Metropolitan RESA

Literacy Teacher of the Year - Apply Today!
Calling all K–3 Georgia public school teachers 📚✨

The Georgia Council on Literacy is now accepting applications for Literacy Teacher of the Year—with winners selected from each of the 16 RESAs and one statewide honoree recognized this fall!

✔ Showcase your students’ literacy growth
✔ Highlight how you use data to drive instruction
✔ Share your commitment to improving literacy outcomes

Why apply?
💰 $1,500 award + $500 for classroom supplies
🏆 Statewide recognition
✈️ State winner receives travel to a literacy-focused conference

🗓 Deadline: June 15, 2026

Ready to apply? Click here! https://fs3.formsite.com/GOSAGHP/jicueouvhq/index Review your screener data and submit your application today! For questions, contact your RESA/CSI coach or [email protected].

🚀 Ready to elevate your coaching impact?

Join the Coaching Connections Academy 2026-2027 (CCA27) and invest in your growth as an instructional coach! Connect with fellow coaches, sharpen your coaching skills, and gain practical tools you can immediately apply to support teachers, leaders, and students.

📚 Designed for K-12 Building & District-Level Instructional Coaches and Coordinators

📅 August 28, 2026 – January 19, 2027
⏰ 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM (all sessions)
💲 $299

From building relationships and analyzing data to mastering coaching moves and developing leadership skills, CCA27 provides a comprehensive coaching experience that empowers you to make a lasting difference.

🔗 Register today through the Metro RESA Course Catalog (Keyword Search: Coaching).

📚✨ Ready to take your ELA instruction deeper in 2026-2027?

The 2026–2027 ELA Diving Deeper Series is designed for educators who want practical, research-based strategies that strengthen reading, writing, vocabulary, and comprehension across grade levels and content areas.

Whether you're supporting emerging readers in K–2, building academic language in upper elementary, or strengthening argument writing and analysis in secondary classrooms, this series has something for you!

🔥 Dive into topics including:
✅ Decodables, phonics, fluency, and structural analysis
✅ Intentional vocabulary instruction for all learners
✅ Reading and writing as reciprocal processes
✅ Writing to Learn across literacy, science, and social studies
✅ Argument, analysis, and evidence-based writing across disciplines
✅ Strategies to support comprehension, academic language, and student thinking

🎯 Walk away with:
• Classroom-ready instructional strategies
• Tools to strengthen literacy across content areas
• Approaches that build independent readers and writers
• Practical resources you can implement immediately

Join educators from across the region as we explore what it takes to move students from decoding to deep understanding—and from learning to communicating with confidence.

🚀 Registration is Now Open for Metro RESA's Updated STEM & STEAM Endorsement Program!

Metro RESA is excited to announce that registration is now open for our newly updated STE(A)M Endorsement Program! The program has been redesigned to fully integrate STEAM concepts throughout the STEM coursework, giving participants the flexibility to earn either a STEM Endorsement or a STEAM Endorsement upon completion.

🌟 Already Hold a STEM Endorsement?
Registration is also open for the newly approved STEAM Micro-credential! Designed for educators who currently hold a STEM Endorsement, this opportunity includes STEAM-focused learning sessions and a portfolio demonstrating arts integration in STEAM instruction. The micro-credential can be added for 2 additional PLUs and a $150 fee.

Whether you're looking to strengthen STEM instruction or expand into STEAM through purposeful arts integration, Metro RESA's updated pathways provide the tools and experiences to lead innovative learning in your classroom and school.

🔗 Learn more and register today:
https://www.mresa.org/endorsements/stem-endorsement