community conversations as a provider of professional learning, how can i facilitate community...

Community Conversations

As a provider of professional learning, how can I facilitate community conversations.

Panel

• Dr. Allene Magill, Executive Director of PAGE• Dr. Bill McCown, PAGE/NW GA RESA• Angela Garrett, PAGE• Owen Clemons, Superintendent of Brooks

County Schools• Jenny Hayes, Principal of Redbud Middle

School, Gordon County

Informal Conversations

• Shift your attention from the negative to the positive

• Stop bad-mouthing one another in public• Share something positive within our social

networks• Monitoring our progress

Preparing For Your Conversation

• Shift your attention from the negative to the positive

• Share something positive within our social networks

Preparing For Your Conversation

• Five facts about your district that demonstrate success despite the loss in funding

Preparing For Your Conversation

• Two stories about students and/or teachers that will illustrate to the community the desired message

• Owen Clemons, Superintendent of Brooks County Schools

• Jenny Hayes, Principal of Redbud Middle School in Gordon County

• Angela Garrett, PAGE

Preparing For Your Conversation

• Practice Sharing A Story

• Questions

NoTime to LoseThe Imperatives to EducateA New Majority:Low Income Students in Georgia“One by one their seats were emptied…Here the circle has been broken…”

- Will the Circle Be Unbroken

ProfessionalAssociation of Georgia Educators :PAGE Summer ConferenceCrowne PlazaAtlanta-RaviniaAtlanta,GA. June 6,2014

© SEF 2014

EducationFundingOverview

Budget Overview | www.gbpi.org

Georgia Budget & Policy InstituteClaire Suggs, Senior Education PolicyAnalystJune 6, 2014

Contact InformationBill McCown, bmccown@pageinc.org or bmccown@nwgarea.comAngela Garrett, agarrett@pageinc.org