOs

New Teacher Conference Series: Part 3

CTAE Directors will have an opportunity to dive into the Instructional Improvement System (IIS) Data Tool, located in SLDS, which includes district CTAE Core Indicator data. CTAE Directors can use this tool to drill-down in the data to identify areas for improvement within their program and community. This can be an especially helpful tool to use with the Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (CLNA).

Instructional Improvement System (IIS) Data Tool Training for CTAE Directors

Are you tired of the same ol’ lessons year after year? Would you like to get some new ideas to use in your classroom? This webinar is just for middle school teachers who teach the 6 Business-Finance and Computer Science courses. Join others who teach what you teach for a session of sharing ideas and networking with each other. Jot down one bell-ringer activity and one fun activity you do in one of your courses that you can share with everyone in the session. We will start in one group and then move into 2 breakout groups—one for Business and Finance and one for Computer Science. I am really excited to see you all in this webinar and to see what you all share.

Business/Finance & Computer Science – Middle School September Webinar

This is the first statewide meeting for the 2021-2022 school year. Join your peers in Library Media Services to connect and learn about initiatives for this school year!

Library Media Services Statewide Meeting

Good social studies instruction is saturated with great questions, rich data, and a multitude of sources. What happens when your students lack the literacy or analysis skills to unpack those resources? Join GaDOE’s Social Studies team to learn some quick and easy strategies for reading, writing, and analysis skills specifically useful for teaching non-text sources.

Bright Ideas for Non-Text Sources: Strengthening Literacy Across Social Studies

Please note this is a two-day workshop: 
Part 1: September 1st from 4:00pm-6:00pm 
Part 2: September 8th from 4:00pm-6:00pm 
This training is designed for Culinary Arts Programs that are interested in receiving industry certification. The entire certification process will be discussed as well as providing clarification to each standard. http://www.gachef.org/resources.htm AND https://www.acfchefs.org/download/documents/Accreditation/standards.pdf Those completing industry certification during the 2021-22 academic year MUST attend. Any Culinary Arts teacher and their administrator is welcome to attend. If you are thinking about going through industry certification, this will be a good workshop to get your started.

Culinary Arts Industry Certification Training

As a follow-up to our implementation workshops, The Constellations Center for Equity in Computing and the GaDOE are planning to host an info session with several of our CS4GA partners to connect them with district CS leaders. The format: Each partner will go through a 3-minute elevator pitch and then opportunities to connect with them in a short info session after they have all shared.

CS4GA Partner Pitches

Work-Based Learning provides experiences and activities that support a school-to-career transition as a major component of part of Career Related Education. This workshop is the second part of a two-part workshop and continues to support the mission and goals of WBL programs. It reinforces effective strategies and methods for developing work-based learning programs at their schools. Participants will submit evidence of their program documentation via an assigned WBL notebook and can ask specific questions for program-specific concerns. The prerequisite for this workshop is for candidates who have successfully completed the &#8220;WBL Basic Training A&#8221; workshop. Participants must also have attended the WBL Basic Training &#8220;Part A&#8221; session held in summer 2021.

Work Based Learning Basic Training Part B (SESSION 1 OF 3 MANDATORY SESSIONS)

Reporting CTAE correctly in the CPI report ensures that systems receive the correct amount of funding for Training &amp; Experience. This data is also used by the DOE to determine CTAE teacher retention rates, the number of CTAE programs offered across the state, and other data points. CTAE Directors will learn how to correctly code CTAE high school and middle school teachers, administrators, JROTC, and WBL in the state CPI Report. Participants will also learn how to correctly use job codes, determine percentages, funding codes, and employee basis used in CPI Reports 11A and 11B.

CPI Training for CTAE Directors

Teachers will learn about different ways they can set up their labs and useful guidance in ordering equipment for successful labs.

How Do I Set Up My Lab?

