Southwest Georgia RESA

OCTOBER NEWSLETTER

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Southwest Georgia RESA

570 Martin L. King, Jr. Road

Camilla, GA 31730

Phone: (229) 207-0600

Fax: (229) 336-2888

Mr. Tim Helms, Sr.

Executive Director

A Collective Call to Action

Author Heidi Hayes Jacobs’ theme for the day, while, speaking with teachers on September 13, was preparing our students for the future. Dr. Jacob’s “Essential Questions” for the seminar were “How do we prepare our learners for THEIR future?” and “Who owns the learning?”

She encouraged curriculum leaders to “pledge to upgrade” by ef-fectively using new Web 2.0 tools themselves and challenging their teachers to integrate technology into the units they teach. A collection of Web 2.0 Tools can be found in the Clearinghouse on the Curriculum21 website,

http://www.curriculum21.com/clearinghouse. T

The Common Core is an excellent time to upgrade. Will you take the challenge and upgrade your curriculum by adding a new use

of technology to your units? Find resources at the link above. Also, please checkout additional seminars on the integration of technology.

Bring Your Own Technology B.Y.O.T. Technology in the classroom is the future of education. Whitewater High School was selected by Fayette County to pilot a

“Bring Your Own Technology” program the second semester of last school year. The presenter will describe the process by

which the faculty and the students were able to implement B.Y.O.T in just a few short weeks and how the program continues

to improve and grow. He will highlight the positives of the program and also address the difficulties encountered. He will also

describe the next steps in the process of improving B.Y.O.T. This presentation will help leaders (principals, assistant princi-

pals, curriculum leaders, department heads) have the strategies necessary to bring about such significant change. While you

may find out what you should be doing in other presentations, this presentation will show you how to make change success-

fully in your school.

The presenter, Mr. Roy Rabold, has been an educator for 37 years and an administrator for 24 years. Mr. Rabold was named

Principal of Whitewater High School last year. Previously, he was Principal of Sandy Creek High School for 10 years. While at

Sandy Creek, the school won numerous state and national awards. His school made AYP every year and had a graduation rate

of 92.6%. He is an excellent presenter, and you will not want to miss this opportunity to hear his presentation on how to lead

your school into the 21st Century with technology in the classroom.

Register now @ www.swresa.org

October 31, 2012, 9:00-11:00

Audience: Curriculum Directors, Administrators, Technology Specialists,

Media Specialists, Instructional Coaches.

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iPad Apps to Explore

Singing Fingers lets you see music, hear colors, and re-see everyday sounds for the beautiful playground that they are. Great for Cross-Sensory Creative Thinking.

Prezi-free, downloadable software cloud-based soft-ware allowing you to make exciting presentations that zoom and pan.

Edistorm: FREE Edistorm is an online brain-storming tool that uses the metaphor of sticky notes to allow you to brainstorm. Edistorm is the best way to brainstorm before, during and after your meetings. Edistorm allows you to cre-ate brainstorms, add or re-trieve your ideas anywhere you are. Visit Edistorm.com to organize your ideas and to visually collaborate with your students wherever they are.

10/1 ELA(9-12) CCGPS 9-3 Room 60

10/2 GLEI Training 9-3 Room 601

10/4 Board of Control 9:30 PLC

10/4 SWGA SSA 10:00 PLC

10/6 TAPP Seminar 8:30 Room 601/604

10/15-16 Project Wet K-8 9-3 Room 605

10/16 School Council Trng 9-12 Room 601

10/22 Math Lesson Wrng 6-12 9-3 PLC and Clrms

10/23 Substitute Teacher Trng 9-12 PLC

10/23 Assessment in the Clrm 9-3 Room 601

10/24 School Council Trng 9-12 Decatur County Support Ctr.

10/24 Science LeadersAdmy K-12 9-3 PLC

10/25 Substitute Teacher Trng 9-12 GLRS/Albany

10/25-26 PE/Health Conference 9-3 PLC and Old Pelham HS Gym

10/30 Substitute Teacher Trng 9-12 Decatur County Support Ctr.

October

Offerings

Project WET environmental education curriculum 2.0 is all new! A completely

revised, updated, and expanded Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide

will be provided to participants and encompasses not only the new guide, but

also an online Portal, expanded resources and opportunities. Project WET activities are aligned with

Georgia State Standards. Effective reading and writing strategies enhance the hands-on approach. Us-

ing Project WET Lessons is a great way to teach your class about the importance of water as our great-

est resource. Dive in to this workshop and find out how to make a splash with your students next year!

