GAGC Conference Callaway Gardens

Last week I went to Callaway Gardens with several of my Clarke County colleagues to speak at the Georgia Association for Gifted Children Conference. We had two presentations that went really well! We talked about the Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM) and how we put this model into practice. Over the past couple of years, we have developed a great deal of materials and processes for implementing components of SEM, so we shared a step by step guide for other teachers. Our participants were very excited by the information we shared, and we had about three schools inquire about visiting our system to see SEM in action! Very exciting!

I also attended some great sessions. For all you technology lovers out there, Brian Housand is an excellent resource! He is a professor at East Carolina University. Here is a link to his website. His 60 Tools in 60 minutes is full of amazing technology resources.

I also attended a session about leading a Socratic Seminar. I got so fired up about implementing this in my classroom! I can't wait to try this next week when I'm back from being out with the flu!!

I'm such a dork, but I really love conferences! I like speaking, and I love attending sessions to learn new strategies to try! GAGC 2012 was a great conference!

In addition to attending the sessions, we also enjoyed the beautiful gardens.

The Azalea Gardens

Abby, Me, and Jennifer enjoying the gardens!

Katie Hunter, Karen Higginbotham, me, Abby Hughes, and Vicki Krugman on the final day of the conference.