Mission

The mission of the Georgia Association of Curriculum and Instructional Supervisors (GACIS) is to advocate for excellence in public education by providing visionary leadership and professional learning that ensures a rigorous, performance-based curriculum and high quality instruction for all students.

Beliefs

We believe we must:

• Communicate expectations for learning through a standards-based curriculum.
• Assess student learning through a balance of formative and summative measures tied to standards.
• Support all students to meet or exceed their potential.
• Protect time for instruction that will impact the quality and quantity of student learning.
• Supervise instruction and monitor results.
• Foster a continuous improvement model using multiple measures of data and research-based strategies.
• Provide on-going, job-embedded professional learning.
• Secure instructional resources and technology for 21st century classrooms.
• Ensure that a quality teacher serves students in every classroom.
• Grant local school districts the flexibility to make decisions about the educational improvements for which they are held accountable.