Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Curriculum/Instruction & Assessment
Monthly Updates for January 21, 2015
Good Morning Curriculum Directors/Instructional Leaders.
Welcome to today's Monthly Updates/Webinar for January 21, 2015.
The approximate start time is 10:00 a.m.
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Curriculum/Instruction & Assessment
Monthly Updates for January 21, 2015
All documents and the recorded webinar file will be posted
on the Curriculum and Instruction webpage.
Please look on the right side at the bottom of the page
under CIA Newsletter.
Curriculum and Instruction webpage link:
http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-andAssessment/Curriculum-and-Instruction/Pages/default.aspx
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Agenda Items
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
State Board of Education Updates for January
English Language Arts
Mathematics
Assessment
Health/Physical Education
NCAA Requirements
Social Studies
Science
STEM
Announcements
Questions
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Revised Standards for
English Language Arts (ELA)
and Mathematics
Martha R. Reichrath, Ph.D., Deputy State Superintendent
Pamela H. Smith, Ed.S., Director of Curriculum and Instruction
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Revision of ELA and
Math Standards
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• On August 15, 2013, the Governor directed the State Board of Education to
conduct a formal evaluation of the Common Core Georgia Performance
Standards in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics.
• A survey opportunity was conducted by the Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia. Survey participants were asked to review and
comment on each ELA and Math standard.
• Survey responses were compiled and standards with less than 90%
approval were submitted to working, advisory, and academic review
committees for review and revision. The working committee made up of
mostly current classroom teachers reviewed the survey comments
submitted for each standard to determine suggestions for revision. The
suggestions were then reviewed and additional suggestions were made to
the standards by the Academic Review committee for final
recommendations.
• On November 12, 2014, the revised standards were approved by the State
Board of Education to be posted for 60 days of public review and comment
form November 12, 2014 through January 10, 2015.
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Over 9,600 ELA and Mathematics
Survey Participants Included
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Business/Industry
Post-Secondary Staff
Elected or Government Officials
Elementary, Middle and High School Teachers
Parents
School Counselors
Students
School District/Local Administrators
Other
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Overall, teachers represented a majority of the survey responses with 72%.
Combined responses from parents, students, and the “other” category were the
second largest group of participants, with 19%.
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ELA Summary of Ratings
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Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
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Math Summary of Ratings
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Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
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ELA and Mathematics
Survey Comments
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
In summary, comments could be grouped into the three
following categories:
1. Comments that either supported or expressed concerns
related to the developmental appropriateness of the
revised CCGPS
2. Comments not supportive of Common Core Standards
or the revised CCGPS
3. Comments supportive of the revised CCGPS, including
those with suggestions for training and resources
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ELA and Math
Standards
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• Thank you to all who participated in this review and
evaluation of standards.
• We greatly appreciate all who provided feedback
along the way through surveys and legislative and
SBOE listening sessions and hearings.
• The State Board of Education adopted the revised
CCGPS for English Language Arts (ELA) and
mathematics on January 15, 2015.
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
High School
Mathematics Courses
Foundations of Algebra
Algebra I
Geometry
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Foundations of Algebra
9th Grade Course Option
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• Course will meet the academic needs of 9th grade students who may
have significant gaps in their mathematics achievement.
• Students will be identified via K-8 data analysis.
• Funding will be necessary to develop resources and training to support
teachers in differentiating instruction.
• Course completers will be awarded one core unit of credit.
• GaDOE staff will update the SBOE quarterly relative to both enrollment
data and Foundations of Algebra initiatives.
• District enrollment data for this course will be reviewed before and
after FTE data collection periods by the SBOE to ensure that eligibility
criteria is being applied.
• Performance in subsequent courses will be closely monitored at the
end of each semester.
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Foundations of Algebra
Diagnostic Data and Eligibility Criteria
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Step I: Middle school administrators/teachers will identify
students who Did Not Meet expectations on the 5th, 6th, and
7th grade CRCT. These are students who may have significant
gaps in their mathematics achievement.
Step II: Middle schools will administer Individual Knowledge
Assessment of Number (IKAN) diagnostic to students identified
in Step I (No costs will be incurred by the state or districts.)
Step III: During the scheduling process, high schools will enroll
students scoring at IKAN Stage 5 (equivalent to 4th grade
mathematics) or below in Foundations of Algebra.
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Algebra I and Geometry
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• High school mathematics standards for the current
Coordinate Algebra and Analytic Geometry courses
have been resorted to create a more discrete
mathematics course sequence for Algebra I and
Geometry.
• Note: The Foundations of Algebra, Algebra I, and
Geometry are posted for public review and comment.
The courses are posted at:
https://www.georgiastandards.org/CommonCore/Pages/Additional-High-School-MathematicsCourses.aspx
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District Mathematics Supervisor
Web Meeting
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• Mathematics Curriculum Supervisors are invited
to join the GaDOE Mathematics Team for an
information session on January 27 at 10:00 am.
