Session Titles

Strand: Effective Leadership for School Improvement

The Motivation Breakthrough: Six Secrets to Turning on the Tuned-out Student Inspiring Creators in a World of Conformity A View from the Top: The State Superintendents Perspective on Education in Georgia These Kids Are With Me: The Administrators Role in Special Education Georgia HS Principal of the Year: The Culture of Care I love My School! Creating a Positive Image NASSP Digital Principal of the Year: Who is Telling Your Story Creating a Climate of Accessibility

To Register. . .
Register online at the Griffin RESA website at www.griffinresa.net. Note: Space is limited and registration may close early if enrollment exceeds the maximum capacity.

2014
5th Annual

South Metro Summer Leadership Conference Keynotes & Presenters

Strand: Instructional Improvement and Assessment

Year-round Practical Strategies to Engage Students SLOs: Everything You Wanted to Know and More Using FIP to Transform Classroom Practices Differentiated Instruction: A Shared Definition for Your School

For More Information Contact: Griffin RESA Dr. Stephanie L. Gordy Executive Director sgordy@griffinresa.net P.O. Drawer H 440 Tilney Avenue Griffin, GA 30224
Phone: 770-229-3247

Strand: Increasing Student Achievement via Support Systems

Strategies for Managing Student Behavior: Reducing Discipline Referrals and Coaching Teachers to Employ Effective Strategies Flipping Professional Development Keeping Parents Connected and Students Engaged Improving Teaching and Learning Through the Use of School-wide Data Systems

Strand: Legal / Personnel / HR Tools

How to Hire the Best Staff for Your School Transforming Your School Through Positive

June 9 10, 2014

Discipline Tools Legal Updates from the 2014 Georgia General Assembly

Special Note: Additional sessions are being added

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WYNDHAM PEACHTREE CONFERENCE CENTER Peachtree City, Georgia

Highlighting Just a Few of our Conference Presenters

Dr. Todd Whitaker
One of the nations leading authorities on staff motivation, teacher leadership, and principal effectiveness, Todd has written over 30 books including the national best seller, What Great Teachers Do Differently. Other titles include: What Great Principals Do Differently, Shifting the Monkey, Dealing With Difficult Teachers, Motivating & Inspiring Teachers, Leading School Change: Strategies to Bring Everybody on Board, Six Types of Teachers: Recruiting, Retaining, and Mentoring the Best, Motivating & Inspiring Teachers: The Educational Leaders Guide for Building Staff Morale, and Dealing With Difficult Parents. Dr. Todd Whitaker has been fortunate to be able to blend his passion with his career. Recognized as a leading presenter in the field of education, his message about the importance of teaching has resonated with hundreds of thousands of educators around the world. Todd is a professor of educational leadership at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, and he has spent his life pursuing his love of education by researching and studying effective teachers and principals.

Dr. John Barge

Georgias State School Superintendent
Dr. Barge will open the conference as the first speaker at the General Session on June 9. His presentation will feature the latest information on various topics of interest to educational leaders.

Jason Markey
2014 NASSP Digital Principal of the Year
Our agency strives to bring in educational leaders st with a proven success record in leading 21 Century technology, and procuring one of only three principals in the nation to receive this prestigious honor accomplishes this. Mr. Jason Markey is principal of East Leyden High School in East Leyden, Illinois. In the last two years, Markey has presented more than 40 times on technology in education, was selected to the Google Teacher Academy, and helped create a 1:1 Summer Symposium to help other schools build a vision for technology in education.

Phil Hartley
Mr. Hartley is recognized throughout the state and region as being one of the leading authorities on the subject of legal issues in education. Educators across the state of Georgia are always anxious to hear his interpretations of the latest legislation passed, and this conference will give all participants an opportunity to be the first to get Mr. Hartleys legal issues update from the 2014 General Assembly session.

Dr. Ethan Hildreth

Dr. Ethan Hildreth has recently retired as Superintendent of Henry County Schools in Georgia, one of the largest school districts in the nation, with 51 schools and over 40,000 students. Since taking the helm of this school system, Hildreth guided and supported many impactful changes in the district, while also earning regional and state accolades for personal and district accomplishments. Dr. Hildreth has been recognized by the Georgia State Senate and House of Representatives, NAACP, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Atlanta Regional Commission, and the Henry County Board of Education for effective educational leadership. His effective communication and transparency with the community he served are major reasons why Henry County is so well respected. We are all eagerly anticipating the publishing of his upcoming book on effective leadership entitled, Leading Out of Bounds: Overcoming Barriers to Innovation. This first volume, in a series on effective leadership, is sure to be a best seller.

Larry Bell
Larry Bell has been the keynote speaker at many conferences across the country such as the National ASCD Conference, the National Association of Multicultural Education Conference, numerous state NEA affiliates and hundreds of local and regional conferences. For seven years, Larry Bell served as the Supervisor of Multicultural Education for Prince William County which meant providing hands-on workshops for teachers and students in 67 schools with 3000+ teachers and 50,000 students. He was selected as the Mary Hatwood Futrell Award winner by the Virginia Education Association in 1998.

Rick Lavoie
Mr. Rick Lavoies book on student motivation, The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning on the Tuned-out Child, was an international best seller. Mr. Lavoie is well known for his videos, How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop, and Last One Picked, First One Picked On: The Social Implications of Learning Disabilities as well as his book, Its So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping Children with Learning Disabilities. As a nationally renowned education consultant and commentator, he touches the lives of thousands of educators and tens of thousands of students each year through workshops and conferences across North America. Mr. Lavoies numerous national television appearances include The Early Show on CBS, Good Morning America, ABC Evening News, and Disney Channel Presents.

and Many More Superstar Presenters