If you wish to obtain PLU credit for this year's conference, please take the following steps (in the order indicated):

1. A Prior Approval Form must be signed by your school superintendent or designee and brought to the conference. It confirms that attendance at the GMC supports your school or system goals. You cannot earn PLU credit at the conference without it.

2. Immediately after checking in at the registration area, turn in the Prior Approval Form at the PLU Desk.

3. In exchange for your Prior Approval Form, you will receive a PLU Attendance Confirmation Form. For each session you attend, list the session #, name of session, and length of the session (in hours).

4. At the end of each session, ask the presenter to initial your Attendance Confirmation Form. You must obtain the initials BEFORE leaving the session. You will not be able to return to the site or to the presenter to obtain this verification later.

   Example:
   Session #101 Math & Manipulatives, What Fun! 1 hour Initials

   You will need to attend a total of TEN hours of sessions to receive one PLU.

5. Before leaving the conference, turn in the completed PLU Attendance Confirmation Form and a completed Conference Evaluation Form at the PLU Desk in the registration area or in the lobby following the closing session.

6. PICK UP a copy of the PLU Course Completion Form that you will complete in your school or district.

7. Return to your school or workplace and begin to implement some of the strategies or ideas that you learned at the conference. Both of the following are required:

   • Schedule a “sharing” session to share strategies and ideas that you learned at the conference. This session should be appropriate to your responsibilities in your workplace.

   • Schedule a “classroom observation” or “model teaching session” that demonstrates strategies or ideas learned at the conference. This observation must be conducted by someone authorized by your school/system to make this observation and he/she must verify its quality. This person must sign and date the PLU Course Completion form.

8. Following the completion of the sharing session and the classroom observation, return the completion form, signed by the system-designated person (principal, supervisor, etc.) to GCTM by Dec. 31, 2012. Send the form to:

   Tom Ottinger
   Executive Director,
   GCTM 14 Spruce Drive
   Ellijay, GA 30540

9. Completed verification of your PLU credit will be returned to you. YOU MUST TURN IN THAT VERIFICATION TO YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COORDINATOR TO RECEIVE PLU CREDIT.