The Association of County Commissioners of Georgia recently awarded Habersham County Commissioner Tim Stamey with a certificate for successfully completing the core requirements in the Lifelong Learning Academy.
ACCG and the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia have collaborated for more than two decades to provide county officials with supplemental training and educational tools in the Lifelong Learning Academy.
“County officials are faced with many challenges and ever-evolving circumstances under which they must govern Georgia’s local communities,” says ACCG’s Executive Director Dave Wills. “The Lifelong Learning Academy was created to help them navigate those challenges. I commend county leaders such as Tim Stamey who take full advantage of educational opportunities to further their knowledge on how to better serve their communities.”
The Lifelong Learning Academy was created with input from county commissioners who identified courses based on the issues and decision-making challenges regularly faced by county officials. To ensure the course requirements and curriculum remain relevant and engaging, the ACCG Lifelong Learning Committee – comprised of county commissioners and staff from both ACCG and the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia – meet regularly to review and adjust accordingly.
“As elected leaders we should strive to learn as much as we can to better serve,” says Commissioner Stamey. “We’re all fairly new Commissioners on our board, and I’m grateful that even with COVID, I’ve been able to finish all my classes for full certification.”