National FCCLA offers eight peer-to-peer educational programs to help students develop real world skills for life within Family and Consumer Sciences Education. Each National Program is designed to be integrated into the FCS classroom to help reinforce lessons with opportunities for hands-on practice. In this seminar, Halle Barrett, Georgia FCCLA VP of Programs, and Caitlin Roberson will walk you through each of the 8 National Programs. We will show you how to find resources, activities and project ideas and give you a tutorial on how to submit your National Program Applications for National FCCLA and State Leadership Conference Awards/Ribbons.
We will also take some time to review the Fall Leadership Rally competitions and answer any questions that you may have.
In lieu of the 6-hour Summer Professional Development Workshop at GACTE, Georgia FCCLA will be hosting Monthly Seminars throughout the school year to provide resources to FCCLA Advisers and encourage involvement throughout the year.
Attending 4 of the 8 monthly 1 hour-long seminars in their entirety will fulfill your Program of Work (POW) requirement for the “Summer Professional Development Workshop at GACTE”.

FCCLA – Making FCCLA National Programs Work for You

Join Donita Hinckley for CoffeeEDU, a virtual chat on Teams. This is a free-form, open chat time for library media specialists to get to know one another and grow your professional network. No agenda, no set topic, just come and connect. Grab your morning wake-up beverage and join online at 7:30 a.m. to end the week with some friendly conversation.

CoffeeEDU

Basic Bee Keeping – A Hands on Approach

Basics of Bee Keeping – A Hands on Approach

This workshop series will be a virtual professional learning community for educators that teach the Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism Pathway from around the state of Georgia. It will consist of 3 virtual meetings spaced throughout the school year. An experienced teacher in the Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism Pathway will lead the 3 collaborative sessions. The lead teacher will share resources (pacing guides, lesson plans, projects, assessments, etc.) and guide participants in developing new lessons for the Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism standards.

Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism Pathway Series

This workshop will introduce counselors and administrators to the updated Programs of Study documents available on the GaDOE website, as well as how this resource might be used in advisement and in conjunction with YouScience data.

Programs of Study documents – A New Resource

Join this session to discuss vision and mission statements for the library media center, including examples and ways to develop these statements.

Networking: Vision and Mission

This workshop series is for new CTAE (Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education) teachers with 3 years or less experience. Agricultural teachers should check with their region coordinators. There are 5 parts to the New CTAE Teacher Workshop Series. We encourage you to sign up for all five sessions of this series. Part 4 of the 5-part series will have the opportunity to meet with a the CTSO (Career, Technical, and Student Organization) Executive Director and program specialist. Each CTSO will work with the new teachers on affiliation, web site navigation, competitive events, integration with curriculum, conferences, and much more! Each CTSO will meet on a specific date. The new teachers will not meet every day. There will be a chart posted on CTAERN by August 6th with the dates for each CTSO meeting.

New Teacher Conference Series: Part 4

Join GaDOE&#8217;s L4GA Grant team and Dr. Marilyn E. Lee in this five-part series designed to support pre-kindergarten teachers and administrators as they make the most of student data. Participants of this series will achieve a better understanding of interpreting data and how data drives instruction, how to group students, how to understand and use the Pre-K Continuum to drive instruction, how to increase student vocabulary and comprehension skills, and how to fill in any existing gaps in current curriculum.
Dates: 9/8/21-9/9/21, 9/16/21, 9/21/21-9/24/21 
Time: 1:00 – 4:00 
Register here: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6436432/L4GA-August-September-2021-Professional-Learning-Registration

Pre-Kindergarten Data Digs: Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) & Peabody Picture Vocabularly Test (PPVT)

Are you tired of the same ol’ lessons year after year? Would you like to get some new ideas to use in your classroom? This webinar is just for anyone who teaches any of the BMA and/or FIN pathways at the high school level. Join others who teach what you teach for a session of sharing ideas and networking with each other. Jot down one bell-ringer activity and one fun activity you do in one of your courses that you can share with everyone in the session. We will start in one group and then move into several breakout groups—by pathway or related pathways. I am really excited to see you all in this webinar and to see what you all share.

Business-Finance September Webinar

Educational transition begins in kindergarten, or when the first IEP is written for a student with a disability, and proceeds throughout their lifetime. This session is an introduction to Transition and the Transition process. We will also focus on the roles of counselors and special education professionals in providing access to instruction, interventions, and activities that will increase positive postschool outcomes and how they can work together to maximize students’ potential. Participants should register as school or district teams, which should include counselors, special education teachers, transition personnel, and CTI coordinators from across all grade bands.

