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SUMMARY:2025 GACIS Fall Conference
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 2025 GACIS Fall Conference&nbsp\;</strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-alig
 n: center\;"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot
 \;\; color: #000000\;"><em>Brightening Futures: The Guided Light of Instru
 ctional Leadership</em></span></strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\
 ;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; color: #00000
 0\;"><strong>September 25-26\, 2025 |&nbsp\;</strong><strong>The Classic C
 enter\, Athens\, GA</strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><
 em><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; color: #ff000
 0\;">*Scroll to the bottom to register*</span></em></p>\n<p style="font-st
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 eorgia\;">CLICK HERE FOR LODGING INFORMATION</span></a></span></em></span>
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 >Register today for the 54th Annual GACIS Fall Conference! Registration fo
 r the in person event is limited.&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-size: 15p
 x\; text-indent: -0.1pt\; text-align: left\; font-family: georgia\; color:
  #242424\;">A virtual registration option is also available for those who 
 wish to participate remotely.</span></p>\n<p style="color: #000000\; font-
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 istration Cost:</strong> $425 (Member Rate) &amp\; $525 (Non-member Rate).
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 ne\; text-align: center\;"><span style="text-indent: -0.1pt\; font-family:
  &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><span style="t
 ext-decoration: underline\; color: #ff0000\;">Important Note:</span><span 
 style="color: #000000\;"> You are registering for the GACIS Conference onl
 y. You must complete a separate registration for the GaDOE Day Conference.
 &nbsp\;</span></span></p>\n<p><br />\n</p>\n<p style="color: #000000\; fon
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 e Speakers:</span></strong></p>\n<p style="color: #000000\; font-size: 11p
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 -height: 22px\; border: none\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt\; lin
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 n Almarode\, Ph.D. </span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt\; line-hei
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 s a Professor of Education in the College of Education at James Madison Un
 iversity. At James Madison University\, he continues to work with pre‑serv
 ice teachers and graduate students\, as well as actively pursues his resea
 rch interests including the science of learning and the design and measure
 ment of classroom environments that promote the greatest gains in student 
 learning.&nbsp\;John works closely with John Hattie&rsquo\;s&nbsp\;</span>
 <a href="https://www.visiblelearningmetax.com/" target="_blank" style="col
 or: blue\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; line-height: 24px\; font-family
 : &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\;">Visible Learning</span></a><spa
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 ew roman&quot\;\, serif\;">&nbsp\;research\, The Visible Learning&reg\;&nb
 sp\;research base represents more than 2\,103 meta-analyses comprising mor
 e than 132\,000 studies involving more than 300 million students around th
 e world.&nbsp\; The Visible Learning research has identified more than 350
  factors that influence student achievement. Upcoming projects include coa
 ching\, and how we\, as teachers\, evidence our impact on student learning
 \, and the nature and value of struggle in the classroom.</span></p>\n<p s
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  founding senior partner of the Instructional Coaching Group (ICG) and a r
 esearch associate at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learn
 ing. He has spent more than two decades studying professional learning\, e
 ffective teaching\, and instructional coaching.&nbsp\;</span><span style="
 font-size: 12pt\; text-indent: -0.1pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roma
 n&quot\;\, serif\;">Knight has written several books and his articles on i
 nstructional coaching have been included in publications such as&nbsp\;</s
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 ize: 12pt\; text-indent: -0.1pt\;">The Journal of Staff Development</em><s
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 ot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\;">He directs Pathways to Success\, a c
 omprehensive\, district-wide school reform project in the Topeka\, Kansas\
 , School District and leads the Intensive Instructional Coaching Institute
 s and the Teaching Learning Coaching annual conference.</span></p>\n<p sty
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 lor: #ff0000\;">Cancellation Policy for the 2025 GACIS Fall Conference&nbs
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 ><span style="font-size: 14px\; font-family: georgia\;"><span style="color
 : #000000\;">is as follows and acknowledgement is</span><span style="color
 : #1f497d\;"> </span><span style="color: #ff0000\;">required </span><span 
 style="color: #000000\;">during registration:</span></span></strong></span
 ></strong></strong></span></strong></span></strong></span></strong></p>\n<
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 r: #000000\;">All cancellations after September 1\, 2025 will be charged t
 he full registration fee. No-shows will be charged the full registration f
 ee. All cancellations must be in writing.&nbsp\; Please email Dr. Claire B
 uck to cancel </span><span style="font-size: 12pt\; color: #1155cc\;"><a h
 ref="mailto:clairebuck@gacis1971.org"><span style="font-family: &quot\;tim
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