The new member application window will be open September 4-14. We will send out an email on Tuesday with the link to the application. In the meantime, if your school team has fewer than 4 members, please spread the word and talk to prospective members who you think would be great for our team. Below is some additional information you can share with people about what the application will require.

Directions to Share with Prospective Applicants

Create a 2-3 minute product (video, Sway, PowerPoint, presentation, etc.) that answers the following questions and expresses how you embody Vanguard's four pillars (TIMS: Transform, Innovate, Mentor, and Support). Have fun and be creative!

1. Why do you want to join Vanguard?
   
2. Describe how you have incorporated technology in innovative ways into instruction.
   
3. How have you impacted the learning of your colleagues? Has your reach extended beyond the four walls of your classroom to mentor and support other teachers?
   
4. If you become a Vanguardian, how do you hope it will impact your current role over the next 12 months?
   
   

You must include artifacts/evidence and integrate them into your product. For example, you might edit pictures or documents into a video, but cannot create a video and then upload or email your artifacts separately. Your product should be available online (cloud hosted, on YouTube, etc.), so that all we need to access it is the web address you will give us below. Please ensure that we will have the necessary permissions to view your submission.

GaETC is a 3-day event, November 7-9, 2018 at the Georgia International Convention Center (2000 Convention Center Concourse; College Park, GA 30337).

As a member of Vanguard, your attendance and your substitute is paid for by the Instructional Technology department!

You can attend 3 days, 2 days or 1 day. All you need to do is follow these 3 easy steps:

1. Discuss with your Principal.
2. Secure your Sub
3. Register for GaETC before Oct. 13th, 2018!
   
   

Chris Olateru will communicate with your school bookkeeper concerning the substitute reimbursement.

Fulton County Vanguard Members have been assigned the Group Code FCVAN350. You must register to attend the conference no later than Oct. 13 so that you will receive your name badge by mail and expedite your check-in onsite. We must have a completed registration for each person attending the conference.

Please note: Any registrations already assigned DO NOT have to be re-submitted unless a substitution is needed.

How to Register:

Register @ www.gaetc.org

1. REGISTER NOW
2. ONLINE REGISTRATION
3. Enter your email address. SUBMIT Register myself for this event.
1. If you are in the system, your information from last year will populate – make necessary updates.
2. If you are NOT in the system, complete the ‘New Registrant” page
4. Registration Options, select ‘I have a Pre-Paid Group Code’
5. As you complete the form, there is a box - ‘Please select a conference registration type or code’, select FCVAN350 – Full Conference
6. If you register for Pre-Conference Workshops, you are responsible for the cost of the workshop
7. Payment Options, select ‘Pre-Paid Group Code’
8. Submit
   
   

You will receive a confirmation email once registration is complete, and your name badge will be mailed to you after Oct. 25th.

Vanguard Leadership is working hard to plan a calendar of meaningful professional development opportunities for Vanguard members. If there is instructional technology related professional development that you would like to have at your school, please contact Mindy Ramon for support. We have resources available to provide training at schools for district provided technology such as SAFARI Montage, Office 365, Seesaw, Edgenuity, and more. You may also be interested in accessing the Instructional Technology Training site, which has a wealth of information about each of the resources the district provides.