Paw Prints
October 26, 2015
Panthers News
Thank you for hosting the Innovative Bus Tour on Wednesday! Our guests were so complimentary of all that they saw! Thank you for your commitment and hard work in preparation and implementing parent conferences this week on top of our Spooktacular Science Night. Our community enjoyed the activities you all planned for them!! We had a wonderful turn out....143 families signed in:)
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Thank you for all you do!
Your proud leaders,
Troy, John, and Karen
Formatives
November Car Rider Duty
Roster Verification in the TLE platform
Click on roster verification (this is located two buckets below where you view walkthrough feedback)
Click on roster verification November
Click accept
Statewide Tornado Drill
Georgia Milestones resources
https://sites.google.com/a/jcss.us/ga-milestones/home
Mock Writing (Kindergarten - 2nd)/Mock Milestones (3rd - 5th)
Piedmont College Graduate Programs
Please note the message from Dr. Kathy Breithaupt regarding the Piedmont College graduate programs.
Below is information on the graduate programs from Piedmont College. If there is sufficient interest, our MA Cohort classes will begin in January, 2016. Graduation will be in May, 2017.
We will need 8-12 teachers to bring our graduate programs to your county. The location for classes will be in Jackson County.
The cost is $471 a credit hour. There is lots of financial aid available - their contact information is below for your convenience. The only other fees will be books - average is $100 per class, and a $100 graduation fee. There are no fees for technology or other activities.
There is no cost to apply; the application deadline is November 6, 2015. Please see some additional details on the link for our "Fast Facts."
FAST FACTS for Spring 2016
Class Schedule Information
Spring 2016 MA PowerPoint - Content Specific MA
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4u9bfkewrodfzyg/MA%20spring%202016.pdf?dl=0
Spring 2016 Recruiting EDS PowerPoint - Curriculum and Instruction
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g3y0xquld165xu0/EDS%20%20spring%202016.pdf?dl=0
Additional Information - Advanced Degrees for the EDS program in Curriculum and Instruction
For Financial Aid Information (Loans), call 1-800-277-7020 extension 1114 or gradaid@piedmont.edu
If you have any questions regarding admissions please contact our Director of Graduate Enrollment- Kathleen Anderson kanderson@piedmont.edu
Use this link to learn more about our programs http://www.piedmont.edu/education-graduate-programs and to apply online www.piedmont.edu/apply
Below is specific information on each program - MA, EDS, and Ed.D.
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MA
We offer an MA in your content area - ECE, Middle Grades, and Secondary Education. For Middle Grades we have the following content areas available: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Art. For Secondary we offer English, Math, Broadfield Science, History, and Art.
Our MA program will begin in January, 2016 and graduation will be May, 2017. The program is 30 semester hours for ECE and Middle Grades in your content area - 10 classes at 3 credit hours each, or two to three per semester. Secondary is 36 hours - 12 classes - or three per semester.
During the school year classes in the Cohort will meet one night a week in eight week sessions - time 4:30 - 9:00 pm with ½ hour for a dinner break. Content classes for MG and SEC will meet online.
Classes meet during the day in the summer for the Cohort location classes (June only - 3 classes = 9 hours). MG and SEC appropriate content classes follow the Piedmont regular semester schedule and will meet online accordingly. SEC students will have 9 hours each semester to complete
the program in 4 semesters. Of those three classes two will be on site and one online. Classes during the school year will be held in January/February; March/April; August/September; October/November; no classes in May or December; the final semester will include your Capstone class
which will meet both face to face and online.
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Ed.S.
Our EDS program in Curriculum and Instruction is 30 semester hours - 10 classes at 3 credit hours each. During the school year classes will meet one night a week in eight week sessions - time 4:30 - 9:00 pm with ½ hour for a dinner break.
Classes meet during the day in the summer (June only - three days a week - 9 am - 5 pm).
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Ed.D.
Candidates who have earned the Education Specialist (Ed.S.) from Piedmont College may apply to the Ed.D. program and may transfer credit (30 hours) toward area I coursework requirements. Classes for the Ed.D. are offered on the Demorest and Athens campuses.
Up to six hours of transfer credit beyond the master's degree may be submitted by Ed.D. applicants with post master's credit from other institutions. All transfer credit is subject to approval by the Chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning and by the Registrar.
Please let me know if you have questions or need more information. Thanks again for your interest in our graduate programs!
Contact Us
Email: krodenroth@jackson.k12.ga.us
Website: www.jackson.k12.ga.us/wjes
Location: 391 East Jefferson Street Hoschton, GA 30548
Phone: 706-654-2044
Facebook: www.facebook.com/westjacksonelementary
Twitter: @westelem