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Topic
Speaker
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Welcome
Common
Core
Workshops
Powers
Powers
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Crucial Role
of Media
Specialists in
CCGPS
Powers
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CCGPS
Literacy
Standards for
Social
Studies/
History,
Science and
Technical
Subjects
(Grades 6 –
12)
Powers
Overcoming
Barriers that
Face Our
Boys
Powers
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Specifics
PLAC Agenda
January 24, 2013
Information to
Spoke with the
representative from
Scholastic. Jeffery Wilhelm is
available on June 7 and June
21. Will either date work?
Susan Jacobs will be here to
do this workshop. The date
has been changed to
Thursday, March 7.
Registration is up on the
website.
Due to overwhelming
response () we have added
a second day for this training.
Daniel Rock will be in
Douglas on Feb. 19 for
Atkinson and Coffee county
teachers. He will be in
Waycross on Feb. 20 for
Bacon, Brantley, Charlton,
Clinch, Pierce, and Ware.
Registration is up on the
website.
Workshop is scheduled for
March 6. Registration will be
up soon. There is no cost for
this training and we have a
grant that will pay for subs
(up to 50). Each system may
send 6 teachers to the
Superintendents,
Curriculum
Directors, SpEd
Directors,
Principals
Superintendents,
Curriculum
Directors,
Principals, Media
Specialists
Deadlines
Material
Motion/2nd
/Yes /No
Rhonda will go back and ask for other dates
besides June. Possibly hold off on this
training until the Fall.
Registration
deadline:
2/28/13
Superintendents,
Curriculum
Directors, SpEd
Directors, Middle
and High School
Principals,
Teachers
Registration
deadline:
Superintendents,
Curriculum
Directors, SpEd
Directors,
Principals,
Counselors,
Nurses, Teachers
Registration
deadline:
2/20/13 (to
reserve your 6
teacher slots)
We currently have 29 registered
for this training. Please remind
your media specialists of this
training and have them register
online if they plan to attend.
Coffee: 2/12/13
Waycross:
2/13/13
Final
Currently 24 people are
registered from Coffee Co.
and none from Atkinson for
the training on 2/12/2013.
For the Waycross training
we have 49 registered. A
majority from Pierce Co.
and none from Ware Co.
There is no cost for the training.
The grant will reimburse for
substitutes for your first 6
teachers that are registered by
2/20/13.
Class will be posted 1/24/2013
This is a great training that is
FREE for your county so be
sure to get participants signed
up by the deadline.
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Pre-AP
Workshops –
College
Board
Powers
training and have the grant
pay for the subs. If you do
not use your slots by Feb.
20th at noon, it will be first
come, first-served for the
remaining slots (up to 50).
The training is designed for
Elementary/ Middle/High
School counselors, teachers,
administrators, and nurses.
Speakers will be: Dr. Phillip
Luck (How Boys Learn:
Strategies for Reaching and
Teaching Boys); Marco Silva,
Gwinnett Co Gang Task
Force (The Lure of Gangs);
Mike Tenoschok (HIV/AIDS).
Thank you for your
responses to my email about
the trainings. We have
compiled them and have
requested (from College
Board) the 2 that were the
most popular: Pre-AP
Strategies in English –
Beyond Acronyms: Inquiry
Based Closed Reading and
Pre-AP Strategies in History
and Social Sciences. We are
waiting to hear back from
College Board regarding the
dates. I will get the dates to
you as soon as I know. There
will be no cost for this training
– we received a grant to
registration
deadline:
2/27/13
Superintendents,
Curriculum
Directors, Middle
School and High
School Principals
Workshop
Descriptions
Tentative Dates: March 20-21, 2013
Please mark these dates on your calendars. We
want to have this training scheduled before the
systems begin testing.
This is a Grant from DOE ($10,000) that allows
for no cost for the training, this does not cover the
cost of subs.
We are able to provide 2 classes with this grant.
Each class is $4500.
Our March PLAC is scheduled for Mar. 21. If
you want to attend the training we will reschedule our meeting. We will decide at our
Feb. meeting.
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cover to cost of 2 trainings.
Subs will not be paid for.
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Gifted
Endorsement
Powers
Please begin thinking about if
you will have teachers that
you want to go through the
Gifted Endorsement next
year. I will be asking for
numbers next month.
Superintendents,
Curriculum
Directors, Gifted
Coordinators,
Principals
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GaTAPP
Powers
1.) Congratulations to
Kimberly Thompson –
GaTAPP graduate (last year)
from WCHS. She was
awarded one of 4
scholarships (nationally) from
the National Association of
Alternative Certification. 
She will be recognized at
their conference this year.
2.) I am in the process of
updating our forms for the FY
14 cohort (beginning June 1).
I hope to have the website
back up and running by the
end of the week. If you have
any questions or concerns
about hiring teachers to go
through GaTAPP please
come talk to me. Our
graduates are excellent
teachers – we have had
Superintendents,
Curriculum
Directors, HR
Directors,
Principals
Number of
individuals
expected to
start
endorsement
next year –
needed at next
meeting
None
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Support for
CCGPS
Implementation
for Principals &
Assistant
Principals
Powers
teachers of the year,
GaTAPP Ambassadors
(state-wide recognition) and
now national recognition.
