Full Catalog of Upcoming Events

This will be the monthly meeting of the Heart of Georgia RESA Board of Control. 

This is the second part of two in the UFLI online training.  It is a repeat of the October 27 session.

UFLI Foundations provides teachers with detailed but easy to follow lesson plans that all follow this eight-step routine:

1. Phonemic Awareness, 2. Visual Drill, 3. Auditory Drill, 4. Blending Drill, 5. New Concept, 6. Word Work, 7. Irregular Words, and 8. Connected Text.

Steps 1 through 4 serve as a warm-up and review of previously taught concepts. Step 5 is an explicit introduction to a new concept including guided practice reading and spelling words. Steps 6 through 8 are opportunities to apply concepts through reading and writing activities at the word and text level.

What specific skills are targeted in the program?

UFLI Foundations targets the following foundational reading skills:

• Phoneme blending and segmentation practice
• Accuracy and automaticity of grapheme-phoneme correspondences
• Decoding automaticity of words with previously learned concepts
• Explicit introduction of new concepts
• Decoding and encoding practice
• Reading and spelling irregular words
• Reading and spelling connected text

Audience: All Curriculum Directors, Program Specialists, and Content Specialists

Who: The RESA Network and the Georgia Department of Education

What: Bimonthly virtual calls for updates, networking, and specialized training for curriculum and professional learning leaders through a partnership between the GaDOE Office of Teaching and Learning and your statewide RESA network

When: Beginning July 22, 9:00-10:00 followed by calls every other Wednesday 

Where: Zoom

Dr. Kim Ward will present on building blocks of understanding: Exploring Elementary Mathematics Progressions in Georgia’s K-12 Mathematics. Standards.  Explore elementary mathematics progressions and instructional strategies that strengthen foundational numeracy and support conceptual understanding across grade levels.

Mr. Robert Waters, GDOE, will facilitate network and update meetings with HGRESA Transportation Directors. Mr. Stan Thompson will facilitate and schedule the sessions.

This will be the quarter one meeting for year two of the literacy network cohort for South GA participants.

In this job-alike meeting, Safety Directors come together to discuss and share issues and answers.   This monthly meeting will be held via Zoom.