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(For all staff (general education and special education) on how to use a competing pathway chart to modify behavior)

Competing Pathway Chart

When we ran the Behavioral Intervention Program and I taught Applied Behavior Analysis for Classroom Teachers at Georgia State, we found the typical competing pathway chart was confusing to many people.

Certain words depicted the wrong image for those we were trying to define behaviors to in behavior support team meetings.

After two years of careful research, Dr. Riffel has simplified the competing pathway chart to help adults determine the summary statement of behavior and then develop a behavioral intervention plan based on the function of the behavior.

Check out this free mini-course.

 Join our GaDOE Science 3-5 virtual specialists to dive more deeply into the science and engineering practice of constructing explanations in the 3-5 classroom. Presenters provide lesson examples and instructional resources on the practice of constructing explanations. (15 minutes; May 30, 2023)

 Join our GaDOE Science K-2 virtual specialists to dive more deeply into the science and engineering practice of constructing explanations in the K-2 classroom. Presenters provide lesson examples and instructional resources on the practice of constructing explanations. May 30, 2023

 Mr. Curts addresses generative AI, Uses for AI in education, and addressing AI misuse. This is a very informative video and the resources are amazing.

This is a recording of the meeting held 9-13-23.

We are so excited to get year 2 started with Cheerleaders and Champions! 

Please save the date for our VIRTUAL Cheerleaders and Champions kickoff Wednesday, September 13 from 4:30-5:30. 

This Quick Course will teach you what Bloom’s Taxonomy is and how it is related to cognition. You’ll learn about the thinking processes associated with each level of Bloom’s Taxonomy, and how Bloom’s Taxonomy relates to your standard or lesson objective. By deeply understanding the expectations of your lesson standard, you can help students meet or exceed the cognitive thinking skills required for your lesson activities.

This Quick Course will teach you what Webb’s DOK is and how it is related to rigor. You’ll learn about activities associated with each level of DOK, and how each level is related to a standard, lesson objective, and assessment or activities. By deeply understanding the expectations of your lesson standard, you can design lessons and support students at appropriate levels of rigor.

This Quick Course will provide you with a quick look and overview of what Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is, and the components that make up each UDL principle. You’ll learn about strategies that follow the UDL model so that you can create lessons that support every student in your classroom.

This Quick Course will teach you how to design homework that is aligned to classroom instruction and effective to support student academic achievement. You’ll learn the four purposes of homework and the four steps required to build effective homework for students. The course comes with a simple homework planning template to help you construct specific skills and activities throughout each instructional week.

For student essays to be detailed and thorough, a well- planned writing prompt is the first step in supporting your students. This course teaches you five main types of writing prompts: narrative, creative, expository, persuasive, and reading response. You’ll learn a simple structure to follow when designing each writing prompt plus examples representative of grades k-12 writing expectations.

 This quick course will help you plan for the design of a strong substitute teacher folder so that in the event of your absence, your substitute teacher can successfully deliver lessons. STRONG sub folder components are defined, with guidance on how to plan for your absence and ensure that your students will experience productive learning under your sub.

This course will demonstrate the importance of supporting the writing progress of ELL students and teach participants several specific support strategies they can implement in their classroom to support their ELL students through all stages of the writing process (before, during, and after writing). This course will also discuss how to monitor and assess ELL student growth in writing to ensure that all students are making progress.

Building clear and consistent processes that promote your classroom expectations can help you build a predictable environment to support effective student learning. This course will show you the specific processes to effectively manage your classroom and maintain order throughout your lesson cycle. Through detailed analysis and application of the strategies presented throughout this course, you will learn how to decrease disruptions and improve student learning.

Gifted and Talented (GT) students often face challenging curriculum that requires significant effort, determination, and resilience. Your goal to help your GT students persevere and to meet the high expectations of your classroom can be supported through Growth Mindset strategies. This online course provides you with the resources, strategies, and methods to foster Growth Mindset in your GT students.

CONTENT AREAS:

• Gifted & Talented
• Social/Emotional Learning
• Lesson & Curriculum Planning
• Teaching Strategies

 Learn simple strategies to move students toward authentic engagement in your classroom. This Quick Course explains the three main types of engagement, reviews the levels of engagement, and provides strategies for specific elements of teaching that you can use to engage your students. The course also comes with a printable reflection guide to help you plan and implement what you have learned.

CONTENT AREAS:

• Class Management /Behavior
• Social /Emotional
• Lesson & Curriculum Planning
• Teaching Strategies

This quick course will provide you with methods to teach specific problem-solving strategies to students in your math or math-based science class. You will learn some common challenges students face when completing word problems, and some solutions teachers can use to address. The course also comes with student-facing printable resources that can be used to help reinforce the problem-solving strategy you choose for your classroom.

 This quick course will teach you a purpose and structure for introducing poster presentations into your gifted and talented science classroom. You will learn the requirements for students to construct their own experiments, analyze data, and then report their results in a gallery walk format. You will also receive a poster template and a planning guide for use in your classroom.

CONTENT AREAS:

• Science
• Gifted & Talented
• Teaching Strategies
• 21st Century Learning

This quick course will help you better understand your students that have been diagnosed with dyslexia. You will learn about the common weaknesses in certain skills for children with dyslexia, common symptoms of dyslexia, and general strategies and ideas to incorporate into your classroom so that all students can be successful. The course also comes with a printable guide to help provide you with easy-to-implement ideas to build a nurturing environment that supports your students with dyslexia.

CONTENT AREAS:

• Special Education / Needs
• Teaching Strategies
• Social / Emotional Learning

This was copied directly from the website:  "AdLit 101 is designed to help you get up to speed on recent research and policy developments, to give you some practical advice on infusing reading and writing skills into your instruction, and to point you towards a wide range of resources."

This was copied directly from the website:  "Organizations like the American Library Association, the National Book Award, and We Need Diverse Books present awards annually or biennially to the very best in children's, middle-grade, and YA books. Browse the awards listed to discover inspiring books for young readers." As always, materials should be reviewed for alignment with age, topics, grades, standards, etc.

This was copied directly from the website: "This is a free webinar series where educators and parents can get free take-aways, learn about various series, gain immediate implementation ideas, etc." Seven webinars are included.