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LOCATION:  Athens\, GA  US
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SUMMARY:2024 SSTAGE Promising Practices Conference
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 span></div>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\
 ; font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;"><strong>2024 SSTAGE Promising P
 ractices Conference&nbsp\;</strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: cent
 er\;"><strong>The Classic Center\, Athens\, GA</strong></p>\n<p style="tex
 t-align: center\;"><strong>Jan. 10\, 2024</strong></p>\n<p style="text-ali
 gn: center\;"><strong>8:30 am - 3:30 pm</strong></p>\n<div style="text-ali
 gn: center\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\;"></span>\n<p style="margin: 0
 in\; font-size: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\
 ; color: #000000\;">The 17<sup>th</sup> Annual highly acclaimed SSTAGE Pro
 mising Practices Conference will feature an opening GaDOE update from Just
 in D. Hill\, Ed.S.\, Associate Superintendent Whole Child Supports &amp\; 
 Strategic Partnerships. Dr. Gene Kerns will provide Science of Reading ses
 sions for both elementary and secondary audiences. Dr. Roberta Scott will 
 share how to embed SEL skills into literacy instruction in a session entit
 led\, &ldquo\;If You&rsquo\;re Happy and You Know It\, Read a Book!&rdquo\
 ; Concurrent conference sessions will focus on the most promising practice
 s for Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)\, Response to Intervention (R
 tI)\, Student Support Teams (SST)\, and Whole Child Supports featuring ele
 mentary\, middle\, and high schools along with districts from around the s
 tate implementing highly effective practices with successful outcomes\, an
 d a wide array of special interest topics that are informative and practic
 al from expert educators including several from GaDOE/GaTSS.<o:p></o:p></p
 >\n<span style="font-size: 11pt\;"></span></div>\n</span>\n<p style="text-
 align: center\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: georgia\; col
 or: #000000\;"><br />\n</span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span 
 style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;"><strong>
 Member Registration Fee: $250</strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: c
 enter\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: georgia\; color: #000
 000\;"><strong>Non-Member Registration Fee: $325</strong></span></p>\n<p s
 tyle="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: ge
 orgia\; color: #000000\;"><strong>Group Registration (10 or More Participa
 nts): See below Prices</strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;
 "><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;">
 <em>*Email a spreadsheet with names/emails to Joan Whitehead (jwhitehead@g
 ael.org)&nbsp\;</em></span><em style="font-size: 11pt\; color: #000000\; f
 ont-family: georgia\; text-align: left\;">by December 16\, 2023 for a Grou
 p Registration*</em></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="fon
 t-size: 11pt\; font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;"><strong>Member Gro
 up Rate: $200</strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span s
 tyle="font-size: 14.6667px\; font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;"><str
 ong>Non-Member Group Rate: $275</strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align:
  center\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: georgia\; color: #0
 00000\;">For more information about the conference please go to www.sstage
 .org.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="font
 -size: 11pt\; font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;">Questions?&nbsp\;</
 span><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\
 ;">Email Joan Whitehead at jwhitehead@gael.org</span></p>\n<p style="text-
 align: center\;"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; text-decoration: underline
 \; font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;"><strong>______________________
 _______________________________________</strong></span></p>\n<p><span styl
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 olor: #000000\;"><strong>Cancellation Policy:&nbsp\;</strong></span><span 
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 gin-right: 0in\; margin-left: 0in\; font-size: 11pt\; color: #000000\; mar
 gin-top: 0in\; text-align: justify\;"><span style="font-family: georgia\;"
 ><span style="font-size: 10pt\; background: yellow\;">To cancel&nbsp\;part
 icipation for an event\, SSTAGE must receive written notice (email </span>
 <a href="mailto:jwhitehead@gael.org"><span style="background: yellow\; col
 or: #0563c1\;">jwhitehead@gael.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt\
 ; background: yellow\;">) seven&nbsp\;calendar days prior to the scheduled
  workshop/conference.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;An administrative&nbsp\;fee&nbsp\;of $2
 5.00&nbsp\;will be&nbsp\;charged&nbsp\;for cancellations.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Req
 uests for a refund&nbsp\;must be received in writing at&nbsp\;least seven&
 nbsp\;calendar days prior to the start of the conference&nbsp\;and must be
  addressed to </span><a href="mailto:jwhitehead@gael.org"><span style="bac
 kground: yellow\; color: #0563c1\;">jwhitehead@gael.org</span></a><span st
 yle="background: yellow\;">. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt\; backgro
 und: yellow\;">SSTAGE encourages&nbsp\;participants to&nbsp\;find a substi
 tute. Replacements will be welcome\, and&nbsp\;there will be no charge to 
 transfer a registration to a colleague for the event.&nbsp\; Advance notic
 e of replacements is preferred.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<strong><em><span style="text
 -decoration: underline\;">If an individual registers and does not attend t
 he event\, he/she will be marked&nbsp\;as a "no show" and the full confere
 nce fees shall apply</span></em></strong>. Registrants are responsible for
  payment. Refunds will not be made for &ldquo\;no shows&rdquo\;.&nbsp\; Re
 funds and reimbursements will not be transferable to other workshops or co
 nferences. &nbsp\;In the event of inclement weather which may impede or pr
 event conference attendance\, or which may give cause to fully cancel the 
 conference\, a credit will be provided to the registrant or school/system.
  <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline\;">Refunds will not be ma
 de for conference cancellations due to COVID-19\, severe weather or weathe
 r events which may cause the conference to cancel.</span></strong> SSTAGE 
 is not responsible for United States Postal Service mail or electronic mai
 l failures.</span></span></p>\n<p><span style="background-image: initial\;
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