Results for: Georgia Charter Schools Association
Charter Schools Rock Returns to Atlantic Station – Saturday, August 24th
For the third year in a row, the Georgia Charter Schools Association hosts Charter Schools Rock, Saturday, August 24 at Atlantic Station, 2-5 pm. This is a terrific opportunity to learn about tuition-free, public charter schools in Metro Atlanta. Representatives from more than a dozen area charter schools will be on hand to discuss their programs. Atlanta Classical [...]
Macon man’s five-word contest answer wins him Braves Tickets.
ATLANTA, GA — April 29, 2013: Last week the Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA) ran a 48 hour Atlanta Braves ticket giveaway contest on Facebook. It asked for a five-word answer to the following question: Tell us, in five words, why your community should have a public charter school? More than 12,000 people saw [...]
GCSA Charter Teacher Training Program is First of Its Kind in Georgia and in the Nation
Atlanta, GA April 15, 2013 – The Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA) has broken new ground by creating a job-embedded teacher certification program expressly for charter public school teachers. The program was recently featured in Education Week, as a model for other states to emulate. Known as GaTAPP, (Georgia Teacher Academy for Preparation and Pedagogy) the innovative training program makes it [...]
GCSA Creates Charter-Specific Teacher Certification Program
By Katie Ash on April 11, 2013 Several years ago, the leaders at the Georgia Charter School Association noticed an ongoing problem in their member schools. Teachers hired by and working in charter schools who were seeking their Georgia teaching certificate had to leave their jobs to complete their one-year practicum in a regular public school. To tackle [...]
Call for Presentation Proposals – GCSA Charter Schools Educators’ Conference
The Georgia Charter Schools Association is now accepting presentation proposals for its First Annual Georgia Charter Schools Educators’ Conference, slated for Wednesday, September 25th, 2013 at the Busbee Center at Gwinnett Technical College, Lawrenceville, GA. The inaugural conference is themed, “Charters & Choice: Everybody Wins.” GCSA is looking for engaging presenters and sessions that will [...]
Georgia’s Charter School Community Upbeat About New Charter Commission Executive Director
ATLANTA, GA, February 22, 2013 – The appointment of Bonnie Holliday, Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOSA), as the new Executive Director of the re-established Georgia Charter Schools Commission, was greeted with widespread enthusiasm by members of the public charter school community. Mrs. Holliday, who was tapped to head the Charter Schools Commission [...]
For hopeful parents, getting a child into a Georgia public charter school often means an admissions lottery
Atlanta, GA (February 7, 2013) – It’s enrollment season for public charter schools in Georgia and emotions are running high. As parents scramble to research their options, visit schools and meet application deadlines, they may discover that Georgia’s best public charter schools — ones with strong academic achievement and a reputation for rigor — have a [...]
Charter School Leaders Express Widespread Approval of New Commission Appointments
Atlanta, GA (January 18, 2012) – Charter school leaders from across Georgia are expressing widespread approval following the appointment of the members of the re-established Georgia Charter Schools Commission. The State Board of Education selected the appointees yesterday after nominations were submitted by Governor Nathan Deal, Lt. Governor Casey Cagle, and House Speaker David Ralston. It is expected [...]
Charter school job fairs in Savannah and Atlanta announced
Atlanta, GA (January 10, 2012) — The Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA) has announced it will host two charter school job fairs for 2013 — Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Oglethorpe Charter School in Savannah, and Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Ivy Preparatory Academy Kirkwood, in Atlanta. Both job fairs run from 9:00 am to [...]
Georgia Charter Schools Association Announces Trainings for 2013
Passage of GA charter schools amendment unleashes demand for leadership training and technical assistance. Atlanta (December 12, 2012) – Following the November 6th victory for the charter schools amendment, interest in Georgia’s public charter school sector is at an all-time high. The Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA) has responded with a stepped-up 2013 schedule of professional [...]
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