Full Catalog of Upcoming Events
Format: Online VoiceThread | Audience: Teachers |
Area: All Subjects | Grade Span: K-12 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: GDOE (past) |
Presenter: June Lewis | Contact hours: |
Compare and Contrast is an instructional strategy that can be used at all grade levels and in all content areas. This is an electronic version of the training that was offered through Georgia's Critical Thinking Skills program first issued in the 1990s. The Compare and Contrast Strategy has the rationale for using the strategy, model lessons, sample lessons, processing activities, and variations for use in different content areas. It also includes a variety of visual organizers and took box activities to actively engage students to participate in class. Instructions are included for Kindling, Survey, Boggle, and Give One-Get one.
Event Date | 05-15-2020 8:00 am |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 8:00 am |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 8:00 am |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online Videos | Audience: Teachers |
Area: Math | Grade Span: 3-8 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: |
Presenter: | Contact hours: |
A touch-screen instructional math resource for every 3-8 classroom, teachers select tasks that are as engaging as they are rigorous. Organized by math concepts, Math in the Fast Lane is a research-based instructional framework that builds success in ALL students. Within the MFL framework, teachers utilize resources to build dynamic, 100% engagement lessons.
Event Date | 05-25-2020 8:00 am |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 8:00 am |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online Videos | Audience: Teachers |
Area: ELA, Science, Social Studies | Grade Span: K-5 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: Corwin Literacy |
Presenter: Corwin Literacy Staff | Contact hours: |
Text-Dependent Questions breaks down the process into four cognitive pathways that help teachers "organize the journey through a text" and frame an extended discussion around it. This study includes illustrative videos, recommended texts and questions, and examples from across content areas.
Event Date | 05-26-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online Videos | Audience: Teachers |
Area: ELA, Science, Social Studies | Grade Span: 6-12 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: Corwin Literacy |
Presenter: | Contact hours: |
Text-Dependent Questions breaks down the process into four cognitive pathways that help teachers "organize the journey through a text" and frame an extended discussion around it. This study includes illustrative videos, recommended texts and questions, and examples from across content areas.
Event Date | 05-27-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online Videos and Zoom | Audience: Teachers |
Area: All Subjects | Grade Span: K-12 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: Teacheropedia |
Presenter: Laura Riffel | Contact hours: 7 |
This course will give you the information you need to work with wrap-around staff in different mental health conditions and the coexisting issues they might travel with in our students.
There will be an out of the HGRESA area fee of $50.
Event Date | 05-28-2020 8:00 am |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online Videos and Zoom | Audience: Teachers |
Area: All Subjects | Grade Span: K-12 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: Teacheropedia |
Presenter: Laura Riffel | Contact hours: 7 |
This course will lay the groundwork necessary to create the climate for all three tiers of mental health.
There will be an out of the HGRESA area fee of $50.
Event Date | 05-28-2020 8:00 am |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 8:00 am |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 8:00 am |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online Videos and Zoom | Audience: Teachers |
Area: All Subjects | Grade Span: K-12 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: Teacheropedia |
Presenter: Laura Riffel | Contact hours: 11 |
This session focuses on the manifestations of mental health issues and how to ameliorate them in the classroom.
There will be an out of the HGRESA area fee of $50.
Event Date | 05-28-2020 8:00 am |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 8:00 am |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online Recording | Audience: SLDS Ambassadors |
Area: Technology | Grade Span: K-12 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: GDOE |
Presenter: | Contact hours: |
The School Improvement (SI) Dashboard feature in SLDS provides an insight of different data variables reflected at a school, district and state level. This professional development gives a brief overview of how to navigate the platform, and explores possible uses of the trend data housed in the platform as schools engage in data-driven school improvement planning.
Event Date | 06-01-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online CODE | Audience: Teachers |
Area: Content Literacy | Grade Span: 6-12 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: |
Presenter: Barbara R. Blackburn | Contact hours: |
What are our biggest challenges in the classroom today? Three of the major ones are student motivation, student engagement, and high expectations for learning. How can we make a difference in each of these areas to positively impact student learning?
Goals of Session:
- Understand aspects of intrinsic motivation and how that applies in the classroom.
- Understand how expectations relate to motivation and engagement.
- Learn highly engaging and motivating strategies for use in all classrooms.