3.) Last month we were told
that having a Master’s
degree no longer exempted
candidates from the GACE
Basic Skills. We were
informed last week to
“pretend we never heard
that”. So, if a candidate has a
Master’s degree – they will
exempt the GACE Basic
Skills.
We have Mark Wilson
scheduled to come on Feb.
7. We are waiting for him to
confirm that date. Since the
DOE is not contracting with
him anymore the cost per
participant will be $25. The
schedule will be the same as
before – Middle and High
School in the morning (8:30 –
11:30) and Elementary in the
afternoon (1:00 – 4:00). We
will not have the session for
Curriculum Directors the day
before the training – you may
come with the principals on
the 7th. The DOE is hoping to
be able to contract with Mark
again later this Spring (for the
May date). If they do not,
Superintendents,
Curriculum
Directors,
Principals
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there would be a $25 per
person charge to bring him
back.
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Parapro
Training
Powers
May 2, 2013 & May 9, 2013:
(1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.)
Superintendents,
Curriculum
directors,
Principals
April 15, 2013
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ELA
Precision
Review
P Stovall
The ELA Precision Reviews
went very well for all grades.
Several grades requested
one or two additional days to
revise units or to work across
grade levels. What is the
pleasure of the group?
Curriculum
Directors,
Superintendents
ASAP
Registration is up. There is a
possibility that we may have to
change the May 9th date. Cassie
received an email about a May
GACIS meeting for LDC. We will
let you know a.s.a.p. if the date
has to be changed.
Please remind Parapros the
time of the class was decided
by the Curriculum Directors &
Principals and not Rhonda.
Day 2 went very well. 10th & 12th grades are finished. K-8th has requested an additional day in Feb. The thought is to split the training by grade
levels (K-2, 3-5, 6-9) for different days to allow more space between groups.
Leaders from previous sessions will be utilized again.
We need to finalize dates; this can be pushed to March if needed. Peggy will look at the calendar and send you some dates.
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GAPSS
P Stovall
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New
Education
Committee
Chair in
Senate
P Stovall
An OK RESA team will be
traveling to Atkinson County
for the middle school GAPSS
on January 29th, 30th. Then,
to Atkinson High School on
February 6th and 7th.
Mr. Lindsey Tippins from
Cobb County will be the new
chairperson. He served 12
years on the Cobb Board of
Education.
Curriculum
Directors,
Superintendents,
Principals at
Atkinson County
Curriculum
Directors,
Superintendents
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New
Personnel
PARCC
P Stovall
Elizabeth
Oliver
Welcome to RESA
High School Math
Assessments, Retest Policy,
Tech Specs
Curriculum
Directors,
Superintendents,
Principals,
Anita Finn-Registrar/Secretary
Cindy Hitt-ELA Specialist, 1st day Feb. 1
Jan James-GLRS Director, 1st day Feb. 1, will be
sharing with Ware Co. until they find a
replacement.
Curriculum
Directors,
Principals
Handout
Review the handouts given; there is a lot of great information on here.
GaPSC Leadership Guidance: February 22, 2013 (10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)
-Coming to RESA for meeting to discuss the ICP and GSS
Math Assesment-3rd-8th grades are finished, K-2nd have requested Feb. 8th for an additional day and March 22nd if they do not complete everything
on Feb. 8th.
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PARCC
CCRPI
Elizabeth
Oliver
Special Ed and ELL
Accommodations
Special Ed
Directors and
teachers
Elizabeth
Oliver
Final Version
Curriculum
Directors, Principals
Dr. Joy will ask Mark when he is here
to clarify the scoring.
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Writing
Scores
Elizabeth
Oliver
Handout
Currently in process of determining what the
accommodations will be.
Handout
-If % is in green then those numbers will be benchmarked.
-They added #10
Grades 5 & 8; GHSWT
Principals and
Teachers
Handout
-Tracking the writing skills and scores: BLUE results =at or above the state standards.
-Because of when the test is given to age groups the 7th grade needs to be prepared for the 8th grade test and the 10th grade needs to be prepared
for the 11th grade test.
-Spelling and convention grammar will be graded.
-5 out of 8 were here on 1/23/2013 for math training development; Liz will look at dates and make a final decision by next PLAC meeting of other
training dates.
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MDC
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Math K-2
“K-2 The
Seeds of
Mathematics:
Number &
Operations”
Dana
Robbins
Math 3-5
“Math 3-5 For
Teaching
Struggling
Students
Using
Manipulatives
”
Dana
Robbins
Mindset
Instructor
Certification:
Crisis
Prevention
and Physical
Restraint
Training
Dana
Robbins
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Elizabeth
Oliver
All training has been
completed; final round of two
observations per participant
beginning this week.
Principals and their
administrative will be invited
to observe also
This training is for co-teaching
teams and will focus on using
manipulatives and error analysis
to address struggling learners in
math.
2 days – February 12, 2013 and
March 13, 2013 (at Pierce BOE)
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. both days.