Conversations Around Collaboration: If You Build It, They Will Come (1 of 4)

Are you struggling to help your students find their passion for fashion? In this workshop, a variety of resources will be shared to help keep your fashion lessons in vogue. So, come &#8220;find&#8221; a new hook, project, activity, or resource to add to your teacher toolbox

Fashion "Finds" in FACS Middle School

Role Plays, Testing, Manuals-Oh My! Feeling a little overwhelmed with all the DECA Competitive Events? This workshop will walk you through every DECA Competition -how to register, how to prep, how to win! Learn best practices, hear about winning projects and learn what judges are looking for!

DECA Competition 101

This workshop series is for new CTAE (Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education) teachers with 3 years or less experience. Agricultural teachers should check with their region coordinators. There are 5 parts to the New CTAE Teacher Workshop Series. We encourage you to sign up for all five sessions of this series. Part 5 of the 5-part series will cover topics such as CTAERN resources, effective assessments, teacher burnout/balancing life

New Teacher Conference Series: Part 5

Are you tired of the same ol’ lessons year after year? Would you like to get some new ideas to use in your classroom? This webinar is just for anyone who teaches any of the IT/CS pathways at the high school level. Join others who teach what you teach for a session of sharing ideas and networking with each other. Jot down one bell-ringer activity and one fun activity you do in one of your courses that you can share with everyone in the session. We will start in one group and then move into several breakout groups—by pathway or related pathways. I am really excited to see you all in this webinar and to see what you all share.

Information Technology-Computer Science September Webinar

We are using phenomena and immersing students in the science and engineering practices—now what? It’s all about the crosscutting concepts! This session explores how the crosscutting concepts can make a difference in your classroom. Strategies and resources will be shared.

Connecting with the Crosscutting Concepts

Come learn an engaging technique you can apply to all units that you teach! For this workshop, we will specifically use the technique to teach ETP: standards 4.2 and 4.4. The use of Bloom’s Taxonomy provides teachers with a method to deconstruct the standard and educate TAP students to use an article as a platform for learning. This workshop offers suggestions for teaching headline news without bias or personal values.

The Safe Classroom: Teaching Today’s Headlines Without Bias (ETP: Standard 4.2 and 4.4)

Are you a new WBL Coordinator or one that needs some C-NET Refreshing? Work-Based Learning CNET 101 Webinar is the one for you! &#8211; This webinar will cover best practices to enter student/employer data in CNET for monthly reports, the Annual Report, and the Program of Work. Topics will include entering employer&#8217;s location and jobs, student job visits, hours, wages, assessments, and reports. It is designed for new work-based learning coordinators.

Work Based Learning C-NET 101

This fun and engaging session will provide teachers with an opportunity to engage with important concepts to deepen their understanding of how they can support students in their quest to implement Georgia&#8217;s K-12 Mathematics Standards and foster a culture of critical thinking and reasoning in all their mathematics classrooms.

Managing Desmos Activities using the Teacher Dashboard

Culinary Arts and Nutrition &amp; Food Science Instructors Only. Participants will participate in an interactive presentation on the anatomy of taste: tasting with tea. During the presentation, standards will be identified that can be addressed in your virtual or face-to-face classrooms. You will be able to take the skills learned and use them in your classes and for future student competitions

Anatomy of Taste: Tasting with Tea

Everything you need to know about teaching social studies doesn&#8217;t come from a book. Some of the best advice comes from watching mentors, avoiding landmines, and lessons learned from teaching experience. Join the GaDOE Social Studies team as they share 88 years of collective wisdom.

Things They Don't Tell You In Teacher School

This workshop series will be a virtual professional learning community for educators that teach the Sports and Entertainment Marketing Pathway from around the state of Georgia. It will consist of 3 virtual meetings spaced throughout the school year. An experienced teacher in the Sports and Entertainment Pathway will lead the 3 collaborative sessions. The lead teacher will share resources (pacing guides, lesson plans, projects, assessments, etc) and guide participants in developing new lessons for the Sports and Entertainment Marketing standards.

