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LOCATION:300 N. Thomas Street  Athens\, GA 30602 
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SUMMARY:2016 GACIS Fall Conference
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 e: 24px\;">GACIS 2016 Fall Conference </span></strong></span></p>\n<p styl
 e="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&
 quot\;\; font-size: 18px\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 28px\;"><em>Le
 ading for Coherence</em></span></strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align:
  center\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; font-
 size: 18px\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 28px\;"><em><br />\n</em></s
 pan></strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: medium\; font-family:
  &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\;">An outstanding program is planned at our
  new location\, the Classic Center\, and our goal is to have another recor
 d number of attendees. Register early for another year of professional lea
 rning\, sharing and networking with other GACIS members\, sponsors\, and e
 xhibitors.</span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\; text-align: le
 ft\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; font-size:
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 ong><span style="font-size: 18px\;">Keynote Speakers&nbsp\;<br />\n</span>
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 ter\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; font-size
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 ><strong><span style="font-size: 18px\; color: #002060\;"><br />\n</span><
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 er\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; font-size:
  16px\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px\; color: #002060\;">Michael 
 Fullan</span></strong></span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\; te
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 ;\; font-size: 16px\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px\;"><br />\n</s
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  left\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; font-si
 ze: 18px\;"><span style="font-size: 14px\;">Michael Fullan is a worldwide 
 authority on educational reform and award-winning author of over 30 books\
 , including the best sellers Leading in a Culture of Change\, The Six Secr
 ets of Change\, Change Leader\, All Systems Go\, Motion Leadership\, and T
 he Principal: Three Keys to Maximizing Impact. His latest books are Evalua
 ting and Assessing Tools in the Digital Swamp\; Freedom to Change and Cohe
 rence: The Right Drivers in Action</span><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n</span></
 p>\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\; text-align: center\;"><span style
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 g><span style="font-size: 20px\;">Melissa Fincher\, Ph.D.</span></strong><
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  new roman&quot\;\;">Dr. Melissa Fincher\, GaDOE Deputy Superintendent for
  Assessment and Accountability oversees all Georgia assessment and account
 ability programs. &nbsp\;The 2016 GA Milestones assessments\, computer gli
 tches during EOG testing\, waiver of the retention and promotion policy\, 
 student growth measures for TKES and LKES and measures to prevent technolo
 gy-related interruptions in 2017 will be discussed. Also\, Melissa will sh
 are the steps being taken to implement assessment and accountability requi
 rements in SB364\, online vs paper-pencil results\, and other assessment u
 pdates.</span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="text-alig
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 "text-align: -webkit-center\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new 
 roman&quot\;\; font-size: 18px\; color: #205867\;">Download the GACIS Conf
 erence Agenda&nbsp\;</span></strong></span></strong></span></p>\n</a>\n<p 
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 he <span style="font-size: 16px\; color: #ff0000\;">New Curriculum Leaders
  Program</span>\, for leaders with less than 3 years experience\,&nbsp\;</
 strong></span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\; text-align: cente
 r\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; font-size: 
 16px\;"><strong>will be held on September 20.&nbsp\;</strong></span></p>\n
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 nt-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; font-size: 16px\;"><strong>&nbs
 p\;You can add this event to your online registration.</strong></span></p>
 \n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\; text-align: center\;"><span style="
 font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; font-size: 16px\;"><strong></
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  16px\;"><strong>Download the New Curriculum Leaders Agenda</strong></span
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 rong><span style="font-size: 16px\;"><span style="font-size: 12px\; color:
  #000000\;"><span style="font-size: 16px\;"><span style="font-size: 16px\;
  color: #ff0000\;">If you need to register for the DOE Curriculum Director
 s Conference</span>\, <a href="https://gael.ps.membersuite.com/events/View
 Event.aspx?contextID=e386dc0a-0078-ceb0-7a20-0b3b969d0a22">please go here.
 </a></span><br />\n</span><span style="color: #002060\;"><br />\n</span></
 span></strong></span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\; text-align
 : center\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; font
 -size: 16px\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 16px\; color: #002060\;"><b
 r />\n</span></strong></span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\; te
 xt-align: center\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\
 ;\; font-size: 16px\; color: #002060\;"><strong>For questions\, please con
 tact Deborah White at <a href="mailto:dwhite@gael.org">dwhite@gael.org</a>
  or 706-250-4804.</strong>\n</span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001p
 t\; text-align: center\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman
 &quot\;\; font-size: 16px\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 16px\; color:
  #002060\;"><br />\n</span></strong></span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in
  0.0001pt\; text-align: center\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times n
 ew roman&quot\;\; font-size: 16px\; color: #494429\;"><strong><span style=
 "font-size: 12px\;"><br />\n</span></strong></span></p>\n<p style="margin:
  0in 0in 0.0001pt\; text-align: left\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;t
 imes new roman&quot\;\; font-size: 16px\;"><span style="font-size: 12px\;"
 ><span style="font-size: 12px\;"><strong>* Please note our cancellation po
 licy</strong>: Due to commitments to our facilities and partners\, cancell
 ations are subject to a $50.00 fee up to one week before the event. <stron
 g>After that\, the full fee will be charged</strong>. No-shows at the even
 t will be charged the full fee.&nbsp\; Cancellations must be in writing. P
 lease email gsmith@gael.org to cancel. For registration problems\, email p
 myers@gael.org.</span><br />\n</span><br />\n</span></p>
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