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Graham County School Superintendent’s Office Education Service Agency (ESA) / Professional Development
The Graham County School Superintendent’s Office offers a range of professional development opportunities through their Education Service Agency. Arizona Revised Statutes §15-301C, states “The office of county school superintendent is designated as a local education agency for the purpose of serving as an education service that is eligible to receive and spend local, state and federal monies to provide programs and services to school districts, charter schools, county free library districts and municipal libraries within that county.”
The Graham County School Superintendent’s ESA offers continuous, systemic high-quality professional development to teachers in Graham County on a year-round basis. Services range from early childhood best practices to adult learning based on K-12 subject matter and beyond. We also offer services to our county school administrators, which has led to rich collaboration and sharing of expertise.
We partner with numerous agencies such as Eastern Arizona College, Arizona State University, University of Arizona, Grand Canyon University, the Arizona Association of County School Superintendents, the United Way of Graham and Greenlee counties, the Arizona Community Foundation, Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., Bureau of Land Management, the Arizona Department of Education and many others to bring our communities together which enables us to offer the best professional development to our educators.
Current Professional Development Opportunities
Our Southeast Arizona Teachers’ Academy (SEATA) takes place in June of every year. Contact our office for more information.
Graham County School Office Professional Development & Services
Program | Level | Organization | Topic / Benefit |
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Southeast Arizona Teachers’ Academy (SEATA) The annual academies provide 160 plus breakout sessions on subjects across the curriculum | PreK-12 Educators | Graham County School Superintendent | Professional Development |
Economics | Elementary & Secondary | University of Arizona | Economics Educations for K-12 Teachers |
Kindergarten Camp | Incoming Kindergartners | Graham County School Superintendent with funding by the Arizona Community Foundation of the Gila Valley | Preparing students for a successful kindergarten experience |
Science Workshops | K-12 Educators | Partnerships with the Eastern Arizona Science Initiative | Collaboration and training for all Graham/Greenlee teachers of science |
Assistive Technology | PreK-12 | Arizona Department of Education | Special education assistive technologies for classroom use |
New Teacher Coalition | PreK-12 Graham & Greenlee new teachers | Graham & Greenlee County School Offices | Support to new teachers in the areas of Classroom Management and support |
Early Childhood Coalition | Early Childhood educators & providers | Graham County School Superintendent & a variety of presenters including nationally known musicians such as Mr. G and Jim Grill | Early Childhood professional development for educators & enrichment activities for preschool through grade 2 children & families in Graham & Greenlee |