THE FRESH FACE OF GSO The New Look and Feel of Georgia Standards.Org
Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
GSO HOMEPAGE
•Newly re-designed homepage •Organized sub-sections for teachers, administrators, and parents •Tabbed work space environments for easier access to tools and resources •Embedded search engine for standards, frameworks, and resources
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
“We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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GPS STANDARDS
•Easy access to the Georgia Performance Standards •Content area specific •Easy access to reference materials such as GPS revisions and QCC materials
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools “We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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MATHEMATICS STANDARDS
•Easy access to content specific standards through embedded links •Overview of content specific goals and objectives
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools “We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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MATHEMATICS FRAMEWORKS •Overview of functionality of frameworks •Capacity to search for frameworks
•Overview of content-specific functionality of frameworks •Capacity to link to embedded, contentspecific frameworks
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools “We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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RESOURCES •Premium curriculum-based resources aligned to the GPS. •Technology rich tools for teaching and learning •Popular videos for professional development
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools “We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
•Standards-based professional learning •Access to GPS Training •Interactive Elluminate sessions •Support services from local ETC and RESA 12/14/12
Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools “We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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INFORMATION FOR PARENTS •Newly designed section for parents •Access to information parents need to know concerning the new GPS.
•Informative parent brochures
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools “We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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PROGRAMS
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools “We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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CONTACT INFORMATION •
Traci M. Boyd (Site Content) Operations Analyst Tel: (404) 463-1280 E-mail: tboyd@doe.k12.ga.us
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Beth Caraccio (Curriculum & Training) Educational Technology Specialist Tel: (404) 657-3543 E-mail: bcaracci@doe.k12.ga.us
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Christina Clayton, Ed.D. (Professional Learning & E-Learning) Educational Technology Specialist Tel: (404) 463-6402 E-mail: cclayton@doe.k12.ga.us
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Tony Vlachakis, MS (Site & Video Content) Educational Technology Specialist Tel: (404) 463-0312 E-mail: tvlachak@doe.k12.ga.us
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools “We will lead the nation in improving student achievement.”
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