Regional Meetings:

2007- 2008

    Dr. Ben Graffam and Karen Hairston concluded the last of the 2007 Fall Regionals in West Palm Beach on Friday, December 7^th. Collectively, the five meetings were very well received and well attended. A total of forty-three people attended the Fall Regionals giving this series of meetings the largest turn out ever.

     Dr. Graffam’s presentation provided examples to assist with the understanding of some specific elements of the gifted frameworks for classroom implementation.  Additionally, examples were provided to describe the hierarchy of assessment from the “Know”, “Understand”, “Perform” and “Accomplish” levels of the frameworks and strategies which support understanding of the document were shared.  This presentation also stressed the versatility of the frameworks. For teachers the frameworks can drive the development of a unit of study and help evaluate the academic progress of an individual student or class of students. For students who are gifted the frameworks can be used as a rubric to gage their personal and academic development as life long learners.

    Based on the positive response to Dr. Graffam’s presentation and the request for additional training from the district gifted coordinators, WOGI is developing an application for districts to complete if there is interest in piloting the frameworks in their district.  If interested, please contact Karen Hairston at kkarston@aol.com

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