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LOCATION:300 N Thomas Street  Athens\, Georgia 30602 United States
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SUMMARY:2024 GAEL Winter Conference
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 024 GAEL Winter Conference Registration</strong></span></p>\n<p class="Def
 ault" style="font-weight: bold\; text-align: center\;"><span style="text-a
 lign: left\; font-size: large\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;
 \;"><em>"New Intelligence for&nbsp\;<span style="text-decoration: underlin
 e\;">Real</span>&nbsp\;Leaders"</em></span></p>\n<p class="Default" style=
 "font-weight: bold\; text-align: center\;"><strong style="font-family: &qu
 ot\;times new roman&quot\;\; font-size: large\; text-align: left\;">The Cl
 assic Center in Athens\, Georgia</strong></p>\n<p class="Default" style="f
 ont-weight: bold\; text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size: large\; f
 ont-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\;"><strong>Conference Dates: Jan
 uary 28-30\, 2024</strong></span></p>\n<p class="Default" style="font-weig
 ht: bold\; text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size: large\; font-fami
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 18px\;"><a href="https://book.passkey.com/go/gaelwinter24">Hotel link</a>&
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 ><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/142765ad401/7854d56f-e6d7-462d
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 ight: bold\; text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size: large\; font-fa
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 : 18px\;">Agenda Link</span></strong><a href="https://files.constantcontac
 t.com/142765ad401/7854d56f-e6d7-462d-a901-26d1fef1231e.pdf?rdr=true"><br /
 >\n</a></strong></span></p>\n<a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/14
 2765ad401/7854d56f-e6d7-462d-a901-26d1fef1231e.pdf?rdr=true">\n</a>\n</spa
 n>\n<p class="Default" style="font-weight: bold\; text-align: center\;"><s
 trong style="font-size: large\;"><span style="caret-color: #212121\; font-
 family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; font-size: 18px\;">Registration op
 tions: in-person &amp\; livestream</span></strong></p>\n<p class="Default"
  style="font-weight: bold\; text-align: center\;"><strong style="font-size
 : large\;"><span style="caret-color: #212121\; font-family: &quot\;times n
 ew roman&quot\;\; font-size: 18px\;">Member Registration is $460</span></s
 trong></p>\n<p class="Default" style="font-weight: bold\; text-align: cent
 er\;"><strong style="font-size: large\;"><span style="font-size: 16px\;"><
 span style="caret-color: #212121\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quo
 t\;\; font-size: 18px\;">Non-Member Registration is $610</span><br />\n<br
  />\n</span></strong></p>\n<p class="Default" style="font-weight: bold\; t
 ext-align: center\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot
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 fault" style="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size: 21px\; text-al
 ign: center\; white-space-collapse: preserve\; font-family: georgia\, &quo
 t\;times new roman&quot\;\, times\, serif\;">Are you ready to kickstart 20
 24 with inspiration and innovation? We invite you to join other Georgia ed
 ucational leaders at the 2024 GAEL Winter Conference!</span></p>\n<p class
 ="Default" style="font-weight: bold\; text-align: center\;"><span style="w
 hite-space-collapse: preserve\; text-decoration: underline\; font-family: 
 georgia\, &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, times\, serif\; font-size: 18px\
 ;">Keynotes Speakers Include: </span></p>\n<p class="Default" style="text-
 align: center\;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve\; font-family
 : georgia\, &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, times\, serif\; font-size: 18p
 x\;"><strong>Sean Covey\, </strong>FranklinCovey Education</span></p>\n<p 
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 apse: preserve\; font-family: georgia\, &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, ti
 mes\, serif\; font-size: 18px\;"><strong>Abran Maldonado\, </strong>Create
  Lab Ventures</span></p>\n<p class="Default" style="text-align: center\;">
 <span style="white-space-collapse: preserve\; font-family: georgia\, &quot
 \;times new roman&quot\;\, times\, serif\; font-size: 18px\;"><strong>Eddi
 e Slowikowski\, </strong>sponsored by: Varisty Brands</span></p>\n<p class
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 n&quot\;\, times\, serif\;"><span style="font-size: 18px\;"><strong>Christ
 y Todd\, </strong>GaTOTY</span><strong><span style="font-size: 18px\;"><br
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 enter\;"><span style="font-size: 20px\; font-weight: bold\; text-decoratio
 n: underline\; font-family: georgia\, &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, time
 s\, serif\; color: #000000\;">\n</span></p>\n<p style="margin-bottom: 0px\
 ; color: #3e3e3e\; font-size: 14px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\; text
 -align: center\;"><span style="font-weight: bold\; text-decoration: underl
 ine\; font-family: georgia\, &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, times\, serif
 \; font-size: 18px\; color: #000000\;">The Professional Learning Strands:<
 /span></p>\n<ul style="margin-bottom: 0px\; margin-left: 40px\;">\n    <p 
 style="color: #3e3e3e\; font-size: 14px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;
  text-align: center\;"><span style="font-family: arial\, verdana\, helveti
 ca\, sans-serif\;">   </span><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new ro
 man&quot\;\;"> </span><span style="font-size: 17px\; font-weight: bold\; f
 ont-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; color: #8c52ff\;">Real Opportu
 nity and Challenges in Education with Artificial Intelligence and Other Em
 erging Technologies - </span><span style="font-size: 15px\; font-family: &
 quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; color: #000000\;">Submissions in this stran
 d should encompass best practices\, ideas\, and experiences regarding how 
 A.I. and other types of emerging (perhaps disruptive) technologies can ben
 efit student learning\, aid in instructional design and assessment\, and j
 umpstart innovation in the classroom...and regarding how to ensure these n
