Click on the attachments to view the invitation from the Georgia Department of Education, Division of Special Education to attend the 2012 Best Practice Forum, the required parking pass, and the directions to the Best Practice Forum. Forum PowerPoint presentations are currently in the process of being posted.
Click on the attachment below to view the Flyer that invites particiants to the 2011 Professional Learning Opportunity with Neil Christian: Increasing Educators' Knowledge of Strategies For Use In High School Mathematics Classrooms.
The PowerPoint presentations and handouts for The 2011 Fall GraduateFIRST Institute are listed below. You can also find these as well as additional forms, including the Facilitator Guides for the DVD Training Series, on the website.
The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) Graduation/Dropout Prevention Project is a major component of a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
Dade County High School faculty was concerned about the absentee rate at their school; we can't teach them if they are not here. As part of their GraduateFIRST Action Plan/Initiative they decided to tackle the issue of student absences. Their results speak for their success:


