[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] UPDATE: Check out photo gallery here. Read speeches by Mays High Eagle Leadership Academy students at the luncheon here. Atlanta Public Schools principals happily switched places with several of our community and business partners Thursday as part of the annual Principal Shadow Day — one of the best-ever examples of walking in […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHinWN9iPOg%5D UPDATE: Watch this video/photo gallery which includes perspectives from participants here. Watch Camille Russell Love’s keynote address here. Atlanta Public Schools‘ performing and visual arts educators gathered for the 2010 Arts Education Conference at the High Museum on Sept. 24-25. Here APS Performing and Fine Arts Director Cynthia Terry and Education Coordinator/Visual Arts […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] Toni Pickett (pictured above, second row middle) has been trying to work inside Atlanta Public Schools ever since she moved to Georgia from New Orleans about a decade. So APS’ new principals and academy leaders reception Thursday confirmed that Pickett’s move to Herndon Elementary is a dream come true. “I’m very […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4GXOHpzHvE%5D Fueled by record-breaking grants and the promise of more to come, APS media specialists gathered together to plot strategies, consider vendors and share best practices at the annual Media Specialists Kickoff held Wednesday at Atlanta Technical College. The librarians learned about Internet acceptable use from APS e-Learning Specialist Felicia Clark-Culbertson, studied a webinar from Teachingbooks.net, […]
UPDATE: For complete coverage of the State of the Schools address, click here. Check out the video here. Check out the photo gallery here. APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall insisted on accountability and provided a blueprint for Atlanta Public Schools to move beyond the CRCT investigation report during her seventh-annual State of the Schools […]
“Has it been a good day, or a crazy day?” we asked one of our principals as he shepherded students onto buses at the end of the first day of school Monday. “It’s been a good day! OK, a crazy day, too, but a good day!” he responded, as Atlanta Public Schools’ nearly 48,000 students […]
[gallery link=”file” order=”DESC” orderby=”title”] More than 2,000 math and science teachers converged on the Georgia World Congress Center this week to improve their skills through the two-day, third annual District-Focused Mathematics and Science event. The event also served as an opportunity to get teachers better acquainted with the third phase of the Georgia Performance Standards […]
Atlanta Public Schools’ Program for Exceptional Children (PEC) rolled out its new inclusive school practices initiative that will be implemented over the next three years, to approximately 900 special education professionals during a system-wide training held Aug. 4-5 at Douglass High School. PEC interim director Constance Goodson stated during her presentation, titled “Pathways to […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3zlEWG4fm8%5D We had a blast out at the Math & Science District Focused Professional Learning workshop that began today and concludes Thursday at the Georgia World Congress Center. Here we had a chance to meet Deerwood Academy fourth-grade teacher Joycelyn McCulley, who explained the seminar she delivered to her peers on the Georgia Performance […]
[gallery link=”file” orderby=”title”] APS’ annual New Teacher Orientation, held Thursday and Friday at Long Middle School, offers an opportunity for newly hired teachers to learn about system policies, procedures and current district initiatives. Teachers are engaging in hands-on professional learning that will increase their skill set and further prepare them for the classroom. Some of the trainings will […]