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