- Develop and action plan to apply the information in your classroom.
There will be no out of HGRESA area registrations allowed.
Event Date | 06-02-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online Videos | Audience: School Leaders |
Area: Technology | Grade Span: Pre-K-12 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: |
Presenter: Brian Buffington | Contact hours: |
Brian Buffington, EdTech Guru and Educator Innovator has created a self-paced online course for district and school leaders. The hands-on modules will help attendees become more efficient, effective, and safe with their use of Google Apps and other technology. Modules include Drive, Chrome, Gmail, Forms, Security & Privacy, and Engagement & Creativity. Brian shares some of his favorite engagement and creative tools that are perfect for K-12 leaders.
There will be an out of the HGRESA area fee of $50.
Event Date | 06-04-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online Videos | Audience: All Educators |
Area: Technology | Grade Span: Pre-K-12 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: |
Presenter: Brian Buffington | Contact hours: |
EdTech Trainer and Presenter, Brian Buffington walks educators through the basics of Google Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets and Forms. This training is self-paced, using a mixture of video instruction and hands-on application. Brian gives examples and ideas that are specific to K-12 education.
There will be an out of the HGRESA area fee of $50.
Event Date | 06-04-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online Videos | Audience: Teachers |
Area: Mental Health | Grade Span: K-12 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: Teacheropedia |
Presenter: Laura Riffel | Contact hours: 7 |
Mental Health Training- Functional Behavior Analysis
Tertiary Level – What is the Difference Between a Functional Behavior Assessment and Functional Behavior Analysis? Dr. Riffel will share the difference between assessment and analysis. One is collecting data in the environment and one is manipulating the environment to collect the data. Dr. Riffel will take participants through a real case of a child in her clinic who had eight years of behaviors that had been fed by the school district. The student had autism, intellectual disabilities, bipolar condition, and possible schizophrenia. He was also non-verbal. Using Iwata’s Four Conditions, she tested the function of this student’s behaviors by manipulating the environment. A determination was made and a multi-modal plan was put in place. Dr. Riffel will share the results immediate and 10 years into the future.
Session One: What is a functional behavior analysis? 1. Dr. Riffel will share the difference between a functional behavior assessment and a functional behavior analysis. She will share why we sometimes need to do the functional analysis. Session Two: Real Student 2. Dr. Riffel will share the background story on a real student who had been at the same center since he was three years of age. He had one basic behavior that escalated into him biting staff daily. The school had the same response for eight years. This response was feeding the behavior. 3. Dr. Riffel will share what they did to prepare for his arrival in the clinic. Why is this important if you are not running a clinic? From this story you will learn how you can do your own analysis in the classroom and determine the function of the behavior. 4. Using Iwata’s Four Conditions, Dr. Riffel and her staff manipulated the environment to determine the function of the behavior. 5. This data observation was paired with anecdotal notes, surveys, and interviews with the mother. 6. A multi-modal plan was built, and the interventions began. 7. The plan was tweaked as needed. 8. Intervention data were collected 9. Follow-up data were collected 10. Dr. Riffel will share the results immediate and ten years in the future Session Three: Your Students 1. Using Dr. Riffel’s formula, she will help you take this information and apply it to students in your own setting. Even though you are not a clinic, how can you rearrange the environment to elicit results?
There will be an out of the HGRESA area fee of $50. |
Event Date | 06-04-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online Videos | Audience: Teachers |
Area: Mental Health | Grade Span: K-12 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: Teacheropedia |
Presenter: Laura Riffel | Contact hours: 7 |
Mental Health Training- Functional Behavior Assessment
Tertiary Level – How to Determine the Function of a Behavior and Implement a Multi-modal Plan
At this tier three level training, we will take ten days of data on a student with an IEP and learn how to analyze the data by hand to determine the summary statement. Once we learn how to do this by hand, Dr. Riffel will show participants how to collect the data using her free FBA Data Tool that graphs antecedent, behavior, and consequence data instantly. She will then proceed to show them how to use this information to write a Behavioral Intervention Plan that is based on data and matches the function of the behavior. She will also show participants how to gather intervention and follow-up data using her free Baseline, Intervention, Follow-up Graphing Tool.
