Monthly update [Oct. 2016]

October 2016 Monthly Update
GOSA Announces Innovation Fund Grant Award Winners
On Oct. 12, GOSA announced 18 grant award winners for the Innovation Fund, a competitive grant program that provides funding to local education authorities and schools to further advance student achievement in Georgia. The programs are aligned with the following priority areas: applied learning with a focus on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) education; development and replication of blended learning school models; birth to age eight language and literacy development; and teacher and leader development for high-need schools. Grantees will evaluate the effectiveness of their programs and submit their findings to the Governor's Office of Student Achievement. The state will use these findings to determine best practices in each of the priority areas.
The grant award winners and their respective programs are listed below:
Planning Grants Baldwin County School District-Read Baldwin County Clarke County School District-Coaching for Innovation in P-3 Language & Literacy Charles R. Drew Charter School-21CLM: Promoting School Innovation and Success throughout Georgia Elm Street Elementary-STEAM in 3D- Dream, Design, DO! Greenwood Learning Center/Rome Transitional Academy-Building STEAM Houston County Schools-Read to Lead Liberty Tech-Every Student, Every Day: Applied Service Learning North Heights Elementary-Growing Up Green Screven County Elementary School-School and Family Ties Tattnall County Board of Education-Lead-Read-Succeed: Developing Teachers and Leaders to Achieve Student Literacy Mastery Telfair County Schools-Tiny Trojans Early Literacy Program West End Elementary-SusTEAMability: Sustaining Pollinators
Implementation Grants Cobb County School District-KickStART Cobb: Using the Power of Arts Integration to Fuel Early Language and Literacy Development Whitfield County Schools-Beyond the Classroom
Scaling Grants Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School-CREATE (Collaboration and Reflection to Enhance Atlanta Teacher Effectiveness) Carroll County School System-Full STEAM Ahead Gwinnett County Public Schools-Gear-Up for Graduation! Thomas County School System-Scaling of Blended Learning to Thomas County Central High School
For more information on these winners, click here.
To learn more about the Innovation Fund, click here.

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The Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) strives to increase student achievement and school completion across Georgia through meaningful, transparent, and objective analysis and communication of statewide data. In addition, GOSA provides policy support to the Governor and, ultimately, to the citizens of Georgia.
Georgia School Reports
High School Graduate Outcomes Dashboard
Interactive Education Data Map
Downloadable Education Data Files

Innovation in Teaching Spotlight
Debi Goodman-Shallowford Falls Elementary
Exploring STEM Through Stuffed Animals
The Innovation in Teaching Competition recognizes and awards Georgia educators who are using innovative strategies to advance student achievement. Debi Goodman of Shallowford Falls Elementary in Cobb County combines fun and learning in her kindergarten class. In her unit "Exploring STEM Through Stuffed Animals," Ms. Goodman integrates Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, and stuffed animals to teach students how to think critically and work collaboratively. Using their own stuffed animals, kindergarteners learn how to compare, contrast, and categorize based on animal characteristics. The unit culminates into the "Can You Guess My Animal" project, where students use their animal's characteristics to create a riddle, as well as engineer a pen for the animal to live in.
To view a video of this lesson, as well as the unit plan and other supplementary materials, please click here.

Job Opportunities
The Governor's Honors Program (GHP) is hiring for its 2017 residential summer program for gifted and talented high school students. GHP 2017 will be held from June 18 through July 15, 2017 at Berry College in Rome, Georgia.
GHP is hiring for the following positions.
Male Resident Assistant
Female Resident Assistant
Theatre Faculty Instructor
Mathematics Faculty Instructor
Music/Piano Faculty Instructor
Music/Vocal Piano Accompanist
Music/Percussion Faculty Instructor
Program Counselor
Science Faculty Instructor

As the state's P-20 education agency, the Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) strives to increase student achievement, school completion, and life opportunities for all Georgia students. GOSA provides policy support to the Governor and ultimately the citizens of Georgia through:
Communicating meaningful education data to stakeholders; Providing research support and data analysis on various education programs in Georgia to inform the Governor's policy, budget, and legislative efforts; Auditing education programs to ensure fidelity at the district and school-level to performance and accountability requirements; and Identifying, supporting, and sustaining educational innovations that align with the Governor's education priorities.

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