 ew tools don&rsquo\;t cause unnecessary harm.</span></p>\n    <p style="co
 lor: #3e3e3e\; font-size: 14px\; white-space-collapse: preserve\; text-ali
 gn: center\;"><span style="text-align: left\; font-size: 17px\; font-weigh
 t: bold\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; color: #ff3131\;">R
 eal Partnerships between Schools and Businesses for Workforce - </span><sp
 an style="text-align: left\; font-size: 15px\; font-family: &quot\;times n
 ew roman&quot\;\; color: var(--main-font-color)\;">This strand will be the
 med around innovation and best practices around building workforce readine
 ss skills\, education/business partnerships\, CTAE\, and STEAM. The challe
 nge is REAL: We don&rsquo\;t have enough skilled workers to meet the deman
 ds of our economy. How will we help Georgia rise to the challenge?</span><
 span style="font-size: 15px\; text-align: left\; font-family: &quot\;times
  new roman&quot\;\; color: var(--main-font-color)\;">    </span></p>\n    
 <span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\;">\n    <p style=
 "text-align: center\;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve\; font-
 size: 17px\; font-weight: bold\; color: #38b6ff\;">Real Literacy Improveme
 nt for Students - </span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve\; fon
 t-size: 15px\;">Georgia Law (HB 538) requires all teachers to be trained i
 n the science of reading and foundational literacy skills\, requires all K
 -3 students to have multiple screeners\, and all systems to provide high-q
 uality instructional materials aligned to the GSE standards and the scienc
 e of reading. What are your school system&rsquo\;s best practices and stra
 tegic planning in light of this legislation aimed toward improving literac
 y outcomes GA?</span></p>\n    </span><span style="font-family: &quot\;tim
 es new roman&quot\;\;">\n    <div style="text-align: center\;"><span style
 ="white-space-collapse: preserve\; font-size: 17px\; font-weight: bold\; c
 olor: #7ed957\;">Real Safety &amp\; Mental Health Support for All - </span
 ><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve\; font-size: 15px\; color: #0
 00000\;">Submissions in this strand will speak to best practices for maint
 aining/improving physical and emotional safety for all stakeholders of the
  school universe. topics addressing school safety\, mental health\, and ef
 fective human relationship building are encouraged.</span><br />\n    </di
 v>\n    </span>\n    <div style="font-size: 14px\; white-space-collapse: p
 reserve\; text-align: center\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new
  roman&quot\;\; color: #3e3e3e\;"><br />\n    </span></div>\n</ul>\n<div s
 tyle="text-align: center\;"><br />\n</div>\n</span>\n<p class="Default" st
 yle="font-weight: bold\; text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size: 14p
 x\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\;"><strong><span st
 yle="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\;">Registration Qu
 estions? Email Ivy Young at&nbsp\;</span><a href="mailto:iyoung@gael.org">
 iyoung@gael.org</a><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;
 \, serif\;">.&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<span style="color: #002060\;">\n______
 __________________________________________________________________________
 ________________</span></strong></span></p>\n<p class="Default" style="fon
 t-weight: bold\; text-align: left\;"><span style="font-size: 14px\; font-f
 amily: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #002060\;"><strong><
 /strong></span></p>\n<p class="Default" style="text-align: left\;"><strong
  style="font-size: 14px\;"></strong><strong style="font-weight: bold\; fon
 t-size: 14.6667px\;"><span style="font-size: 12px\;"><strong><strong><span
  style="font-size: 14px\;"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot\;times 
 new roman&quot\;\; color: #ff0000\;">Cancellation Policy</span><span style
 ="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\; color: #000000\;"> for 2024
  GAEL Winter Conference&nbsp\;</span></strong><strong style="color: #00206
 0\; font-size: 11pt\;"><span style="font-size: 14px\;"><span style="font-f
 amily: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\;"><span style="color: #000000\;">is 
 as follows and acknowledgement is</span><span style="color: #1f497d\;">&nb
 sp\;</span><span style="color: #ff0000\;">required&nbsp\;</span></span><sp
 an style="color: #000000\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new rom
 an&quot\;\;">during registration</span><span style="font-family: &quot\;ti
 mes new roman&quot\;\, serif\;">:&nbsp\;</span></span></span></strong></sp
 an></strong></strong></span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px\; font-f
 amily: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\;">Due to commitments to our 
 facilities and partners\, cancellations are allowed only up to</span><span
  style="font-size: 14px\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, ser
 if\; color: #002060\;">&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-size: 14px\; font-f
 amily: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #ff0000\;">January 5
 \, 2024.</span><span style="font-size: 14px\; font-family: &quot\;times ne
 w roman&quot\;\, serif\; color: #002060\;">&nbsp\;</span><span style="font
 -size: 14px\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\;">Cancel
 lations prior to January 5 are subject to a cancellation fee of $100.00. C
 ancellations after January 5 will incur the full fee. No-shows at the even
 t will be charged the full fee. Cancellations must be in writing.&nbsp\; P
 lease email Ginny Smith at gsmith@gael.org to cancel.&nbsp\;<span style="f
 ont-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\;">Payments is due by&nb
 sp\;</span><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif
 \;">January</span><span style="font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\
 , serif\;">&nbsp\;15\, 2024.&nbsp\;</span></span><span style="font-size: 1
 4px\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, serif\;">If GAEL is for
 ced to cancel the conference because of federal or state restrictions\, yo
 u will receive a credit on your account for all fees paid.&nbsp\;</span></
 p>\n<p><strong style="text-align: left\;">&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p>\n</p>\
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