Education
Cox praises local educators
School systems in Northwest Georgia are doing a better job of integrating technology into the classroom than systems in some other parts of the state, says state school superintendent Kathy Cox.
“You have several small school systems here, and sometimes change is easier at smaller systems,” she said. “But as a region, you are still impacting large numbers of kids.”
Cox, who is seeking a third term as superintendent next year, met with local superintendents, Dalton State College officials and members of the North Georgia Regional Educational Service Agency on Friday at Dalton State College. She credited cooperation among all those agencies for training teachers on how to best use new technologies.
“That’s one of the things you’ve got going here,” she said. “You’ve got great leadership, and you’ve got a commitment from the college to be part of that change.”
Dalton State College president John Schwenn said he appreciated Cox’s praise.
“I think it shows that Dalton State College is as good as I thought it was. We stay on top of things that are going on across the state, and we are helping to produce really good teachers,” he said.
DSC hosts an education technology center and that allows education students to spend a great deal of time working with cutting-edge technology, Schwenn said.
But he said cooperation with local school systems is vital in getting teachers to use those skills.
“There’s a great deal of cooperation here, and I think you saw that today,” he said. “Whenever you see the local superintendents, they are always sitting together, talking together. And they include me in on many of their discussions.”
Dalton’s Larry Winter, the 9th Congressional District member of the state school board, organized the meeting.
“It’s important for all of these people to talk to each other, but also talk to the superintendent and to hear from her,” Winter said. “One thing I took away from today is the importance of training not only new teachers on new technology but training 10-, 15- and 20-year teachers.”
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