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 Institutes
WOGI Institute 2008 Update
The
annual WOGI Institute took place on June 9-10 in St. Augustine at the Renaissance’s World Golf Village. This year’s
institute was very well attended with fifty-three participants receiving
pertinent information related to the field of gifted plus a wealth of resources
to support the gifted endorsement modules and a copy of the newly revised
Special Populations module. Special Pops
is the fifth of the modules to be revised and WOGI will continue to consider updates
to the modules as needed.
The
agenda featured presentations by Mary Ann Clark on rigorous curriculum
utilizing Dr. Sandra Kaplan’s model of Depth and Complexity, a session on the
identification of underrepresented populations by Dr. Susan Johnsen, and an
introduction and demonstration by Dr. Ben Graffam and Manny Klimis on the newly
developed CD that can be used as a management tool to assist teachers in
developing goals for EP’s using the Florida Framework for K-12 Gifted
Learners. DOE, this year’s pilot
participants, and the presenters of the Parent Workshops also gave
updates. Evaluations indicated that the
material presented was very relevant, informative, and beneficial.
On
Tuesday afternoon, WOGI sponsored a special follow-up session with Dr. Susan
Johnsen for representatives of state universities and colleges. The session featured the new National Gifted
Education Standards for university teacher preparation programs and for
Pre-K-12 professional development. Participants were also guided through the
steps for certification.
Plans
are already in the making for the 2009 WOGI Institute. WOGI has identified the tentative dates of
June 7 and 8th, 2009. Mark
your calendars now to attend the Institute at the Marriott Renaissance’s World Golf Village beginning mid-afternoon
on June 7 and extending all day June 8, 2009.
2008
Flyer
Institute Agenda
WOGI Institute:
Resources (PPT)
Handouts (PDF):
Combined Handouts 1;
Combined Handouts 2;
Themes and
Generalizations;
Robotics
Scoring Rubric;
Sample Rubrics;
Flip Book; Ology
by Content.
EP/Frameworks Tutorial Video for CD
2007
Flyer
(PDF)
Institute Agenda
WOGI Institute:
Frameworks Follow-up Resources
2006
Flyer
(PDF)
Institute Agenda
Pictures from
the institute.
Consultants:
Cecelia Boswell, Ed.D., Consultant
on Gifted Standards Implementation, cab@cctc.net
Beverly D. Shaklee, Ed.D., Consultant on Diversity, bshaklee@gmu.edu
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