Session One: Ten Rules that Govern Behavior
Session Two: What is a Functional Behavior Assessment
Session Three: Real Data
Session Four: Intervention and Follow-up Data
Session Five: Revising the Environment, Replacing the Behavior, and Reframing the Response
There will be an out of the HGRESA area fee of $50.
Event Date | 06-04-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online | Audience: Teachers |
Area: Classroom Management | Grade Span: K-12 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: Behavior Queen |
Presenter: Amie Dean | Contact hours: |
Amie has worked with thousands of teachers across the U.S. and is thrilled to be able to impact students’ lives by sharing interventions that increase teacher effectiveness. With over 25 years in education, as a teacher, behavior interventionist and classroom coach, Amie has built a great ‘toolbox’ for motivating and managing even the most challenging students. Her live seminars are attended by teachers, school counselors, assistants, and administrators. Through teachable.com, you can now learn from Amie in your own space, on your own time.
Amie is the author of two books for elementary aged children, Your Happy Heart and There's No Dream Too Tall. Both books can be purchased at www.behaviorqueen.com/book or Amazon. Each book has additional teacher resources available.
There will be an out of the HGRESA area fee of $50.
Event Date | 06-07-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online and Zoom |
Audience: PBIS Coordinators |
Area: School Climate, PBIS |
Grade Span: |
Location: Online |
Sponsor: Teacheropedia |
Presenter: Dr. Laura Riffel |
Contact hours: 7 |
This is a brand-new booklet and seminar based on the twenty evidence-based strategies in classroom management as determined by Simonsen, Fairbanks, Briesch, Myers, & Sugai (2008). This book was written for first-third year teachers who are looking to add some classroom management strategies to their repertoire. All the strategies are evidence-based. We took their information and expanded on it with real examples from the field and included an interactive booklet so participants can leave with a plan for their own classrooms. The expression classroom management conjures images of discipline and control for many in and out of the field of education. If one were to take a universal approach, it is the creation of a supportive climate that has an environment set up for success, where replacement behaviors are taught, and responses are reframed to reinforce the replacement behavior rather than the use of a reactive approach which feeds the target behaviors. Brophy (1999) stated, “the most successful teachers approach management as a process of establishing and maintaining effective learning environments” (p.44). Teachers who are successful establish expectations for behavior and then teach, imprint by modeling, practice, and give behavior specific praise for those efforts throughout the year. Furthermore, successful educators monitor and pace their classroom lessons while proactively seeking to encourage appropriate behavior through design (Allen, 2010). Student success has been directly linked to effective classroom management (Marquez et al.,2016). Professional development (PD) in classroom management has erroneously been assumed to have occurred in school-wide positive behavior support training (Sugai & Horner, 2002). School-wide positive behavior support (PBIS) training is given in all day seminars, covers copious amounts of information, and relies on educators to go back to their school redeliver the information and implement the strategies with fidelity and consistency. PBIS training is systemic training. It focuses on changing the systems in place rather than specific classroom management strategies (Barrett, Bradshaw, & Lewis-Palmer, 2008). What are some of the evidence- based strategies for classroom management? There are 20 general practices that met the criteria for evidence-based classroom management strategies (Simonsen et al., 2008). Within these 20 general practices are five empirically-supported critical features (a) maximize structure, (b) post, teach, review, monitor, and reinforce expectations, (c) actively engage with students in observable ways, (d) use a continuum of strategies for responding to appropriate behaviors, and (e) use a continuum of strategies to respond to targeted behaviors (Simonsen et al., 2008). |
There will be an out of the HGRESA area fee of $50.
Event Date | 06-29-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: CODE |
Audience: Potential Substitutes |
Area: Substitutes |
Grade Span: Pre-K-12 |
Location: Online |
Sponsor: HGRESA |
Presenter: Janis Sparrow |
Contact hours: 4 |
This training is limited to person who will substitute in a Heart of Georgia RESA school system: Bleckley, Dodge, Dublin City, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler, or Wilcox. If you wish to substitute somewhere else, you must register for 210.1, Substitute Teach Training out of the HGRESA Area and pay an additional fee.
The purpose of this training program is to help participants be more successful as substitute teachers; therefore, meeting the requirement of the Georgia Board of Education (Code: GBRJ). Participants will be exposed to the rudiments of professional ethics, classroom management, instructional techniques, and some basic curriculum content. Participants will receive suggestions regarding "do's and don'ts" when substituting and activities to use when the classroom teacher's lesson plans cannot be followed.
