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SUMMARY:2026 GAEL Summer Conference - Livestream
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="f
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 amily: georgia\; color: #000000\;"><strong>2026 GAEL Summer Conference - L
 ivestream</strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><em style="
 color: #000000\; font-family: georgia\; font-size: large\; text-align: lef
 t\;">Live. Learn. Lead.</em></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span st
 yle="font-size: 16px\;"><span style="text-align: left\; font-family: georg
 ia\; font-size: 16px\; color: #000000\;">Virtual |&nbsp\;</span><span styl
 e="text-align: left\; font-family: georgia\; font-size: 16px\; color: #000
 000\;">July 12-15\, 2026</span></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;
 "><span style="text-align: left\; font-family: georgia\; font-size: 16px\;
  color: #000000\;"><strong style="color: #000000\; font-family: georgia\; 
 font-size: medium\; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks\;">Livestream Re
 gistration: $300.00 </strong><em style="color: #000000\; font-family: geor
 gia\; font-size: medium\; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks\;">(includ
 es complimentary GAEL &amp\; Affiliate/A<span style="font-family: georgia\
 ; color: #000000\;">ssociate&nbsp\;</span>membership)</em><br />\n</span><
 /p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="text-align: left\; font-
 family: georgia\; font-size: 16px\;"><strong><em style="font-family: georg
 ia\; color: #ff0000\;">\n</em><span style="font-size: 20px\; color: #00000
 0\;">Keynote Speakers:</span></strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: c
 enter\;"><span style="text-align: left\; font-family: georgia\; font-size:
  16px\;"><strong><span style="color: #000000\;">Marlon Styles &amp\; Dr. J
 ohn Delony<br />\n</span></strong></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: cente
 r\;"><span style="text-align: left\; font-size: 16px\; color: #000000\;"><
 span style="font-size: 14px\; font-family: georgia\;"><span style="font-si
 ze: medium\; color: #000000\;"><span style="font-size: 14px\;" _face="Geor
 gia">All&nbsp\;conference registrations include a complimentary GAEL Membe
 rship and one Affiliate/Associate Membership for the 2026-2027 fiscal year
 .&nbsp\; Attendee registration also includes the Sunday Evening Reception 
 and Low Country Boil. Breakfast and lunch will be served on Monday and Tue
 sday. &nbsp\;Also included is the</span><span style="font-family: georgia\
 ;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px\; font-family: georgia\;">Dueling 
 Pianos Reception on Sunday night and the GAEL Family Fun Night at Summer W
 aves on Monday.</span><span style="font-family: georgia\;">&nbsp\;</span><
 span style="font-size: 14px\; font-family: georgia\;">(NOTE:&nbsp\;Be sure
  to indicate if you will be attending the</span></span><span style="outlin
 e-color: currentcolor\; outline-width: medium\; white-space-collapse: pres
 erve-breaks\; font-size: 14px\; font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;">&
 nbsp\;Low Country Boil o</span><span style="outline-color: currentcolor\; 
 outline-width: medium\; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks\; font-size:
  14px\; font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;">n Sunday! There is no cha
 rge for attendees. Additional guest tickets may be purchased during regist
 ration.)</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia\;">\n</span></span
 ></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="outline-color: current
 color\; outline-width: medium\; text-align: center\; white-space-collapse:
  preserve\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, times\, serif\; f
 ont-size: 16px\; color: #191919\;">Registration for the 2026 GAEL Summer C
 onference will open soon\, and we are excited to welcome school leaders fr
 om across Georgia for several days of professional learning\, networking\,
  and celebration of educational leadership. This year&rsquo\;s conference 
 will feature inspiring keynote speakers Dr. John Delony and Marlon Styles\
 , important updates from state education leaders including GaPSC\, TRS\, a
 nd GHSA\, and timely insights from leaders shaping education policy in Geo
 rgia. Attendees will also hear legislative updates from Margaret Ciccarell
 i with PAGE\, Phil Hartley&rsquo\;s popular &ldquo\;Back to School Checkli
 st\,&rdquo\; and updates from the Governor&rsquo\;s Office of Education Wo
 rkforce Strategy\, which is leading the state&rsquo\;s literacy work. </sp
 an></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="outline-color: curre
 ntcolor\; outline-width: medium\; text-align: center\; white-space-collaps
 e: preserve\; font-family: &quot\;times new roman&quot\;\, times\, serif\;
  font-size: 16px\; color: #191919\;"><em><br />\n</em></span></p>\n<p styl
 e="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size: 18px\; color: #000000\;">
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 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1679599123194-683" align="center" valign="top" 
 style="width: 600px\;"><strong style="color: #002060\; font-family: georgi
 a\; text-align: left\;"><span style="font-size: 14px\; font-family: georgi
 a\, serif\; color: #ff0000\;">*There will be NO ONSITE REGISTRATIONS*</spa
 n></strong><br />\n            </td>\n        </tr>\n    </tbody>\n</table
 >\n</strong></span><span style="font-size: 14px\;">\n<p style="margin: 0in
  0in 12.75pt\; text-align: center\;"><span style="outline-color: currentco
 lor\; outline-width: medium\; font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;"><st