Sports and Entertainment Marketing Pathway Series

This workshop series will be a virtual professional learning community for educators that teach in the Marketing Management Pathway from around the state of Georgia. It will consist of 3 virtual meetings spaced throughout the school year. An experienced teacher in the Marketing Management Pathway will lead the 3 collaborative sessions. The lead teacher will share resources (pacing guides, lesson plans, projects, assessments, etc) and guide participants in developing new lessons for the Marketing and Management standards.

Marketing Management Pathway Series

HomeTown Health University will provide training to our teachers and CTAE directors participating in Industry Certification for FY22.

HomeTown Health University IC Preparation

Join us for the first session of the Masters of Curation cohort. Use the provided link to indicate your interest in participating in the Masters of Curation cohort.

Teeing Off with Masters of Curation

Join us as we explore more into the ICA: standard 9.4 related to fad diets. What are the pros and cons of popular diets? We will explore current nutrition guidelines and how these diets may or may not meet the needs of certain populations. Examples will be provided on how to incorporate current nutrition information into the culinary arts curriculum labs and practices. (ICA: Standard 9.4

Fad Diets - Are you a fan? (ICA: Standard 9.4)

In ECE II: Standard 10, students are to obtain industry recognized safety certifications such as First Aid/CPR and Fire Safety. In this workshop, we will discuss all steps (before and after) needed by the teacher to ensure these certifications are provided to your students. We will explore multiple options of who can assist you, in your area, in ensuring your students receive these certifications. Other ECE certifications will be shared to add to their credential and make them more marketable. Lastly, we will brainstorm ways to get your students excited about working hard to obtain these certifications.

Industry Recognized Certifications 101 for ECE Students

What do you do when science and social studies do not fit into your schedule? Join the GaDOE science and social studies teams to discuss effective ways to incorporate both contents into your busy teaching schedule.

Time Crunched?: Making Time for Science and Social Studies in Your K-5 Schedule

A major tenant of the CTI program is to support student transition and to provide appropriate transition services through CTAE pathway classes, CTSO activities, etc. The SDI is a self-reporting tool that asks questions about how the student feels about their ability to be self-determined in the area of the essential characteristics of self-determined actions. The SDI is the tool adopted by the Georgia Division of Special Education as a part of its state supported transition initiative. CTI Coordinators will receive training on proper administration of the SDI and utilizing the inventory results. This virtual workshop is designed This workshop will be presented on the MS Teams platform. Attendees will be provided a link to join the workshop.

Administering the Self-Determination Inventory (SDI) for CTI Coordinators

School-based Enterprises (SBE) are an exciting and dynamic method to teach students the basics of marketing, management, and entrepreneurship. Educators from a wide range of disciplines can utilize SBEs to add to a &#8220;real-world&#8221; experience to their curriculum. A successful SBE is also a great addition for any school and a resource for students, faculty &amp; staff, and even the entire community. This workshop is designed to benefit educators that would like to start a SBE or that already operate a SBE.

Tips & Tricks for Operating your School-Based Enterprise (SBE)

This fun and engaging session will provide teachers with an opportunity to engage with important concepts to deepen their understanding of how they can support students in their quest to implement Georgia&#8217;s K-12 Mathematics Standards and foster a culture of critical thinking and reasoning in all of their mathematics classrooms.

Creating Engaging Activities Using Desmos

This engaging eWorkshop explores the importance of equitable engagement in mathematical conversations for multilingual learners and helps teachers-built capacity in teaching &#038; learning multilingual learners.

WIDA -Mathematical Meaning-Making Collaborating for Equity (Elementary)

The Georgia Mathematics Advisory Council meets regularly to provide input and advice regarding mathematics education in Georgia. These content experts, leaders, and community stakeholders serve as the voice for those in similar roles across the state. Decisions made at council meetings help inform the future of mathematics education in Georgia.