Date: 10/15/2012 thru 10/16/2012 Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Location: Room 605 - SW GA RESA

Camilla, Ga. Presenter will be Sue Sturges, Project WET Outreach Coordinator.

Southwest Georgia RESA OCTOBER Newsletter

ELA WORK SESSION (9-12)

As teachers "unpack" the ELA units located on

http://www.georgiastandards.org/, just talking

with other teachers who are experiencing the same

triumphs and issues can make the process go more

smoothly. Working together is often better than

working alone. If you have any questions about the

implementation process for ELA CCGPS, join us for

a work session. Attending teachers should bring

Unit 1 materials. Instructor: Deborah Clarke

Date: 10/1/2012 Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Location: Room 603 - SW GA RESA Training Center

Camilla, Ga

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GLEI Training for Administrators

Evaluation instrument designed to evaluate all per-

sonnel who hold a leadership certificate. Partici-

pants will become familiar with the contents of the

Georgia Leadership Evaluation Instrument (GLEI),

the scoring system for the instrument and the Geor-

gia Leadership Evaluation program administrative

procedures. Registrants will participate in GLEI

simulation activities.

Target Audience: Administrators

Instructor: Margie Jordan

Date: 10/2/2012 Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Published by Southwest Georgia RESA

SWRESA WELCOMES

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

DAMECA FILLINGAME

Southwest RESA is pleased to have Dameca Fillin-

game , Occupational Therapist, as a part of our

Shared Services Staff. “Providing ‘educationally rel-

evant’ occupational therapy to 6 of our member

systems is a new venture for the RESA. This ser-

vice provides another avenue for systems to share

services and reduce cost.

Applying Assessment to Help All Students Succeed!

As the goal for schools changes from ranking stu-dents to ensuring that all students learn standards, the purpose and form of assessments must change.

Diagnostic Assessment

Self Assessment

Formative Assessment

Summative Assessment

What's working in assessment? Do my assessments match the learning target? Is the information gath-ered from the assessment useful for planning stand-ard-based instruction and/or re- teaching? Is it or isn't it assessment? Come on October 23, 2012 Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM and work with Instructor, Margie Jordan on creating useful assessments.

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Substitute Teacher

Training begins again in

October…

Time: 9-12

10/23-RESA-Camilla

10/25-GLRS-Albany

10/30-Decatur County Support Ctr.-Bainbridge

11/7– Thomas Co. PLC-Thomasville

11/8- RESA-Camilla

School Council Training

School councils bring communities and schools closer together

in a spirit of cooperation to solve education problems, to im-

prove academic achievement, to provide support for teachers

and administrators, and to bring parents into the decision

making process. School-based decision making is designed to

increase the involvement of teachers, parents, and the com-

munity in the important decisions about how the school oper-

ates and performs. All new members are invited to training.

Training Dates are below:

10/16 SWRESA /Room 601 9-12

10/24 Decatur County Support Ctr 9-12

11/7 GLRS/Albany 9-12

Instructor: Mr. Tim Helms, Sr.

Fall Holidays

10/4-8 Miller

10/8 Pelham

10/8-9 Decatur, Grady

10/8-12 Terrell, Thomas, Thomasville, Early, Seminole

10/12 Baker, Dougherty

10/15-16 Mitchell

10/18-22 Calhoun

Did You Know?

The original jack-o'-lanterns were carved

from turnips, potatoes or beets.

Every October, carved pumpkins peer

out from porches and doorsteps in the

United States and other parts of the

world. Gourd-like orange fruits inscribed

with ghoulish faces and illuminated by

candles are a sure sign of the Halloween

season. The practice of decorating “jack-

o’-lanterns”—the name comes from an

Irish folktale about a man named Stingy

Jack—originated in Ireland, where large

turnips and potatoes served as an early

canvas. Irish immigrants brought the

tradition to America, home of the pump-

kin, and it became an integral part of

Halloween festivities.

Southwest Georgia RESA

570 Martin L. King, Jr. Road

Camilla, GA 31730

Phone: (229) 207-0600

Fax: (229) 336-2888

Mr. Tim Helms, Sr.

Executive Director