How do we best develop students’ flexibility with numbers and computational skills? Come investigate the role of number talks in the shift from telling students procedures to empowering students to think and reason. Number talk strategies get kids talking and turn up the volume on mathematical discourse, as students share ideas and journey into a new realm of understanding.  Come discover how to use mathematical relationships to make Number Talks part of math instruction in your 6-12 classrooms. Instructor will incorporate strategies and resources teachers will take back to their classrooms, ensuring a job-embedded professional learning experience to positively impact student achievement.

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Griffin RESA reserves space in professional learning classes and workshops for employees of our member systems (Butts, Fayette, Griffin/Spalding, Henry, Lamar, Newton, Pike, and Upson). In the rare event when classes are full or overbooked, slots must be made available for employees of member systems.  Priority of class availability is as follows:

1. Certified personnel under contract with a member system or RESA
2. Classified personnel of a member system or RESA
3. Certified personnel under contract with a system that is a member of a RESA outside the Griffin RESA area
4. Personnel of a state agency
5. Presently unemployed persons from the Griffin RESA area seeking renewal of certificate
6. Personnel employed by a system that is not a member of a Griffin, such as private schools or agencies
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