 rong><br />\n</strong></span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 12.75pt\; tex
 t-align: center\;"><span style="outline-color: currentcolor\; outline-widt
 h: medium\; font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;">\n</span></p>\n</span
 >\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong style="text-align: left\;"><spa
 n style="font-size: 12px\;"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 14px\;
  color: #000000\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px\;"><strong><strong
 ><span style="font-size: 14px\;"><span style="font-family: georgia\; color
 : #000000\;">Please email Ivy Young\,</span><span style="font-family: geor
 gia\;">&nbsp\;</span><span style="color: #1f497d\;"><a href="http:"><span 
 style="font-family: georgia\;">iyoung@gael.org</span></a><span style="font
 -family: georgia\;">&nbsp\;</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia
 \; color: #000000\;">with registration problems or questions</span><span s
 tyle="font-family: serif\; color: #000000\;">.</span></span></strong></str
 ong></span></strong><span style="font-family: georgia\;">\n</span></span><
 /strong></strong></span></strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><sp
 an style="text-align: left\; font-family: georgia\; font-size: 16px\; colo
 r: #000000\;">Register for in-person here: <em><a href="https://gael.ps.me
 mbersuite.com/events/ViewEvent.aspx?contextID=e386dc0a-0078-ca11-2553-0b49
 4e9e6173">Click Here</a></em></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">
 <span style="text-align: left\; font-size: 16px\; color: #000000\;"><span 
 style="font-family: georgia\;">Register to sponsor or exhibit here: </span
 ><a href="https://gael.ps.membersuite.com/events/ViewEvent.aspx?contextID=
 e386dc0a-0078-cf14-285a-0b494280ac73"><span style="font-family: georgia\; 
 font-size: 16px\;"><em>Click Here</em></span></a></span></p>\n<p style="te
 xt-align: center\;"><span style="text-align: left\; font-size: 14px\; font
 -family: serif\; color: #000000\;"><br />\n</span></p>\n<p style="text-ali
 gn: center\;"><strong style="text-align: left\;"><span style="font-size: 1
 2px\; font-family: georgia\;"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 14px
 \; font-family: serif\; color: #1f497d\;"></span></strong></strong></span>
 </strong></p>\n<hr />\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong style="text
 -align: left\;"><span style="font-size: 12px\;"><strong><strong><span styl
 e="font-size: 14px\; color: #1f497d\;"></span></strong></strong></span></s
 trong></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 12.75pt\; font-size: 11pt\; text-ali
 gn: left\;"><span style="font-family: georgia\;"><strong style="font-size:
  11pt\; color: var(--main-font-color)\;"><span style="font-size: 12px\;"><
 strong><strong><span style="font-size: 14px\;"><strong><span style="color:
  #000000\;">Cancellation Policy for 2026 GAEL Summer Conference&nbsp\;</sp
 an></strong><strong style="font-size: 11pt\;"><span style="font-size: 14px
 \;"><span style="color: #000000\;">is as follows and acknowledgement is</s
 pan><span style="color: #1f497d\;"> </span><span style="color: #ff0000\;">
 required </span><span style="color: #000000\;">during registration:&nbsp\;
 </span></span></strong></span></strong></strong></span></strong><span styl
 e="font-size: 16px\; color: #000000\;">Due to commitments to our facilitie
 s\, partners and affiliates\, there is $150 cancellation fee. The cancella
 tion fee will be waived for those who retain their 2026-2027 GAEL and Affi
 liate Memberships. The last day to cancel is May 29\, 2026. After that\, t
 he full fee will be charged.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" sty
 le="font-size: 16px\; color: #1f497d\;">&nbsp\; "</span><span style="font-
 size: 16px\; color: red\;">No-shows" will be charged the full fee.&nbsp\;&
 nbsp\;Cancellations MUST be in writing.</span><span style="font-size: 16px
 \; color: #000000\;">&nbsp\;In the event the conference is unable to be he
 ld face-to-face safely due to COVID-19\, severe weather\, or other large-s
 cale emergencies or acts of nature\,&nbsp\;we will not cancel the conferen
 ce and the GAEL contingency plan will go into effect. Instead\, general se
 ssion topics will be held virtually at dates to be announced (if real time
  live stream is no longer an option).To cancel a registration\, please ema
 il Ginny Smith\,<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp\;</span></span><
 span style="line-height: normal\; text-decoration: underline\; font-size: 
 16px\; color: blue\;"><a href="mailto:gsmith@gael.org" data-outlook-id="cf
 05a8c9-356a-4dcf-a1f5-b3488b07b4c5" title="mailto:gsmith@gael.org" style="
 color: blue\;">gsmith@gael.org</a></span><span style="font-size: 16px\; co
 lor: #000000\;">.</span><span style="color: #000000\;"></span></span></p>\
 n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 12.75pt\; font-size: 11pt\; text-align: left\;"
 ><span style="font-family: georgia\; font-size: 16px\; color: #000000\;"><
 em>Please note\, payment must be received by July 1\, 2026.&nbsp\;</em></s
 pan></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 12.75pt\; font-size: 11pt\; text-align
 : left\;"><span style="text-align: left\; font-size: 14px\;"><span style="
 font-size: 14px\; font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;"></span><strong 
 style="color: #000000\; font-weight: bold\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\
 ;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>\n<strong style="text-align: left
 \;"><span style="font-size: 12px\;"><strong><strong><span style="font-size
 : 14px\; color: #1f497d\;"><br />\n</span></strong></strong></span></stron
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