CSRA RESA

As the 2025–2026 school year begins, we extend our heartfelt welcome to each of you. Your dedication, passion, and resilience continue to shape the future of our students and communities. We wish you a smooth and inspiring start to the school year—one filled with meaningful connections, successful support for students and families, and a renewed focus on student achievement and well-being. May this year be as rewarding as it is impactful. Thank you for all you do. Here's to a fantastic year ahead!

We hope you will look to CSRA RESA to support your professional learning and school improvement needs.

Ribbon of Distinction Recipients - 90% of students can write both their name and the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution in cursive

Richmond County

Bayvale Elementary School

Belair Elementary School

Goshen Elementary School

McBean Elementary

Proficiency Ribbon Recipients - 90% of students can write their name in cursive

Columbia County

North Columbia Elementary School

Lincoln County

Lincoln County Elementary School

Richmond County

Hephzibah Elementary School

Lake Forest Hills Elementary School

Richmond Hill Elementary School

HB 538 and SB 48 is replaced by HB_307. Georgia_Early_Literacy_and_Dyslexia_Act_Summary.pdf compiles all the updates from Georgia’s Literacy Act and Dyslexia laws expanding our opportunities for supporting literacy coaching in Georgia. To support literacy coaching, and the teaching of reading in our elementary schools in the CSRA, we welcome the expansion of Let’s Read Georgia Regional Literacy Coaches and Growing Readers Specialists. Literacy coaching is crucial for improving reading instruction and grade-level reading because it provides teachers with the necessary support and resources to enhance their teaching practices.

Our commitment is to

Charge stakeholders to invest in high quality literacy professional learning and support for all educators, first and foremost.

Support and empower educators to better instruct readers based on the science of reading research and provide useful knowledge and skills that educators can apply in their classrooms.

Relinquish practices that lack evidence of effectiveness for learning to read.

Anchor literacy instruction in scientific evidence-based practices.

Margo Huskey, Team Leader

Deandra Hall

Vanessa Murphy

Lisa Richardson

Hayley Rossi

Donna Turner

Jennifer Zills

• Kayce Tyler, Team Leader
• Mary Lois Akins-Newsome
• Donna Bennett
• Shantell Crockett
• Amy Epps
• Christina Ethridge
• Lindsey Heritage
• Jennifer Holton
• Crystal Parten
• Lisa Richardson
• Cassandra Rogers

The Let’s Read, Georgia Team at CSRA RESA spent 2 days in training at the Summer Institute in Dublin, GA this month to prepare for the upcoming year.

On July 1, 2025, The Georgia Department of Education released new resources to support the implementation of Georgia’s K-12 Mathematics Standards. The document may be accessed with this link. Some of the updates include:

Instructional Presentation Slides - Instructional presentation slides have been released to support the implementation of Georgia’s K-12 Mathematics Instructional Units and Learning Plans. These have been released for Grades K-8 and Algebra: Concepts & Connections. These can be found within each Unit Overview for each grade level and high school course.

Mathematics in Action - New classroom videos to support teachers with seeing mathematics instruction in action and to assist teachers with understanding the expectations of the standards to foster high-quality mathematics teaching and learning have been released by Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB). These videos can be found within the GaDOE Inspire K-12 Mathematics Repository.

Desmos Tasks for Grades 1st - 5th - New Desmos Classroom tasks have been added to the unit overview under the Additional Purposeful Practice heading. These new tasks offer students in Grades 1–5 meaningful, standards-aligned, purposeful practice. These are designed to complement the instructional learning plans provided within the unit.

A new roadmap for Navigating the Mathematics Instructional Resources within GaDOE Inspire. This can be used by any K-12 mathematics teacher, instructional coach, school administrator, and district leader to support the implementation of Georgia’s K12 Mathematics Standards with fidelity. A digital version of this resource can be found within the GaDOE Inspire Resource Repository and is linked here.

There were 40 new TAPP teachers who attended the Essentials Course on June 2–June 13, 2025.

We partnered with McDuffie County to observe summer school at Dearing Elementary and Thomson High School. The teachers were able to complete some “out of field” observation hours required by the GATAPP Program. We’re so grateful for this experience.

The Georgia School-Based Behavioral Health Collaborative, CSRA Regional Education Service Agency, Resilient Communities of East Georgia, and Augusta University School of Public Health are excited to invite you to the CSRA Regional School-Based Behavioral Health Forum! This regional forum presents an incredible opportunity to connect with school administrators and staff, mental health professionals, and community leaders to discuss best practices and innovative approaches for supporting students’ mental health.

Date: September 12th, 2025

Time: 8:45 AM - 3:20 PM (a light breakfast and lunch will be served!)

Location: The Jaguar Student Activities Center, Augusta University Campus

2500 Walton Way

Augusta, GA 30904

Click to register here!

Here's what you can expect to learn:

• The multi-tiered systems of support including tier 1 universal prevention, tier 2 targeted interventions, and tier 3 intensive interventions.
• Parent and family engagement
• Trauma-informed approaches
• Diversifying funding streams to support programming

Don’t miss your chance to participate; secure your spot today! Registration closes September 5th.

We look forward to seeing you and collaborating to improve school-based mental health services for Georgia’s students!

From GaDOE Community -

My Georgia Insights Data enables teachers to familiarize themselves with their students before the first day of school by accessing individual student and class assessments, as well as non-assessment data.

• The Attendance History provides records of student attendance from Pre-K through the previous school year.
• Non-assessment Data includes demographic information such as name, grade, gender, ethnicity, birth date, EL (English Learner) status, SST (Student Support Team) involvement, gifted program participation, homeless and foster status, and migrant background.
• Statewide Assessments include Milestones, ACCESS, GKIDS, Pre-K, Headstart, and GAA.
• Local Assessment Results show scores from NWEA MAP and Renaissance Learning.
• Enrollment History enables teachers to understand their students’ enrollment history.
• Lexile Scores History documents a student’s literacy levels throughout their academic journey.
• Student Unofficial Transcripts include grades from subjects taken up to and including the previous school year.

September

September 8: Making Math Matter with Manipulatives (K-1)

September 10: Making Math Matter with Manipulatives (2-3)

September 11: Making Math Matter with Manipulatives (4-5)

September 29: Making Math Matter with Manipulatives (6-9)

To register for any of these sessions: registration.csraresa.org/PL_Session_List_Public_View.asp

September

September 10: Teacher Provider Retention Program (TPRP) Extension

September 16: Teacher Provider Retention Program - Cohort 1

September 17: Teacher Provider Retention Program - Cohort 2

September 23: Special Needs PK Collaborative

September 24: Facilitated IEP Meeting Training by Key2Ed, sponsored by the GaDOE

September 26: Day 2 of Facilitated IEP Meeting Training by Key2Ed, sponsored by the GaDOE

To register for any of these sessions - Log In (eastglrs.org)

For a complete list of professional learning events currently open for registration - Activity Listing (eastglrs.org)