• Our web conferencing tool, GoToTraining,
requires that you register using the link:
https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/92161233
20583036674.
• You will be sent a confirmation email with
session participation instructions.
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Computer Science
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Computer Science
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
In response to the Governor’s expectation for the SBOE/GaDOE to provide
opportunities for high school students to take Computer Science courses that
meet foreign language, fourth mathematics, and fourth science requirements,
a Task Force has been created.
• Task Force membership includes: 9-12 and post-secondary Computer Science Teachers;
Business/Industry; the University System of Georgia; Georgia’s Career College System (aka
TCSG); Professional Standards Commission; GaDOE staff; RESA; Governor’s Office of Student
Achievement; Local District administrators
• Course options are being reviewed for approval by post-secondary for admission purposes
• Draft wording being considered for inclusion in the Rule for the list of State-funded courses
for designated courses:
• DRAFT: Course meets fourth science or fourth mathematics or world language
requirement; Two Computer Science courses from the same pathway will satisfy two years
of sequenced foreign language courses.
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DRAFT Computer
Science Course Options
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Courses currently under discussion for 2015-2016:
1) Advanced Placement Computer Science A (already
meets fourth science requirement)
2) International Baccalaureate Computer Science,
Year One
3) International Baccalaureate Computer Science,
Year Two
4) Computer Science Principles
5) Programming, Games, Apps and Society
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Computer Science
Task Force
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
To date, discussions included:
• Identifying Computer Science courses for consideration
• Teacher training/endorsement and district capacity to offer
courses
• Utilization of Georgia Virtual School (GAVS) Computer Science
courses for students and teacher facilitator training
• Post-secondary course alignment and approval for meeting
admissions requirements in math, science, and foreign
language
• Communication to stakeholders
• Possibility of allowing two Computer Science courses from the
same pathway to satisfy two years of sequenced foreign
language courses for post-secondary admission purposes.
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Computer Science
Task Force Timeline
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• February 19, 2015 – Include specific language with designated
courses in the SBOE Rule (160-4-2-.20) for the list of StateFunded courses as meeting foreign language, or fourth
mathematics, or fourth science requirements
• 2015-2016 School Year – Students will be able to count
designated Computer Science courses as foreign language, or
fourth mathematics, or fourth science core credit in meeting
high school graduation requirements and admission
requirements for either USG or TCSG.
• 2016-2017 School Year – New Computer Science Pathway course
options will be developed; An additional AP Computer Science
Principles course will be available for the 2016-17 school year.
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
State Board of Education (SBOE) Updates
• Revised ELA and Mathematics Standards
were approved by the SBOE on January 15,
2015.
• Three Mathematics courses were posted for
public review and comment. (Foundations
of Algebra, Algebra I, and Geometry)
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English Language Arts
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• New Revised Standards APPROVED!
• Teacher feedback will be honored by beginning the
process of revising Teacher Guidance Documents
to reflect the suggestions of teachers to “clarify,”
“define the terms,” “provide simple illustrations of
what is intended by each standard,” and to “make
those resources easy to access.”
• Teachers who may be interested in contributing to
this revision process should subscribe to the ELA
Reporter and watch for announcements.
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Building Foundations
for Reading and
Writing Literacy
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
• Planning is underway for
ELA Summer Academies 2015:
“Georgia Teachers: Building Strong
Foundations for the Future”
• Meeting the Challenge for Reading
• Meeting the Challenge for Writing
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ELA Triathlon
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Plan includes a three-phase strategic design to
prepare for Rigorous Academic Writing
• Phase I includes instruction to promote and build
sustainability for rigorous writing.
• Phase II involves the deep understanding of Foundational
Literacy Skills for Learning Progressions K-12.
• Phase II involves beginning with the end in mind and
includes a close examination of performance-based tasks for
the purpose of giving students grade-level appropriate,
scaffold opportunities to demonstrate their ability to
analyze and synthesize information.
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Get on the
ELA ListServe!
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
ELA District Support Join-ela-districtsupport@list.doe.k12.ga.us
ELA Administrators
Join-ela-admin@list.doe.k12.ga.us
ELA K-5
Join-ela-k-5@list.doe.k12.ga.us
ELA 6-8
Join-ela-6-8@list.doe.k12.ga.us
ELA 9-12
Join-ela-9-12@list.doe.k12.ga.us
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Assessment
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
The following assessment windows are on the State Testing Calendar for the months of
January and February 2015:
Georgia Milestones End of Course (EOC) Mid-Month Administrations
January 20 – 30 and February 9 – 20, 2015
Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS)
Window closes May 8, 2015
Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA) Main Administration and HS Retest
Open through March 27, 2015
Georgia High School Writing Tests (GHSWT) Retest Administration
February 25 – 26, 2015
Remember: The Summer 2015 Retest Administration has moved from July to June.