Georgia Mathematics Advisory Council Meeting

This workshop series will be a virtual professional learning community for educators that teach the Marketing Communications and Promotions Pathway from around the state of Georgia. It will consist of 3 virtual meetings spaced throughout the school year. An experienced teacher in the Marketing Communications and Promotions Pathway will lead the 3 collaborative sessions. The lead teacher will share resources (pacing guides, lesson plans, projects, assessments, etc) and guide participants in developing new lessons for the new Marketing Communications and Promotions standards.

Marketing Communications and Promotions Pathway – Implementing the New Standards

Join with Dr. Heather Morin of Lowndes County Schools as she describes concrete ways that you can partner with your school and district.

Presentation: Partnering with Your School and District

Are you looking for ways to spice up your nutrition and food science lessons/labs? This workshop will share lesson plan/lab ideas for hands-on activities that you can use in all three courses of the pathway. The examples and ideas provided will cover a variety of standards, including employability skills, food safety and sanitation, kitchen basics, and more. Spicing up your lessons will help to keep things interesting for you and your students.

Spicing Up Your Nutrition & Food Science Lessons Plans/Labs

The GaDOE Career Guidance and Counseling Team is hosting a new school counselor conference. The conference is for counselors with 0-3 years of experience and counselors changing levels. Session topics include: Supporting Students’ Mental Health Through MTSS; Dual Enrollment for Beginning Counselors, Tales from a First Year School Counselor; Tech Tools to Buy Back More Time with Students; The Importance of Counselor Self-Care, Alignment of Employability Skills and ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors, and many, many more. Come join us for these engaging sessions.

New Counselors Summit - Virtual

These two-day training sessions provide a deep dive into the Georgia Numeracy Project. On the first day, we will focus on the strategy stages and administering the GloSS and IKAN assessments. On the second day, we will discuss how to analyze the data from the assessments and implement the intervention tools and activities.
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WIDA -Mathematical Meaning-Making Collaborating for Equity (Secondary)

Focus your energies on teaching students to think like historians, geographers, economists, and political scientists using read alouds. Be ready to share your own best titles!

Hats On For Read Alouds?

Make Every Bite Count: An update on the New Dietary Guidelines Every five years, the United States Department of Agriculture and Health and Human Services publishes the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the nation’s go-to source for nutrition information. Join us to learn about the most recent 2020-2025 guidelines and how to make every bite count.

Building Skills for a Lifetime of Good Health Series: Part 1

The GaDOE Career Guidance and Counseling Team is hosting a school counselor conference. The conference is for counselors with 4 + years of experience. Session topics include: Dual Enrollment for Gurus, Vertical Alignment between Elementary Counselors and High School CTAE, Supporting Students’ Mental Health Through MTSS; Tech Tools to Buy Back More Time with Students; The Importance of Counselor Self-Care, Alignment of Employability Skills and ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors, and many, many more. Come join us for these engaging sessions.

Experienced Counselors Summit - Virtual

Typically, you would not want a fire to be near a piece of fabric. BUT it is a great learning tool for standard 4 of the Textile Science course! Come learn how to lead a fiber burn lab to teach students how to identify fibers based on the way they burn. Attendees will also receive resources on basic fiber characteristics and how to teach them!

Fires and Fibers: Sounds Dangerous! (HUM-TS-4. Burn Labs)

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Join us as we discuss the importance of being cybersecurity aware as well as resources to assist you in these efforts in your library media center and school.

Presentation: Cybersecurity

This engaging session will provide leaders with an opportunity to learn more about the Georgia&#8217;s K-12 Mathematics Standards, experience best practices for teaching and learning mathematics and network with other leaders from across the state.

Mathematics Standards Overview for Leaders

Fun, creative ways to teach standard 7 in Culinary Arts II. Learn how to combine many state standards while utilizing your catering program. Create unity and teamwork by feeding your sports team and community. Participants will receive all resources shared in a digital format. Get ready to plug and play in your own classroom!

Restaurant Conceptualization and Catering (CAII-Standard 7)

This Dave Weber workshop is just what you need!!! 
Do you sometimes have trouble falling asleep because you are too tired or to “keyed up”? Are you snapping at your kids, your spouse, your dog? Do you wake up at 3:00 am and can’t get back to sleep because your to-do-list is already running through your mind? You might be stressed out! This fun, interactive workshop helps participants discover the symptoms, causes, and cures to successfully manage stress in their lives.