CODE CLASS (On Demand)
An online module has been developed and will be available at all times. However, there are accountability measures embedded, so please read the instructions carefully upon registering online. You will not be issued credit for the class until you have paid for the class. (Money orders only; No checks or credit cards)
Step 1: Register online via the HGRESA Professional Learning page.
Step 2: Mail money order to HGRESA, 717 Smith Street, Dublin, GA 31021 (Attention: Substitute Teacher Training)
Step 3: Access the links that you have been provided in the instructions.
Step 4: Start the video. listen intently, and take notes. This is an auditory process and you have the option to re-listen.
Step 5: Complete the assessment at the end.
Step 6: Complete the HGRESA Event Feedback Form.
Event Date | 07-03-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2030 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2030 |
Individual Price | $35 Money Order to HGRESA |
Format: CODE |
Audience: Potential Substitutes |
Area: Substitutes |
Grade Span: Pre-K-12 |
Location: Online |
Sponsor: HGRESA |
Presenter: Janis Sparrow |
Contact hours: 4 |
This training is limited to person who will NOT substitute in a Heart of Georgia RESA school system: Bleckley, Dodge, Dublin City, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler, or Wilcox. There will be a $75 Out of Area Fee.
The purpose of this training program is to help participants be more successful as substitute teachers; therefore, meeting the requirement of the Georgia Board of Education (Code: GBRJ). Participants will be exposed to the rudiments of professional ethics, classroom management, instructional techniques, and some basic curriculum content. Participants will receive suggestions regarding "do's and don'ts" when substituting and activities to use when the classroom teacher's lesson plans cannot be followed.
CODE CLASS (On Demand)
An online module has been developed and will be available at all times. However, there are accountability measures embedded, so please read the instructions carefully upon registering online. You will not be issued credit for the class until you have paid for the class. (Money orders only; No checks or credit cards)
Step 1: Register online via the HGRESA Professional Learning page.
Step 2: Mail money order to HGRESA, 717 Smith Street, Dublin, GA 31021 (Attention: Substitute Teacher Training Out of Area)
Step 3: Access the links that you have been provided in the instructions.
Step 4: Start the video. listen intently, and take notes. This is an auditory process and you have the option to re-listen.
Step 5: Complete the assessment at the end.
Step 6: Complete the HGRESA Event Feedback Form.
Event Date | 07-03-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2030 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2030 |
Individual Price | $75 Money Order to HGRESA |
Format: Online Video |
Audience: Teachers |
Area: Technology |
Grade Span: Prek-12 |
Location: Online |
Sponsor: |
Presenter: Brian Buffington |
Contact hours: |
There are seven different modules, organized by pages on this website: What is Classroom?, Setup, Assignments, Grading/Feedback, Classroom Communication, Guardian Communication, and What's New?!
There will be an out of the HGRESA area fee of $50.
Event Date | 07-04-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online Videos |
Audience: Parents, Teachers, Administrators |
Area: Technology |
Grade Span: PreK-12 |
Location: Online |
Sponsor: |
Presenter: Brain Buffington |
Contact hours: |
There are 7 different modules, organized by pages on this website: Phones, Communication, Gaming, Social Media, Parental Control Apps, Online Bullying, and Educational Tech.
There will be an out of the HGRESA area fee of $50.
Event Date | 07-04-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
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Format: CODE, Online Video |
Audience: Reading Teachers |
Area: Reading |
Grade Span: 1-12 |
Location: Online |
Sponsor: Scholastic |
Presenter: June Lewis |
Contact hours: |
This book study requires the use of the text Disruptive Thinking:Why How We Read Matters by Kylene Beers and Robert Probst. Copies of the book are available in districts that have federally identified schools or by requesting from Heart of Georgia RESA. There are author videos for each chapter plus additional resources for downloading from Scholastic. This book emphasizes the need for students to think as they read so that they become responsive, responsible, compassionate readers.
Event Date | 07-07-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: CODE |
Audience: Retirees Needing PLUs for renewal |
Area: Classroom Management |
Grade Span: PreK-12 |
Location: Online |
Sponsor: |
Presenter: Connie Howell |
Contact hours: 50 |
Pre-Steps:
Send an email to Professional Standards Commission (Georgia PSC) and ask about the requirements for recertification.
