March 12, 2010
Spring 2010 Regional Conferences
Georgia Leading the Way: Celebrating Georgia as a Leader in Gifted Education

Agenda

General information:

Registration: 
Due to limited space at each location, registrations will be limited to the capacity of each facility.  Therefore, prepayment is required - NO ON-SITE REGISTRATIONS OR WALK-INS.  Fee:  Members - $75           Non-Members - $105.  Note: To be eligible for the GAGC member rate, your membership must be current (i.e. expiration date after March 12th.)  You may join or renew online at www.gagc.org or if mailing in registration, download the application here, complete the membership box on the registration form and include payment with your registration fee. 

Deadline: EXTENDED TO MARCH 5TH !
Payment must be received by this date or the registration will not be accepted.  Registrants will receive a confirmation email; print confirmation email and bring it with you to the conference.  If you have not received an email, you may not be registered and should confirm before attending by contacting Kathy Kennedy, GAGC Executive Assistant, at 404-875-2284 or by email at executiveassistant@gagc.org

Other:  Lunch will not be provided at any location, however, time will be provided for lunch on your own.  The        Annual GAGC Awards presentation, State Department Update, and Installation of 2010 – 2011 GAGC Officers will be broadcast live to all sites.  Directions to each location can be obtained at www.mapquest.com or similar Internet site.

Conference Sites and Information:

1. Rome- Georgia Northwestern Technical College Auditorium (Formerly Coosa Valley Technical College)
   One Maurice Culberson Drive
   Rome, GA 30161
   Capacity-250
   Speaker: Sally Krisel, Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning (Academic Rigor) 
   Topic: Twenty-First Century Technology Taking Gifted Students to New Heights
   
   From 1996 to 2006, Dr. Krisel served as the Gifted Education Specialist at the Georgia Department of Education (DOE).
   
   
   
2. Atlanta- Fulton Schools Professional Learning South
   3121 Norman Berry Drive
   East Point, GA  30344
   Capacity- 190
   Speaker: Mary Slade, Associate Professor of Education, James Madison University. 
   Topic: Infusing Technology into the Differentiated Curricula and Instruction for Advanced and Gifted Learners
   
   Mary was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association for Gifted Children, and won the Early Leader Award from that organization in 1997. She is the author of a book on consultation and gifted education published by Creative Learning Press. 
   
   
   
3. Savannah – Hoskins Medical Center
   4700 Waters Avenue
   Savannah, GA 31404
   Capacity-190
   Speaker: Dr. Tom Hebert, Professor, University of Georgia
   Topic:  Lessons Learned from Gifted Students’ Life Stories: Implications for School Curriculum

   Tom was a researcher with the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. His research interests include social and emotional development of gifted students, culturally diverse gifted students, underachievement, and problems faced by gifted young men. He is the author of the forthcoming book entitled Honoring the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students.
   
   

4. Ashburn -Turner County Civic Center
   354 Lamar St.
   Ashburn, GA 31714
   Capacity- 190
   Speaker: Dr. Bonnie Cramond, Professor, University of Georgia
   Topic:  While We Are Stuck on “No Child Left Behind”, The Rest of the World is Leaving Us Behind!   We must teach our students how to think rather than what to think by infusing thinking skills throughout the curriculum.  
   
   

   Bonnie has been a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association for Gifted Children, Director of the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development, editor of the Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, and a former schoolteacher. She is on the review board for several journals and is a survivor of parenting two gifted and creative people.  An international and national speaker, she has published numerous articles, a book on creativity research, and teaches classes on giftedness and creativity.    
   

For additional Information, contact the conference chairs, Melanie Moore/Kelli Kendrick at conventionchair@gagc.org or the GAGC Executive Assistant, Kathy Kennedy at executive assistant@gagc.org

November 11-14, 2010
National Association for Gifted Children Convention
Atlanta, Georgia

Great minds will lead the way when NAGC hosts the largest annual convention devoted to gifted learners here in Atlanta, November 11-14, 2010. Classroom teachers, gifted/talented coordinators, school administrators, researchers, parents, college and university faculty, and more, will converge for the 57th Annual NAGC Convention. Throughout the pre-convention events, concurrent sessions, poster sessions, exhibit hall, general sessions and networking events (both formal and informal!), you will witness the power of diverse viewpoints -- from the field and from the classroom -- coming together to make learning and life a challenging and rewarding experience for our nation's gifted learners.

The support network that serves our nation's high-ability students has been shaped by great minds, both directly and indirectly. Torrance. Frasier. Hollingworth. Feldhusen. Stanley. We follow in their footsteps as we continue the journey to ensure that every child - including the gifted and talented -learns something new every day.

Sometimes a person's achievements are so extraordinary, they shape generations to come. Join us as we celebrate these great minds, past, present, and future.

At no other time in our history has it been more important to recognize and develop talent -- our current and next generation's -- and to honor the pioneers of change that have brought us this far.

You’re Invited to Submit a Presentation Proposal for the NAGC 2010 Convention, November 11-14, 2010, Atlanta, GA – go to:

http://www.softconference.com/Subs/NAGC/301112/default.asp?log=1

 

Source: Karen L. Yoho, CAE Senior Director, Marketing/Membership. National Association for Gifted Children

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