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SUMMARY:2025 SSTAGE Promising Practices Conference -  Sponsors & Exhibitors
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="color: #000000\; font-size: medium\;
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 gia\; color: #000000\;"><strong>2025 SSTAGE Promising Promising Practices 
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 ng>January 15\, 2025 |&nbsp\;The Classic Center\, Athens\, GA</strong></sp
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 pace-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;">The 18<sup>th</sup> Annual
  highly acclaimed SSTAGE Promising Practices Conference will feature an op
 ening GaDOE update from Justin D. Hill\, Ed.S.\, Associate Superintendent 
 Whole Child Supports &amp\; Strategic Partnerships. Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyde
 n will share how MTSS is the model to promote growth for all learners prod
 ucing a dataset that can be used to inform whole class instruction. Dr. Va
 nDerHeyden applies the Science of Instruction and Learning to Math recogni
 zing that the underlying science for the Science of Reading translates to 
 the Science of Math. Dr. Jan Bryan will strategies to get more growth from
  all students\, in all subjects\, and at all levels by supercharging Tier 
 1 instruction. Dr. Carol Johnson will discuss ways to foster academic achi
 evement of English Language Learners.<o:p></o:p></p>\n<p style="margin: 0i
 n\; font-size: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\;
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 ollapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;">Olympic Gold Medalist Gail Dever
 s will share\, during a lunch keynote\, her personal story and how she cur
 rently advocates for a collaborative effort among educators and community 
 members to empower all students to reach their fullest potential.<o:p></o:
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 s new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collap
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 lor: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;">Conc
 urrent conference sessions will focus on the most promising practices for 
 Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)\, Response to Intervention (RtI)\, 
 Student Support Teams (SST)\, and Whole Child Supports featuring elementar
 y\, middle\, and high schools along with districts from around the state i
 mplementing highly effective practices with successful outcomes\, and a wi
 de array of special interest topics that are informative and practical fro
 m expert educators including several from GaDOE/<o:p></o:p></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\;">GaMTSS.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\; fo
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 ><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline\;">Prices:&nbsp\;</span><
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 se: collapse\; text-align: center\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;time
 s new roman&quot\;\; color: #000000\;"><strong>$500.00 - Exhibit Booth (no
 n-sponsorship)</strong></span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12p
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 normaltextrun" style="font-size: medium\;"><span style="font-size: 16px\;"
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 px\;"> an exhibit table with two chairs.&nbsp\; Please note that there wil
 l be no designated exhibition time built into the one-day conference sched
 ule. There are 15-minute breaks between sessions/workshops and the exhibit
  tables will be located in the main lobby and registration area.</span><sp
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 strong>$750.00 - Bronze Sponsorship</strong></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; 
 font-size: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; col
 or: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;">Your 
 company name in the program\, exhibit space</p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; f
 ont-size: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; colo
 r: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;"><stron
 g>$1\,000.00 - Silver Sponsorship</strong></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; fo
 nt-size: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color
 : #000000\; white-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\;"><s
 trong>$1\,500.00 - Gold Sponsorship</strong></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; 
 font-size: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; col
 or: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;">All o
 f the above plus SSTAGE's appreciation expressed during lunch</p>\n<p styl
 e="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quo
 t\;\, serif\; color: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align
 : center\;"><strong>$2\,500.00 - Platinum Sponsorship</strong></p>\n<p sty
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 ot\;\, serif\; color: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-alig
 n: center\;">All of the above plus Full page ad in the program</p>\n<p sty
 le="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&qu
 ot\;\, serif\; color: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-alig
 n: center\;"><strong>$5\,000.00 - Diamond Sponsorship</strong></p>\n<p sty
 le="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&qu
 ot\;\, serif\; color: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-alig
 n: center\;">All of the above plus a year-long link to your company from t
 he SSTAGE homepage</p>\n<p style="margin: 0in\; font-size: 12pt\; font-fam
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 r: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: center\;">Questi
 ons? Email Joan Whitehead-Freeman at jwhitehaed@gael.org</p>\n<p style="ma
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  serif\; color: #000000\; white-space-collapse: collapse\; text-align: cen
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 ollapse\; text-align: center\;"><hr />\n</p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;
 "><span style="font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;"><strong><span styl
 e="text-decoration: underline\;">Cancellation/Refund Policy:</span></stron
 g>&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; 
 font-size: 16px\; color: #000000\;">To cancel participation for an event\,
  SSTAGE must receive written notice (email jwhitehead@gael.org) seven cale
 ndar days prior to the scheduled workshop/conference. An administrative fe
 e of $25.00 will be charged for cancellations. Requests for a refund must 
 be received in writing at least seven calendar days prior to the start of 
 the conference and must be addressed to jwhitehead@gael.org. SSTAGE encour
 ages participants to find a substitute. Replacements will be welcome\, and
  there will be no charge to transfer a registration to a colleague for the
  event. Advance notice of replacements is preferred. If an individual regi
 sters and does not attend the event\, he/she will be marked as a "no show"
  and the full conference fees shall apply. Registrants are responsible for
  payment. Refunds will not be made for &ldquo\;no shows&rdquo\;. Refunds a
 nd reimbursements will not be transferable to other workshops or conferenc
 es. In the event of inclement weather which may impede or prevent conferen
 ce attendance\, or which may give cause to fully cancel the conference\, a
  credit will be provided to the&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-family: &qu
 ot\;times new roman&quot\;\; font-size: 16px\; color: #000000\;">registran
 t or school/system. Refunds will not be made&nbsp\;for&nbsp\;conference ca
 ncelations do to COVID-19\, severe weather or weather&nbsp\;events&nbsp\;w
 hich may cause the conference to&nbsp\;cancel. SSTAGE is not responsible f
 or United States Postal Service mail or electronic mail failures.&nbsp\;</
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