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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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 e: 18px\; color: #000000\;"><em><span style="font-size: 20px\;"><em><span 
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 ont-size: 18px\;"><em><span style="font-family: georgia\; font-size: 18px\
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 n style="font-size: 18px\;"><em><span style="font-size: 18px\;"><em><span 
 style="font-size: 22px\;"><em><strong><a href="http://https//www.dropbox.c
 om/scl/fi/93rxprh3tp3ps92y2wb5i/2026-GAEL-Summer-Conference-Agenda-Tentati
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 y: georgia\;"><strong><em>Draft Agenda</em></strong></span></a></strong></
 em></span></em></span></em></span></em></span></em></em></span></em></span
 ></em></span></em></span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><em style="
 color: #000000\; font-size: large\; text-align: left\;"><a href="https://f
 orms.gle/rB983Y1HzfUiePvz5"><span style="font-size: 22px\; font-family: ge
 orgia\;"><em><strong>Call for Proposals (Now Open!)</strong></em></span></
 a></em></p>\n<span style="font-style: italic\; font-family: georgia\;"><br
  />\n</span>\n<span style="font-size: 20px\; font-family: georgia\; color:
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 <strong style="color: #002060\; font-family: georgia\; text-align: left\;"
 ><span style="font-size: 14px\; font-family: georgia\, serif\; color: #ff0
 000\;">*There will be NO ONSITE REGISTRATIONS*</span></strong><br />\n    
         </td>\n        </tr>\n    </tbody>\n</table>\n</strong></span><spa
 n style="font-size: 14px\;">\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 12.75pt\; text-ali
 gn: center\;"><span style="outline-color: currentcolor\; outline-width: me
 dium\; font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;"><strong><br />\n</strong><
 /span></p>\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 12.75pt\; text-align: center\;"><spa
 n style="outline-color: currentcolor\; outline-width: medium\; font-family
 : georgia\; color: #000000\;">\n</span></p>\n</span>\n<p style="text-align
 : center\;"><strong style="text-align: left\;"><span style="font-size: 12p
 x\;"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 14px\; color: #000000\;"><str
 ong><span style="font-size: 12px\;"><strong><strong><span style="font-size
 : 14px\;"><span style="font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;">Please ema
 il Ivy Young\,</span><span style="font-family: georgia\;">&nbsp\;</span><s
 pan style="color: #1f497d\;"><a href="http:"><span style="font-family: geo
 rgia\;">iyoung@gael.org</span></a><span style="font-family: georgia\;">&nb
 sp\;</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia\; color: #000000\;">wi
 th registration problems or questions</span><span style="font-family: seri
 f\; color: #000000\;">.</span></span></strong></strong></span></strong><sp
 an style="font-family: georgia\;">\n</span></span></strong></strong></span
 ></strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="text-align: l
 eft\; font-family: georgia\; font-size: 16px\; color: #000000\;">Register 
 for in-person here: <em><a href="https://gael.ps.membersuite.com/events/Vi
 ewEvent.aspx?contextID=e386dc0a-0078-ca11-2553-0b494e9e6173">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: geo
 rgia\;">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="text-align: center\;"><sp
 an style="text-align: left\; font-size: 14px\; font-family: serif\; color:
  #000000\;"><br />\n</span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong s
 tyle="text-align: left\;"><span style="font-size: 12px\; font-family: geor
 gia\;"><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 s
 tyle="font-size: 12px\;"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 14px\; co
 lor: #1f497d\;"></span></strong></strong></span></strong></p>\n<p style="m
 argin: 0in 0in 12.75pt\; font-size: 11pt\; text-align: left\;"><span style
 ="font-family: georgia\;"><strong style="font-size: 11pt\; color: var(--ma
 in-font-color)\;"><span style="font-size: 12px\;"><strong><strong><span st
 yle="font-size: 14px\;"><strong><span style="color: #000000\;">Cancellatio
 n Policy for 2026 GAEL Summer Conference&nbsp\;</span></strong><strong sty
 le="font-size: 11pt\;"><span style="font-size: 14px\;"><span style="color:
  #000000\;">is as follows and acknowledgement is</span><span style="color:
  #1f497d\;"> </span><span style="color: #ff0000\;">required </span><span s
 tyle="color: #000000\;">during registration:&nbsp\;</span></span></strong>
 </span></strong></strong></span></strong><span style="font-size: 16px\; co
 lor: #000000\;">Due to commitments to our facilities\, partners and affili
 ates\, there is $150 cancellation fee. The cancellation fee will be waived
  for those who retain their 2026-2027 GAEL and Affiliate Memberships. The 
 last day to cancel is May 29\, 2026. After that\, the full fee will be cha
 rged.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 16px\; c
 olor: #1f497d\;">&nbsp\; "</span><span style="font-size: 16px\; color: red
 \;">No-shows" will be charged the full fee.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Cancellations MUS
 T be in writing.</span><span style="font-size: 16px\; color: #000000\;">&n
 bsp\;In the event the conference is unable to be held face-to-face safely 
 due to COVID-19\, severe weather\, or other large-scale emergencies or act
 s of nature\,&nbsp\;we will not cancel the conference and the GAEL conting
 ency plan will go into effect. Instead\, general session topics will be he
 ld virtually at dates to be announced (if real time live stream is no long
 er an option).To cancel a registration\, please email Ginny Smith\,<span c
 lass="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="cf05a8c9-356a-4dcf-a1f5-b
 3488b07b4c5" title="mailto:gsmith@gael.org" style="color: blue\;">gsmith@g
 ael.org</a></span><span style="font-size: 16px\; color: #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-fami
 ly: georgia\; font-size: 16px\; color: #000000\;"><em>Please note\, paymen
 t must be received by July 1\, 2026.&nbsp\;</em></span></p>\n<p style="mar
 gin: 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-s
 ize: 12px\;"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 14px\; color: #1f497d
 \;"><br />\n</span></strong></strong></span></strong>
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