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 Madison Teacher Graduates
PAGE Teacher Academy

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Madison High teacher Dallas Cowne has completed graduation requirements for the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) Teacher Academy. The educator was a member of a cadre of teachers who participated in the two-year Academy designed to enhance the skills of teachers with fewer than four years experience who show great promise. 
 
Elementary, middle and high school teachers from across the state were endorsed by their district leaders for positions in the Academy. Funded by PAGE, the Academy provided the educators with a series of learning opportunities over the two-year period.  Teachers attended eight two-day working sessions and four PAGE conferences throughout the two years.
 
Dr. Ann Stucke, PAGE Assistant Director for Research and Professional Learning, coordinated the academy. “This program gave exceptional new teachers further opportunities to excel.  We highlighted the areas of professional learning that research suggests novice teachers will most benefit from and anticipate that these teachers will build lasting professional networks across the state,” she said.
 
“The graduates have worked very hard to implemented changes in their teaching practices and have been successful. They have helped their students to achieve and have shared what they learned with fellow educators in their schools.  PAGE looks forward to a continued working relationship with the graduates through its Graduate Teacher Academy.”
 
During the Academy, the teachers received instruction in a variety of areas such as use of technology, student diversity, data analysis, the new Georgia Performance Standards and building communities of learning at their schools.  Nationally recognized speakers who are also published authors served as the faculty.  The faculty presented authentic, problem centered instruction which fosters collaboration and continuous professional growth.

For more information about the PAGE Academy, contact Dr. Stucke at either 1-800-334-6861, ext 143 or astucke@pageinc.org.

(Photos: Cowne receiving graduation certificate from PAGE Executive Director Dr. Allene Magill.)

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PAGE, the state's largest organization for professional educators, is a nonunion association of more than 72,000 teachers, administrators and support personnel members with the purpose of promoting better education for the children of Georgia.