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SUMMARY:2026 SSTAGE Promising Practices Conference -  Sponsors & Exhibitors
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 gia\; color: #000000\;"><strong>2025 SSTAGE Promising Promising Practices 
 Conference&nbsp\;</strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><sp
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 ng>January 14\, 2026 |&nbsp\;The Classic Center\, Athens\, GA</strong></sp
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 es new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #000000\; white-space-collapse: colla
 pse\; text-align: center\;">The 19<sup>th</sup> Annual highly acclaimed SS
 TAGE Promising Practices Conference will feature an opening session\, as w
 ell as a breakout session\, with Dr. Towanda Harris\, author of <strong><e
 m>The Right Tools: A Guide to Selecting\, Evaluating\, and Implementing Re
 sources and Practices.</em></strong> Dr. Harris will equip educators with 
 practical strategies to design inclusive literacy instruction that support
 s all learners while leveraging data to inform and enhance instructional d
 ecisions. Attendees will explore equitable literacy practices and data-dri
 ven approaches to meet diverse student needs effectively.<o:p></o:p></p>\n
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 ze: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #00
 0000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;">Concurrent c
 onference sessions will focus on the most promising practices for Multi-Ti
 ered System of Supports (MTSS)\, Response to Intervention (RtI)\, Student 
 Support Teams (SST)\, Science of Reading and Instruction\, Tier 1 Instruct
 ion\, and Whole Child Supports\, Health\, &amp\; Safety featuring elementa
 ry\, middle\, and high schools along with districts from around the state 
 implementing highly effective practices with successful outcomes\, and a w
 ide array of special interest topics that are informative and practical fr
 om expert educators including several from GaDOE/GaMTSS.<o:p></o:p></p>\n<
 p><br />\n</p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\; font-family: &qu
 ot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #000000\; white-space-collapse
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 e: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #000
 000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;"><strong><span
  style="text-decoration: underline\;">Prices:&nbsp\;</span></strong></p>\n
 <p style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\; white-space-collapse: collapse\;
  text-align: center\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&qu
 ot\;\; color: #000000\;"><strong>$500.00 - Exhibit Booth (non-sponsorship)
 </strong></span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\; white-spac
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  style="font-size: medium\;"><span style="font-size: 16px\;">Includes</spa
 n><span style="font-size: 11pt\;"><span style="font-size: 16px\;"> an exhi
 bit table with two chairs.&nbsp\; Please note that there will be no design
 ated exhibition time built into the one-day conference schedule. There are
  15-minute breaks between sessions/workshops and the exhibit tables will b
 e located in the main lobby and registration area.</span><span style="font
 -family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span></span></sp
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  12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #00000
 0\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;"><strong>$750.00
  - Bronze Sponsorship</strong></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12p
 t\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #000000\; 
 white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;">Your company name i
 n the program\, exhibit space</p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt
 \; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #000000\; w
 hite-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;"><strong>$1\,000.00 -
  Silver Sponsorship</strong></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\
 ; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #000000\; wh
 ite-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;">All of the above plus
  your company logo in the program</p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 
 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #000000
 \; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;"><strong>$1\,500.
 00 - Gold Sponsorship</strong></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12p
 t\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #000000\; 
 white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;">All of the above pl
 us SSTAGE's appreciation expressed during lunch</p>\n<p style="margin: 0in
 \; font-size: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; 
 color: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;"><s
 trong>$2\,500.00 - Platinum Sponsorship</strong></p>\n<p style="margin: 0i
 n\; font-size: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\;
  color: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;">A
 ll of the above plus Full page ad in the program</p>\n<p style="margin: 0i
 n\; font-size: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\;
  color: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;"><
 strong>$5\,000.00 - Diamond Sponsorship</strong></p>\n<p style="margin: 0i
 n\; font-size: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\;
  color: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;">A
 ll of the above plus a year-long link to your company from the SSTAGE home
 page</p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;ti
 mes new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #000000\; white-space-collapse: coll
 apse\; text-align: center\;">Questions? Email Joan Whitehead-Freeman at jw
 hitehaed@gael.org</p>\n<hr />\n<p style="text-align: left\;"><span style="
 font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;"><strong><span style="text-decorat
 ion: underline\;">Cancellation/Refund Policy:</span></strong>&nbsp\;</span
 ><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; font-size: 16px
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 amily: georgia\, serif\;">2026 SSTAGE&nbsp\; Promising Practices &nbsp\;Co
 nference Cancellation policy for Sponsors/Exhibitors:</span><span style="b
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 in: initial\; background-clip: initial\; font-family: georgia\, serif\;">N
 o cancellations or refund requests will be accepted after Decembeer 14\, 2
 025. Cancellation requests must be in&nbsp\;writing&nbsp\;and sent via ema
 il to Joan Whitehead-Freeman\, </span><a href="mailto:jwhitehead@gael.org"
  style="color: blue\;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext\; padding:
  0in\; background: yellow\; font-family: georgia\, serif\;">jwhitehead@gae
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