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GA CIS 2017 Winter Conference

\;December 5-6\, 2017

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Legacy Lodge\, Lanier Island s\, Georgia

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Online Registration is Closed - Please Register at t he Conference.

Keynote Speakers

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Eric Sheninger is a Senior Fellow and Thought Leader on Digi tal Leadership with (ICLE)\, a best selling author\, award winning high sc hool principal\, and national speaker. His focus is purposeful integration of technology to facilitate student learning\, improve communications wit h stakeholders\, enhance public relations\, create a positive brand presen ce\, transform learning spaces\, and help educators grow professionally. H is Pillars of Digital Leadership is a framework for all educators to initi ate sustainable change to transform school cultures

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Jimmy Casas served twenty-two years as an educational leader\, including fourtee n years as Principal at Bettendorf High School. Under his leadership\, Bet tendorf was named one of the Best High Schools in the country three times by Newsweek and US News &\; World Report. \; In 2015\, he received the Bammy Award as the National Secondary Principal of the year. \; Ji mmy is the co-author of What Connected Educators Do Differently a nd START.RIGHT.NOW. which he wrote with Todd Whitaker and Jeff Zo ul.
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Kate Kinse lla\, Ed.D. is a teacher ed ucator at San Francisco State University and a highly-sought after speaker and consultant to school districts and state departments throughout the U S. Her 25-year teaching career focus has been equipping youths from divers e backgrounds with the academic language\, communication\, reading and wri ting skills to be career and college ready. A teacher&rsquo\;s teacher\, D r. Kinsella maintains active K-12 classroom involvement by writing curricu lum\, teaching demonstration lessons\, and coaching both teachers and admi nistrators.
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Plus updates from GADOE and breakout sess ions \;
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Download complete speaker information here
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Download the tentative agenda here \;
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GACIS member fee - $240.00\; non-members - $315.00
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\n\nTo make hotel reservations by phone cal l 770-945-8787 or 800-840-5253. Email to reserve rooms at reservations@lan ier islands.com. \; \; You must reserve rooms before November 17\ , 2017 to receive the conference rate of $134.00.\n\n

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< strong>Make hotel reservations early!! The block of rooms goes very\nquick ly!!!
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For questions\, please contact Deborah White\, at dwhite@gael.org \;
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Please email pmyers@gael.org with conference regist ration problems.
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* Please note our conference canc ellation policy: \nDue to commitments to our facilities and partners\, cancellations are\ nsubject to a $50.00 fee up to one week before the event. After that\,\nth e full fee will be charged. No-shows at the event will be charged the full fee. \; < /span>Cancellat ions must be in writing. Please email gsmith@gael.org to canc el. \;
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