Northwest GLRS
Meet the Team
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DeAnna Williams
Director, GLRS
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Tonya Plant
Program Specialist - GLRS
tplant@nwgaresa.com
To support educators of students with disabilities through professional development and resources that enhance academic and behavioral success for ALL students.
Available GLRS Services
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Professional Development
Supporting you with PD to address both academics and behavior
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Collaboratives
Connecting you with job-alike colleagues across the region
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Resources
Helping connect you to resources of the most current practices and information
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OAE Machine
Providing you with access to time and cost saving equipment to support students.
Professional Development
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MindSet De-escalation Training - Mindset curriculum is a system of preventing and managing aggressive behavior. Participants explored preventative practices and de-escalation strategies. Each participant was re-certified in the use of restraint through a physical skills assessment.
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Essentials of Co-Teaching - This 4-day series is designed to enhance the co-teaching process for the academic improvement of all students, specifically for students with disabilities. Co-teaching pairs participate in the course together - both the general education and special education teacher. The training covers a series of topics that are crucial for success in the inclusion classroom: overview of co-teaching (to include models of co-teaching as well as IEPs and planning), behavior strategies, specially designed instruction, high leverage practices and assistive technology.
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Special Ed Teacher Induction Academy - This 4-day course series is designed to provide support to new special education teachers who may need more knowledge related to special education and in delivering and designing specialized instruction for students with disabilities using high leverage practices.
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Check and Connect - Check and Connect is a structured mentoring program focused on increasing student engagement at school and with learning to improve student outcomes. It is an evidence and research-based intervention proven to be effective at all grade levels when implemented with fidelity and is designed to target the most 'at-risk' students (Tiers II and III).
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Online Parapro Course - This course is to provide paraprofessionals with a deeper understanding of their role in supporting special needs students and to provide effective strategies for maximizing students’ progress through collaboration with the classroom teacher. This course is offered online in an asynchronous format using the Canvas platform.
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Northwest Georgia RESA provides a wide variety of courses.
Collaborative Groups
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Special Education Administrator’s Consortium (SEAC) - job alike for special education directors and coordinators.
Meets monthly. See registration calendar on RESA website for details.
Consortium Lead: DeAnna Williams
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School Psychologists Consortium - job alike for school psychologists to enhance their knowledge of relevant topics in school psychology and to create a collegial network of practice. See registration on RESA website for more information regarding dates and meeting times.
Consortium Lead: Dr. Amy DiPrima, Floyd County Schools
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Speech-Language Pathologists Consortium - job alke for speech language pathologists to enhance their knowledge of relevant topics in speech-language therapy and create a collegial network of practice. Continuing education hours are also provided with this series. See RESA website for more information regarding dates and meeting times.
Consortium Lead: Amy Nelson, SLP
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Special Ed PreK Consortium: job alike for school and district level educators who work with special needs PreK students to enhance and support their work through professional learning and building a collegial network of practice. See RESA website for more information regarding meeting times and dates.
Consortium Lead: Tonya Plant
Resources
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OAE Machine Reservation
Northwest GLRS owns an OAE machine for school systems to reserve upon request. To check availability and submit a reservation request, click the link below.