Full Catalog of Upcoming Events

Cox Campus in collaboration with GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist will address the following:  "This session will focus on literacy workstations. The goals and objectives for this session:  A) Design organized spaces to help children develop language and literacy skills; B) Categorize different types of workstations and their role in literacy development; and C) Develop a plan to create, manage and rotate literacy workstations throughout the year. After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist shares strategies for flexible grouping . After registering, participants will receive link information. 

Description:  GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist explores techniques for assessing newcomer English learners at the middle and high school levels. After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE provides an overview of commonly used definitions of dyslexia and delineate characteristics that may be present from early childhood through the upper elementary grades. In addition, we dispel dyslexia-related myths and take a peek inside the reading brain. Upon completion of this video, viewers will be able to: A) State the two primary characteristics of dyslexia. B) Explain the relationship between the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) category of specific learning disability and dyslexia. C) Dispel common dyslexia-related myths. D) Describe how neurological research confirms differences in the brain activation patterns of individuals with dyslexia and those without dyslexia. E) Delineate early indicators of dyslexia as well as describe secondary outcomes associated with older students with dyslexia. F) Explain the “Simple View of Reading.” After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist shares strategies for scaffolding instruction for struggling readers. After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE staff members examine the relationship between reading development and dyslexia. To do this, we address three questions: How do individuals learn to read? What is the relationship between instruction and students’ reading outcomes? Why do some students experience persistent difficulty in learning to read? After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE staff members explore the relationship between dyslexia and services offered under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The video is organized around common questions that arise when discussing dyslexia and the law. After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE staff members explain what is meant by a structured literacy approach to reading instruction and what this means for students with dyslexia. Structured literacy is an umbrella term that refers to approaches to reading that reflect key instructional features (i.e., how instruction is provided) and content elements (i.e., what teachers teach) associated with gains in reading development. First, we describe the features of explicit, systematic, and cumulative instruction and explain how these features can be applied within the delivery of effective reading instruction. Next, we review the content elements of a structured literacy approach, which include decoding, spelling, writing, and comprehension. Finally, we delineate features of instruction specific for students with dyslexia. Namely, effective instruction for students with dyslexia is diagnostic and prescriptive, includes frequent progress monitoring, and involves more repetitions of practice as well as strategic scaffolding. After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE Assessment staff members unpack the knowledge and skills assessed by the informative/explanatory essay item on the Georgia Milestones English language arts (ELA) assessment in grades 3-8 and American Literature and Composition. Participants explore characteristics of the informative/explanatory essay item, navigating the Georgia Milestones scoring rubric and writer’s checklist along the way. Authentic pieces of student writing and their associated scoring annotations are also explored. This session is sure to enhance assessment literacy around the practice of informative/explanatory writing! . After registering, participants will receive link information.

You may already be aware of the growing field of mindfulness.  Mindfulness is being aware of the present moment, while calmly accepting your feelings, thoughts and bodily sensations.  Mindfulness programs, which often encompass yoga, meditation and breathing techniques, are now in high demand in all over the United States. Besides stress reduction, mindfulness skills help kids improve their memory, organizational skills, reading and math scores.

Moving stress from toxic to tolerable involves increasing the number of protective relationships in children's lives and helping them learn how to regulate their nervous system, which is where mindfulness comes in.  This skill allows children to manage their internal world regardless of what comes at them externally, which is a concept that even younger children can understand.

In this course, you will gain in-depth knowledge into what mindfulness is, learn about the benefits it can offer your students, and then dig into how to actually teach these techniques.  There is no experience needed in yoga or meditation to take this course.  You can easily teach these mindfulness tools using the easy-to-follow videos and resources.

Goals & Objectives

• Articulate the benefits of mindfulness for students ages 4 and up
• Familiarize teachers and educators with the basics of breathing techniques
• Familiarize teachers and educators with the basics of short visualization (meditation) techniques
• Provide adequate tools and resources for teachers and educators to adapt mindfulness for the specific needs of their classes, making it relative to classroom content and beneficial to both teachers and their students

This course will be 5 hours of professional development.

• Video and video demonstrations
• Printable guides for implementation
• One on one instructor feedback
• Certificate of completion
• 24/7 access to course
• Lifetime availability of content

Access information will be sent in the registration email confirmation.

GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist focuses on using “question answer relationships to improve reading comprehension.” Drawing on the evidence base from the “IES Practice Guides,” Mignon delves into explaining this evidence-based practice. She shares several anecdotes, models the strategy, and provides practical resources/research for teachers. After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist focuses on daily writing instruction. Drawing on the evidence base from the “IES Practice Guides,” she delves into explaining this evidence-based practice. She shares several anecdotes, models the strategy, and provides practical resources/research for teachers. After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist focuses on choosing texts that support reading comprehension. Drawing on the evidence base from the “IES Practice Guides,” Nicole delves into explaining this evidence-based practice. She shares several anecdotes, models the strategy, and provides practical resources/research for teachers. After registering, participants will receive link information

GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist focuses on fiction and nonfiction text structures. Drawing on the evidence base from the “IES Practice Guides,” Natalie delves into explaining this evidence-based practice. She shares several anecdotes, models the strategy, and provides practical resources/research for teachers. After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist focuses on strategies for assessing English learners in speaking and writing. Drawing on the evidence base from the “IES Practice Guides,” the presenter delves into explaining these evidence-based approaches. After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist focuses on “7 Ways to Assess Student Writing.” Drawing on the evidence base from the “IES Practice Guide: Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively,” Shervette delves into explaining this evidence-based practice. She shares several anecdotes, models the strategy, and provides practical resources for teachers. After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist focuses on the Model-Practice-Reflect strategy. Drawing on the evidence base from the “IES Practice Guide: Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively Practice Guide,” DaMeka delves into explaining this evidence-based practice. She shares several anecdotes, models the strategy, and provides practical resources for teachers. After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist focuses on shared reading strategies. Drawing on the evidence base from the “IES Practice Guides,” Mignon delves into explaining this evidence-based practice. She shares several anecdotes, models the strategy, and provides practical resources and research for teachers.  After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist  focuses on reading comprehension strategies. Drawing on the evidence base from the “IES Practice Guides,” Alexandra delves into explaining this evidence-based practice. She shares several anecdotes, models the strategy, and provides practical resources and research for teachers. After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist focuses on decoding strategies for kindergarten and 1st grade. Drawing on the evidence base from the “IES Practice Guides,” Tracy delves into explaining this evidence-based practice. She shares several anecdotes, models the strategy, and provides practical resources and research for teachers. After registering, participants will receive link information. 

GDOE ELA Virtual Learning Specialist focuses on a discussion of high-quality texts. Drawing on the evidence base from the “IES Practice Guides,” Nicole delves into explaining this evidence-based practice. She shares several anecdotes, models the strategy, and provides practical resources and research for teachers. After registering, participants will receive link information. 

Join the GaDOE Assessment Development team in examining student exemplars to improve student writing in the classroom. Participants will gain insight into how writers can effectively use description as a literary technique to compose narratives on the Georgia Milestones American Literature End of Course assessment. This offering is the third narrative writing module in the Evaluating and Improving Student Writing series.

Join the GaDOE Assessment Development team in examining student exemplars to improve student writing in the classroom. Participants will gain insight into how writers can effectively use description as a literary technique to compose narratives on the Georgia Milestones English Language Arts assessment in grades 6-8. This offering is the third narrative writing module in the Evaluating and Improving Student Writing series.

Join the GaDOE Assessment Development team in examining student exemplars to improve student writing in the classroom. Participants will gain insight into how writers can effectively use description as a literary technique to compose narratives on the Georgia Milestones English Language Arts assessment in grades 3-5. This offering is the third narrative writing module in the Evaluating and Improving Student Writing series.

 This was copied directly from the website:  "This webinar will discuss key strategies to promote student learning around integrating English Language Arts content for students with secondary students with disabilities. The presenter will model lessons, offer resources, and lead discussions around best practices in ELA. Goals: To utilize the GaDOE ELA resources and tools for teaching SWDs ELA and to demonstrate implementing key tools for SWDs in a sample lesson."  After registering, participants will be sent the video link.