Professional Learning

GACIS conferences offer outstanding opportunities to hear national speakers, local education practitioners and to network with colleagues. Through its affiliation with GAEL, broad based conferences and workshops provide additional opportunities for professional growth.

GACIS Fall Conference, held each September at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, is the largest GACIS Conference. In addition to national speakers and Georgia practitioners, corporate sponsors and exhibitors display the latest educational resources.

GACIS Winter Conference held in February provides members an opportunity to connect research recommendations, strategies and practice to improve instruction.

National speakers include
but Are not limited to:

  • John Hattie

  • Dr. Douglas Fisher

  • Larry Ainsworth

  • Dr. John Almarode

  • John Antonnetti

  • Dr. Kylene Beers

  • Alan Blankstein

  • Becky Bone

  • Dr. Robert Brooks

  • Dr. Karen Burke

  • Jimmy Casas

  • Joyce Collett

  • Dr. Anne Davies

  • Dr. Peter DeWitt

  • Dr. David Docterman

  • Barbara Dooley

  • Dr. Dave Edyburn

  • Dr. Mary Ehrenworth

  • Principal EL

  • Dr. Melissa Fincher

  • Dr. Nancy Frey

  • Susan Gendron

  • Dr. Avis Glaze

  • Dr. Steve Graham

  • Dr. Freeman Hrabowski

  • Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs

  • Carol Jago

  • Dr. Peter Johnston

  • Janel Keating

  • Jacqueline King

  • Dr. Kate Kinsella

  • Bernadette Lambert

  • Dr. Lester Laminack

  • Nicole Law

  • Krista Leh

  • Dr. Robert Marzano

  • Beatrice "Bea" McGarvey

  • Dr. Ray McNulty

  • Jay McTighe

  • Dr. Anthony Nottingham

  • Susan O'Connell

  • Polly Patrick

  • Dr. Ruby Payne

  • Dr. Angela Peery

  • Dr. Debra Pickering

  • Dr. Lissa Pijanowski

  • Dr. Robert Probst

  • Dr. Doug Reeves

  • Ainsley Rose

  • Dr. John Saphier

  • Dr. Mike Schmoker

  • Dr. Cathy Seeley

  • Eric Sheninger

  • Doug Sovde

  • Scott Taylor

  • Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson

  • Jason Turner

  • Autumn Vavoso

  • Stephen Ventura

  • David Warlick

  • Todd Whitaker

  • Dr. Grant Wiggins

  • Dr. Jeffery Wilhelm

  • Shelia Yates