This summer’s date is June 17, 2015
ACCESS for ELLs
January 20 – March 3, 2015
NAEP
January 26 – March 6, 2015 (Sampled Systems/Schools Only)
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Updated Assessment Webinar Schedule and
2014-2015 Testing Calendar
NEW > >> Memorandum: 2014-2015 Assessment Webinar Schedule
(November 2014-June 2015)
http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-andAssessment/Assessment/Pages/Memoranda--Announcements.aspx
•Provides dates/times for webinar sessions for the period noted above.
UPDATED >>> 2014-2015 State Testing Calendar
http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-andAssessment/Assessment/Pages/Information-For-Educators.aspx
•Provides key dates (both confirmed dates and tentative dates) related to
Georgia Milestones through Summer 2015
•Includes the above-mentioned webinar dates for the period
November 2014-June 2015
The 2015-2016 State Testing Calendar is NOW POSTED to the “For Educators”
link noted above as well.
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Georgia Milestones Website & Resources
http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-andAssessment/Assessment/Pages/Georgia-Milestones-Assessment-System.aspx
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Allowable Accommodations Charts (Students with Disabilities and English Learners)
Assessment Guides (End of Course and End of Grade)
Calculator Policy
Content Weights
Links to Test Administration Resources (End of Course and End of Grade)
Parent Question & Answer Brochure
Online Testing Demonstration Site
Oral Read-Aloud Guidelines
Test Blueprints
Presentations
• Technical Set-Up Trainings
• Pre-Administration Trainings
• Updates & Clarifications
• Multiple presentations to professional associations, etc.
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
NAEP & Assessment Literacy
Teacher Resources
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Understanding and Using Constructed Response
Items in the Classroom:
NAEP Questions Tool
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrlsx/landing.aspx
Eliciting Student Response Training Modules
http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-andAssessment/Assessment/Pages/default.aspx
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Health & Physical Education
January Update
Therese McGuire, Ed.S. tmcguire@doe.k12.ga.us
Mike Tenoschok, Ed.D. mtenoschok@doe.k12.ga.us
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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FitnessGram Resource Codes
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Upcoming FitnessGram
DATES to Remember
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Health & Physical Education
Southern District Convention
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
"Moving Forward - Shaping Our Future"
February 18 – 21, 2015
Atlanta, GA
SDAHPERD Co-hosting with Georgia AHPERD
http://www.shapeamerica.org/about/districts/southern/conf
erence.cfm
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Power Up for 30
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
The program empowers teachers and staff to incorporate more
physical activity into the school day using innovative
strategies.
The training sessions will guide training teams from the
elementary schools on how to maximize the use of facilities
and personnel before, during, and after school to integrate
physical activity.
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Power Up for 30
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Power Up for 30
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
To learn more about how schools can get involved or for
information about upcoming training dates and locations,
please contact:
powerupfor30@georgiashape.org
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Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
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Social Studies
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Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Governor’s Directive for Social Studies Resources
Medal of Honor Training
Bruce Lesh Training
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Presidential Awards for Excellence in
Mathematics and Science Teaching
(PAEMST)
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) are
the highest honors bestowed by the United States government specifically for K-12
mathematics and science (including computer science) teaching.
Recipients of the award receive the following:
• A certificate signed by the President of the United States.
• A paid trip for two to Washington, D.C., to attend a series of recognition events and
professional development opportunities.
• A $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation.
To nominate a talented secondary science teachers (7-12) to participate in this year’s
program, please visit the PAEMST website.
(https://www.paemst.org/controllers/home.cfc?method=view)
Nominations close on April 1, 2015.
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
CTAE Fourth Science Options for 2014-2015
The following courses count towards satisfying the fourth science requirement and a CTAE
pathway completion requirement and have been approved by the Board of Regents as a fourth
science.
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
CTAE Fourth Science Options for 2014-2015
The following courses count towards satisfying the fourth science requirement and a CTAE
pathway completion requirement but are not recognized as a fourth science by Board of
Regents.
We are working with the Board of Regents on the review of additional courses and will be
updating these lists as soon as decisions are made.
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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Richard Woods,
Georgia’s School Superintendent
“Educating Georgia’s Future”
gadoe.org
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
STEM
STEM Georgia Educator Laureates Awards Program
The STEM Georgia Educator Laureate Awards are designed to reward Georgia K-12
classroom teachers for exceptional work in the area of Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Math. Teachers are provided a list of activities that may be completed in order to
earn digital badges worth specific points. Georgia Power will be sponsoring the top
three teachers to attend a professional learning conference of their choice anywhere in
the continental United States. To register go to: http://goo.gl/WcIfbZ
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