I am Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

This workshop will cover updates for Dual Enrollment for the 2021-2022 school year including information regarding self pay courses, new additions to the course directory, Option B info, and other issues and policies for DE

Dual Enrollment Fall Updates

There are many new resources that have been developed that you may not have had time to investigate. Do you want to know what is available and where it is located? Join the GaDOE science team on a resource dig to uncover all the science gems! We will discuss resources and professional learning options to assist library media specialists in supporting disciplinary literacy.

Mining for Science Resources: Library Media Specialists and Leaders

Mining for Science Resources

This annual event seeks to provide a conference forum to hear from experienced world language and global education experts on various topics. This year&#8217;s keynote will be delivered by Mr. Jose Perez from the Board of Regents for the University System of Georgia. The event will take place in person and virtually at Georgia Southwestern Univesity.

3rd Annual Jubilee International Symposium

How You Spend Makes a Difference 
Join us for a lesson plan that focuses on how to create spending and saving practices to promote fiscal health. Participants will review skills and resources to help students develop budget/spending plans to foster money-saving habits. Activities and handouts will be provided.

Building Skills for a Lifetime of Good Health Series: Part 2

Through participation in Competitive Events, FCCLA members gain employable skills and industry insight needed to thrive in the 21st Century. Spend an hour with your Georgia FCCLA VP of Competitive Events, Madison Newsome, and Caitlin Roberson as they go through the Fall Leadership Conference Competitions, STAR Events, State Events, Online Proficiency Testing and National FCCLA Partners Contests.
In lieu of the 6-hour Summer Professional Development Workshop at GACTE, Georgia FCCLA will be hosting Monthly Seminars throughout the school year to provide resources to FCCLA Advisers and encourage involvement throughout the year.
Attending 4 of the 8 monthly 1 hour-long seminars in their entirety will fulfill your Program of Work (POW) requirement for the “Summer Professional Development Workshop at GACTE”.

FCCLA – Go for the Gold with Competitive Events

This workshop will cover updates for Dual Enrollment for the 2021-2022 school year including information regarding self pay courses, new additions to the course directory, Option B info, and other issues and policies for DE.

This virtual workshop is designed for New CTI Coordinators in the internship phase of training. This workshop will focus on the POW and internship requirements. 
This workshop will be presented on the MS Teams platform. Attendees will be provided a link to join the workshop

New CTI Coordinator Check-In

This two-part series is designed to support the work of library media specialists who are interested in engaging English learners. Participants will discuss tips, strategies, and examples of successful initiatives used in and out of the media center setting. In the first session, participants will learn about language acquisition, academic supports for English learners, and examine program initiatives, and they will be invited to implement this learning in their school media center. In the second session, participants will share the strengths and challenges of the work, what they learned about engaging English learners, and how libraries across the state can positively impact the growth of ELs.

Engaging English Learners in the Media Center

This engaging session will provide counselors with an opportunity to learn more about the Georgia&#8217;s K-12 Mathematics Standards and learn strategies to support increased student success and retention.

Mathematics Standards Overview for Middle and High School Counselors

If you are a Georgia educator looking to improve school climate, join me in a discussion about successful school and positive educational outcomes for all students.
Let’s chat, Coffee &amp; Conversations with Jason.

Coffee & Conversations with Jason

Be Healthy with Green Cleaning 
Did you know that people spend an average of 90% of their time indoors? Studies conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) show levels of several common organic pollutants to be 2 to 5 times higher inside homes than outside. By following a few guidelines, you can improve your indoor environment, save money, and help conserve natural resources. Learn how to simplify cleaning and reduce harmful organic compounds in the home.

GaDOE Professional Learning Events

Tips & Tricks for Operating your School-Based Enterprise (SBE)

Creating Engaging Activities Using Desmos

WIDA -Mathematical Meaning-Making Collaborating for Equity (Elementary)

Georgia Mathematics Advisory Council Meeting

Marketing Communications and Promotions Pathway – Implementing the New Standards