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\n< p style="text-align: center\;"> \;\nGA CIS 2017 Winter Conference
\n \;December 5-6\, 2017
\nLegacy Lodge\, Lanier Island s\, Georgia
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Online Registration is Closed - Please Register at t he Conference.
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Keynote Speakers
\n\n\n\n\nEric 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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GACIS member fee - $240.00\; non-members - $315.00
\n\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 a>\n\n
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\nPlease email pmyers@gael.org with conference regist ration problems.
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\n* 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
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