Send the response to
HGRESA Steps:
Step 1: Register online for the class:
Step 2: Send a check for $100 to HGRESA 717 Smith Street Dublin, GA and put a note indicating payment for the course. Out of area cost - $175.00.
Step 3: Book is not included in the cost. Purchase the book: Classroom Management by Dr. Harry Wong.
Step 4: Create a log with date, time, activity, number of hours and log in what you do. The total number of hours required for each book study is 50 hours.
Step 5: You will read the book, take notes on each chapter, and then use the notes to share with a preservice teacher, new teacher, or a teacher who is new to the career (1 to 5 years). You will log when you are reading, taking notes, and sharing. If you don't have 50 hours, then you will research about classroom management and include this on your log.
Step 6: When you finish the book, contact Mr. Charles Ellington (
Step 7: When you finish, email (
Step 8: Complete the HGRESA Feedback Form.
Step 9: Send teaching certificate number and mailing address to
It is your responsibility to apply to MyPSC and upload requested information. HGRESA can only issue you PLUs.
Event Date | 07-07-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | $100.00 |
Format: CODE |
Audience: Retirees Needing PLUs for renewal |
Area: Writing |
Grade Span: PreK-12 |
Location: Online |
Sponsor: |
Presenter: Connie Howell |
Contact hours: 50 |
Pre-Steps:
Send an email to Professional Standards Commission (Georgia PSC) and ask about the requirements for recertification.
Send the response to
HGRESA Steps:
Step 1: Register online for the class:
Step 2: Send a check for $100 to HGRESA 717 Smith Street Dublin, GA and put a note indicating payment for the course. Out of area cost - $175.00.
Step 3: Book is not included in the cost. Purchase the book: Teaching Adolescent Writers by Kelly Gallagher.
Step 4: Create a log with date, time, activity, number of hours and log in what you do. The total number of hours required for each book study is 50 hours.
Step 5: You will read the book, take notes on each chapter, and then use the notes to share with a preservice teacher, new teacher, or a teacher who is new to the career (1 to 5 years). You will log when you are reading, taking notes, and sharing. If you don't have 50 hours, then you will research about writing and include this on your log.
Step 6: When you finish the book, contact Dr. Belita Gordon (
Step 7: When you finish, email (
Step 8: Complete the HGRESA Feedback Form.
Step 9: Send teaching certificate number and mailing address to
It is your responsibility to apply to MyPSC and upload requested information. HGRESA can only issue you PLUs.
Event Date | 07-07-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | $100.00 |
Format: CODE |
Audience: Teachers |
Area: All Content Areas |
Grade Span: 6-12 |
Location: Online |
Sponsor: |
Presenter: Dr. Barbara Blackburn |
Contact hours: |
Remote learning has exploded, due in part, to COVID-19. Did you find yourself struggling to provide the quality of instruction that you use in the physical classroom? Let’s look at ways to take remote learning to a new level.
Goals of Session:
- Understand ways remote learning can support best practices in instruction.
- Learn strategies for taking best practices that you use in your classroom and adapting them for remote learning.
- Learn new strategies to enhance your current and future remote instruction.
- Develop and action plan to apply the information in your classroom.
No one out of the Heart of Georgia RESA area is allowed to register for this course.
Event Date | 07-15-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online PowerPoint | Audience: Teachers |
Area: Reading | Grade Span: K-8 |
Location: Online | Sponsor: Heinemann |
Presenter: June Lewis | Contact hours: |
This in-depth book study of Jennifer Serravallo's A Teacher's Guide to Reading Conferences Grades K-8 utilizes all the resources on the Heinemann site. A copy of the text is necessary to access the videos and handouts. If you do not have a copy, you may request one from Heart of Georgia RESA by emailing
Event Date | 07-20-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |
Format: Online CODE |
Audience: Reading Teachers |
Area: Reading |
Grade Span: 4-8 |
Location: Online |
Sponsor: |
Presenter: Joy Warren |
Contact hours: |
Teachers will listen to the video segment. They will request a copy of the book from HGRESA (
Event Date | 07-28-2020 |
Event End Date | 06-30-2026 |
Cut off date | 06-30-2026 |
Individual Price | Free |