BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Events Calendar//iCal4j 1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T221527Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago X-PROLEPTIC-TZNAME:LMT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-055036 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:18831118T120924 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19180331T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19190330T080000Z;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:19181027T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19211030T070000Z;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19200613T020000 RDATE:19210327T020000 RDATE:19740106T020000 RDATE:19750223T020000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19220430T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19350428T080000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:19220924T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19350929T070000Z;BYMONTH=9;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19360301T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:19361115T020000 RDATE:19450930T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19370425T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19410427T080000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:19370926T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19410928T070000Z;BYMONTH=9;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CWT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19420209T020000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CPT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19450814T180000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19460428T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19730429T080000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:19460929T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19540926T070000Z;BYMONTH=9;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:19551030T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=20061029T070000Z;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19760425T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19860427T080000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19870405T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=20060402T080000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261011T032425Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261024T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261024T140000 SUMMARY:Global GEG Event | The Connected Educator: Building Resilient Commu nities of Practice LAST-MODIFIED:20261011T032425Z LOCATION: TZID:America/Chicago UID:message-227 DESCRIPTION:Click the link below to go to the event page:\nhttps://www.goog leforeducommunity.com/t5/Events/Global-GEG-Event-The-Connected-Educator-Bu ilding-Resilient/ec-p/297450#M227\n\nEvent Overview Join the Global GEG f or "The Connected Educator: Building Resilient Communities of Practice\," a webinar dedicated to empowering primary and secondary teachers through p rofessional solidarity and shared pedagogical leadership. Held in celebrat ion of The Teaching Profession month\, this session focuses on practical w ays educators can use Google Workspace to cultivate localized support netw orks\, dismantle instructional isolation\, and elevate practitioner expert ise. Participants will discover how to transform routine classroom tools i nto platforms for collaborative inquiry\, collective problem-solving\, and cross-school resource sharing. This session provides the strategic framew ork required to establish sustainable teaching routines that honor teacher autonomy while fostering rich community collaboration. Google Meet Link:  https://meet.google.com/uou-tizo-hvu Guests Mark Valentine Aikins Mark V alentine Aikins is an Educational Technology scholar\, e-Learning Coordina tor\, and Google Workspace for Education Administrator at OLA College of E ducation\, Ghana. A Google Certified Educator and Gemini Certified Educato r\, he specializes in instructional technology\, digital learning tools\, and continuous teacher professional development. As a Program Officer with Inspiring Teachers Ghana and a national facilitator for Professional Lear ning Community (PLC) handbooks\, Mark actively trains school leaders and t eachers to establish peer-led coaching networks and collaborative inquiry models. His background includes serving as a National Troubleshooter for V irtual Teaching and Learning and publishing research on teacher continuing professional development (CPD) needs and ICT integration. Passionate abou t dismantling instructional isolation\, Mark brings rich expertise in leve raging Google Workspace to elevate teacher agency\, streamline collaborati ve workflows\, and cultivate resilient\, educator-driven communities of pr actice. Patrick Hickey Patrick is a Primary Teacher\, Google Trainer\, In novator\, Coach\, PD Partner\, and GEG Leader. He is passionate about crea ting inclusive learning environments. Patrick brings rich expertise in lev eraging Google Workspace to create purposeful learning experiences.  Patri ck has spoken at international conferences on the power of technology and AI to enrich the learning experience for all learners.  He also has a grea t interest in teacher diversity and has recently defended his PhD thesis e xploring the teacher professional identity of teachers with physical disab ilities. If you have any questions you would like our guests to address\, comment below! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Join the Global GEG for "The Connecte d Educator: Building Resilient Communities of Practice\," a webinar dedica ted to empowering primary and secondary teachers through professional soli darity and shared pedagogical leadership. Held in celebration of The Teach ing Profession month\, this session focuses on practical ways educators ca n use Google Workspace to cultivate localized support networks\, dismantle instructional isolation\, and elevate practitioner expertise. Participant s will discover how to transform routine classroom tools into platforms fo r collaborative inquiry\, collective problem-solving\, and cross-school re source sharing. This session provides the strategic framework required to establish sustainable teaching routines that honor teacher autonomy while fostering rich community collaboration.

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Google Meet Link: \;ht tps://meet.google.com/uou-tizo-hvu

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Mark Valentine Aikins

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Mark Vale ntine Aikins is an Educational Technology scholar\, e-Learning Coordinator \, and Google Workspace for Education Administrator at OLA College of Educ ation\, Ghana. A Google Certified Educator and Gemini Certified Educator\, he specializes in instructional technology\, digital learning tools\, and continuous teacher professional development.

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As a Pr ogram Officer with Inspiring Teachers Ghana and a national facilitator for Professional Learning Community (PLC) handbooks\, Mark actively trains sc hool leaders and teachers to establish peer-led coaching networks and coll aborative inquiry models. His background includes serving as a National Tr oubleshooter for Virtual Teaching and Learning and publishing research on teacher continuing professional development (CPD) needs and ICT integratio n.

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Passionate about dismantling instructional isolati on\, Mark brings rich expertise in leveraging Google Workspace to elevate teacher agency\, streamline collaborative workflows\, and cultivate resili ent\, educator-driven communities of practice.

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Patrick Hickey

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Patrick is a Primary Teacher\, Google Trainer\, I nnovator\, Coach\, PD Partner\, and GEG Leader.

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He is passionate about creating inclusive learning environments. Patrick brings rich expertise in leveraging Google Workspace to create purposeful learni ng experiences. \;

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Patrick has spoken at internat ional conferences on the power of technology and AI to enrich the learning experience for all learners. \;

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He also has a gr eat interest in teacher diversity and has recently defended his PhD thesis exploring the teacher professional identity of teachers with physical dis abilities.

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If you have any questions you would like our guests to address\, comment below!

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