This training is for co-teaching
teams and will focus on using
manipulatives and error analysis
to address struggling learners in
math.
3 days – February 13, 2013,
February 28, 2013, and March
28, 2013 (8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at
RESA)
This is an Instructor Certification
Course that will allow
participants to re-deliver the
MindSet Training to staff
members for a period of one
year. It’s to prevent and manage
aggressive behavior as well as
meet and exceed the standards
set forth in the rule and law
governing Seclusion and
Restraint.
Principals and
Administrative
Staff
-Monitoring needs to take place next year.
-Anyone who completed the 4 day MDC training
can monitor.
-If the systems would like Dr. Oliver to do the
monitoring they need to let her know.
Curriculum
Feb 5, 2013
Directors, Special
Education
1 PLU will be given for this
Directors,
training. There will be no
Principals, K-2
charge this time but will be
Math Co-Teaching
charged in the future.
teams
Class
proposal
PASSED
1/24/2013
Curriculum
Feb 6, 2013
Directors, Special
Education,
Special Ed. Directors were sent a supply list of
Principals,
items needed for teaching these manipulatives.
Directors, 3-5
They will need to take inventory of stock and
Math Co-Teaching order items they do not have on hand.
teams
Coffee Co. will be offered a different day for the third date since March
28 is during their Spring Break.
Curriculum
Directors, Special
Education
Directors,
Discipline
Personnel
March 1, 2013
-Crisis Prevention & Restraint Training
-Need 8-16 people to make a class
-Very physical training; Peggy will find an
individual to take the training and be a contracted
trainer for our systems.
-This is for General and Special Education
-You must have someone in your system trained.
This is a train-the-trainer session so the person(s)
who take this course can then train other
individuals in your system.
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**Registration done directly
through
www.MindSetconsulting.net
***OkRESA will reward PLUs
CPI Training would be $2125 per person with re-certification cost of
$1200.
Mindset training is $975 for the first person and then $850 for all others.
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Substitute
Teacher
Training
LDC
Todd
Todd
4 days – March 11-14, 2013
Completed the third training
for the year on January 17,
2013. A fourth training has
been requested on February
21,2013
Days 3 and 4 of LDC
Training with Dr. Huie will be
February 11-12, 2013.
Only the participants from the Fall will be coming to this training
Curriculum
Directors
-It has been requested by several systems to offer
another Substitute Teacher Training before the Fall.
-We will need at least 20 people to make a class.
-Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013
Curriculum
Directors,
Teachers and
Principals
Participants were asked to invite teachers to look
at their modules so they can get a fill for the
module creator.
Teaching and Evaluating Reading and Writing in the Middle School have been scheduled to begin on February 18,
2013. This is an online course that is required by all GaTAPP participants. Anyone can take this course but they must
have a LiveText account to participate. LiveText subscription is $110 and is for 5 years.
Basic Co-Teaching Strategies is scheduled for February 25th and March 4th, 2013. This class is free for all GaTAPP
participants but anyone can sign up to take this class. The class fee for non-GaTAPP is $20.
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LDC
Todd
CTAE for 2013-2014/ We
have put in a request to
Becky Chambers to have Dr.
Huie come to Okefenokee
RESA to conduct initial
training.
2012-2013 CTAE Training
Superintendents,
Curriculum
Directors,
Principals, CTAE
Teachers
-Per Becky Chambers we have requested
additional funding for this. We included the MDC
in this request.
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Trudy Greenway (Bacon)
Delda Hagin (Ware)
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ELA Units
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Contact
Information
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Next Meeting
Todd
A. Finn
2011-2012 CTAE Training
Melissa Thomas (Ware)
Melissa`s module is posted
on GaDOE website.
Units will only be found on
the GaDOE Wikki. They are
no longer posted on the
Georgia Department of
Education website.
Compiling an updated list of
contacts and we have
several that need
confirmation and or
correction.
February 28, 2013
Superintendents,
Curriculum
Directors,
Principals,
Teachers
This list is a
suggested list
only, these are
not required
materials.
Feedback
from teachers
on Extended
Text
Superintendents,
Curriculum
Directors
Please make a note the Bacon Co. Superintendent (Phil Murray) has retired. Eve Thomas is filling in as the InterimSuperintendent.
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Math Plans
E. Oliver
Each system director will be
given a copy of the math plans.
An electronic copy can be sent
to each person at their request.
Superintendents,
Curriculum
Directors
Each system has requested an electronic
copy.
Please send one to the HLC too.
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A. Rossignol
C. Todd
Mid-Year
Progress
Report
Review of the achievements.
GACIS
Training
GACIS is offering a special
LDC/MDC training May 9-10,
2013 in Savannah at the
Marriott Riverfront.
Handout
Refer to the handout for full descriptions. If you did not receive
the handout please notify Anita.
Handout
Refer to the email handout for full descriptions. If you did not
receive the handout please notify Anita.
If participants attended the
Winter GACIS then they need to
attend these dates.
Please email Anita (afinn@okresa.org) a list of all Media Specialists for your system so she can email them a reminder of the
upcoming Media Specialist training.