Professional Leadership Advisory Council (PLAC) Meeting 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Rhonda Powers, Professional Learning Coordinator/GaTAPP Coordinator: Topic Specifics Information to Deadlines Handouts Welcome back! Congratulations Dr. Barbara Hannaford on being named Charlton Co. Curriculum Director!! PLAC Mtgs If you haven’t registered, please do so today. Curriculum Directors Registration deadline: 8/1/13 FIP (Formative Instructional Practices) Each system received a box of flyers on the FIP. This is an initiative from the Assessment division of DOE. FIP consists of 7 modules on assessment literacy. The modules are based on the work of Stiggins, Arter, Chappuis, and Chappuis. Before sharing/assigning with teachers, each district needs to make a plan as to how they will implement the modules. Marty & Blake delivered the FIP brochures from the DOE to the each system. The DOE divided the brochures into each county and our guys delivered them. You can access by going to the Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, SpEd Directors, Principals, Assistant Principals, Instructional Coaches None - - - -Be sure to review the PLU Quick reference guide for additional information regarding your teachers. -Modules are developed for principals, school leaders, teachers and instructional coaches.
we have the books we loan out to participants. **Need to send each system a course completion form so each system can send their information to PSC; we were not aware of this form but will work to get this out to each system ASAP** GIFTED REVIEW: January 26th -28th Thinking Maps Initial Training for New Employees 9/10/13 8:30 – 4:00 at RESA. This training is open to those schools that have already been trained in Thinking Maps but have hired new teachers. This is the only planned training for the year so be sure all of the teachers that need the training are registered. Cost is $132.50. Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, Principals, new teachers Registration deadline: 8/20/13 (Note early registration deadline due to having to order materials) School Council Training Is there a need? -Usually offered in October. -This training is taught by Claire. -Please let Rhonda know if there is a need so we can get with Claire about schedules. Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, Principals None Student Record Training Jeff Hodges & Marilyn Watson, GaDOE, will be here 9/11/13 10:00 – 11:30. Registration is available on the OkRESA website. There is no charge for this training. Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, personnel responsible for collecting and reporting discipline data Registration deadline: 9/4/13 Mental Illness in Schools Marzena Holly, MS, LPC & Kristin Mize, LCSW from the Alyse Group will be here on 9/26 & 9/27 to discuss dealing with students that have mental health diagnoses. Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, SpEd Directors, Social Workers, Counselors, Nurses, Principals, Registration deadline: 9/19/13
Cost is listed at $40 but will be adjusted based on participation. Teachers, School Psychologists GaTAPP Reading Essentials Mary Lane will be teaching beginning on 10/17. Dates are 10/17, 10/24, 11/14, 12/5. (Class is 4:30-8:00 on class dates). This is required for some GaTAPP candidates. The course is open to any teacher. Covers research-based instruction on Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Comprehension, Vocabulary, how students read, training on Running Records and research-based strategies to improve reading skills. Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, SpEd Directors, Principals Registration deadline: 10/10/13 Parapro training Will be offered twice this year. Will be stations again. We will be using the suggested topics from the Needs Assessment to plan. Dates: November 20 & 21; February 4 & 5. Maximum number for each training is 100. The training in February is different than the November training so parapros can earn 2 PLU credits this year. Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, SpEd Directors, Principals, Paraprofessionals None GaTAPP Mentoring Training & Admin training August 12th 1:00-6:00 p.m Mentor training will be 1:00-6:00 and Admin. From 4:00-6:00 GaTAPP Candidates are supposed to make sure their Mentor’s & Admin know about the training too. GaTAPP Mentor & Admin. There is no online registration; there will be a sign-in sheet the of the training for everyone to sign-in on.
Jann James, South Central GLRS Director: Topic Specifics Information to Deadlines Handouts Emory Autism Training August 21-23, six separate sessions with each requiring individual registration ($150 per system for participating systems) The numbers registered are currently low. This is a great opportunity because the cost is usually $75+ per person. School administrators who have students with autism in their buildings, SPED directors, general and special educators serving students with autism, speech/language pathologists, OT, PT, school psychologists Register by 8/14/13 Review handout: If your teachers need help with which sessions to attend you will be able to assist them. Middle Grades (6-8) Math Manipulatives Training More information coming after mid-August when the training for the course instructor is completed. This training is not only for teachers working with students that have IEP’s. This training is great for teaching struggling students. Middle school principals, SPED lead teacher/coordinators, middle school math teachers (general and special education), SPED directors TBD Co-Teaching Training for Administrators (Sustaining Effective Implementation of Inclusion) Course development in process Will be working with the 6 models and focusing on the 3 most important ones. Superintendents, curriculum directors, SPED directors, principals TBD Cindy Hitt, ELA Consultant/Social Studies: Topic Specifics Information to Deadlines Handouts
Topic Specifics Information to Deadlines Handouts Fitness Gram Training Dr. Mike Tenoschok from the GaDOE will conduct the training in Jesup on August 20, 2013. (No cost) The GaDOE requires twenty participants in order to provide this training; therefore, we are partnering with the First District RESA and CSR. Registration will be through First District RESA. New Physical Education Teachers August 12, 2013 The registration website is listed on the handout. LDC/CTAE Dr. Huie will come to RESA to train CTAE teachers. Do curriculum directors want to select or allow interested teachers to register and teams be formed accordingly? Curriculum Directors will decide who they want and have those individuals register and Mrs. Cassie Todd will create the teams. Curriculum Directors, Principals, CTAE Teachers Dates to be determined Diabetes Training This training was provided last year by Mayo Clinic Health Systems for school nurses and two school employees. The School Nurses Association provided a great deal of training during the summer for initial training and redelivery…(Is this a need?) Check to see if Mayo has a minimum number to offer training. Curriculum Directors, School Nurses, Principals, Assistant Principals LDC/OKRESA Okefenokee RESA and First District RESA were highlighted during the Common Core State Standards Networking Conference in Charlotte, NC during July 15-17. Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, Principals, Assistant Principals