Educating Georgia's future, Georgia Department of Education [2015]

Georgia Department Of Education
Educating Georgia's Future
2015
Richard Woods, Georgia's School Superintendent

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NCLB
Math and ELA Focus
4 Year College Readiness
for every child

RT3
Core Content & CTAE Focus
College/Career Readiness
for every child

Georgia
Holistic Focus Every child...
Ready to Learn, Live, and Lead

I have to

with each of my

students if I am going to have any impact. My presence in

the classroom should not only encourage but also challenge

each of my students to reach success.
-- Ernie Lee, 2016 Georgia Teacher of the Year

MOVING FORWARD
-toaccess place for new teachers. Measured, responsible accountability. It's our goal to move beyond a pilot into

More quality resources as teachers implement standards. We're working to
the Teacher Resource Link (TRL), so teachers have the support they need to deliver standards.
Surveying beginning teachers to find the root causes of turnover. Forty-four percent of Georgia teachers leave the profession by year five, and we want to understand the root causes of that issue. We're developing a survey for teachers

Superintendent Woods visited Barbara

Landreth, one of Georgia's longest-serving

teachers, for

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OUR PRIORITIES
Giving teachers autonomy to do what's best for their students. We need to trust that Georgia's teachers know their students and can determine the best way to deliver the standards to them. Hearing educator voices and bringing them into decision-making. When we listen
A measured and targeted approach to accountability. We have enough hammers in our toolkit. We need more rulers that give teachers, students and schools meaningful feedback.

May typically plays host to Teacher --but this year, it was in Georgia.
LINKS TO USE Proclamation: bit.ly/gadoeTAM Column: bit.ly/gadoeteachers Teacher Resource Link: bit.ly/gadoeTRL

112,177
Total number of teachers in Georgia

56
Number of teachers on GaDOE's Teacher Advisory
Council

35.3%
Percentage of Georgia teachers with 11-20 years of experience in the classroom

55
Years of experience held by Georgia's longest-serving
teacher

Percentage of fourth graders from low income families in Georgia who could read at or
above grade level (2013)

Career Pathway

Superintendent Woods sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan expressing a desire for more responsible testing.

To move Georgia education forward, we must always act in the best interest of students. With students in mind, we join hands and work together. We support classroomcentered, common-sense policies. We work to strengthen the teaching profession, enhance literacy, and promote a blended STEAM curriculum. We advocate for responsible testing and accountability.
All of this, we do with one thing in mind: the 1.7 million students who are our foremost responsibility and greatest opportunity.

Georgia Department Of Education
Educating Georgia's Future 2015

Richard Woods, Georgia's School Superintendent

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