The registration deadline for the Gifted Regional Trainings is one week before each session. Except for the location at Shelby Co and Bellinger Hill in Montgomery. You have until the day before the training to register through STI-PD

To register for the Gifted Regional Training, each participant will need to:

1.     Go to STI-PD (https://pdweb.alsde.edu/pdweb/).

2.     Logon with Username and Password. (Provided by the school system).

3.     Search for one of the sessions below using one of the following methods by clicking on the PD TITLES Tab:

A.    Click on “Search the PD Title Catalog” and enter either the PD Title–Gifted Regional Training OR PD Title Number–SDESES002G

OR

B.    Click on “View Session Offerings” and enter the month of the session. Scroll through the listings to the date of the session.

4.     Click on the session that you want to attend.

5.     Click on the button ENROLL NOW to register.

Registration through STI-PD does not grant permission from your school system to attend.  Permission to attend the regional training will still need to be obtained.

See attached for more information.

Join teachers for a FREE month-long, online project-based learning workshop, facilitated Suzie Boss, Edutopia blogger and co-author of Reinventing Project-Based Learning. Participants will work together to brainstorm on the design of a project that challenges students to respond to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. By the end of the four weeks, you will have developed a project plan, including time lines and assessments. More importantly, you will have explored a variety of resources and met a community of others who are interested in using PBL to develop students’ problem-solving skills.

Camp conversations will be organized around the oil spill topic, but expect discussions will branch off in a variety of directions as participants focus on particular content areas or grade levels. If you have another topic in mind, you can certainly bring your project idea to the camp. It’s all about providing you with support, structure, and helpful feedback during the project-planning process. And because it all happens online, you can work from anywhere, at any time that’s convenient for you. Follow the concept-based curriculum model to include problem-based learning, which could become the culminating performance task.

To register for this free, month long professional development, click here.

Project-Based Learning Camp Schedule

Week One: Welcome to PBL Camp (July 12 – 18) Brainstorm: How can we use an event like the oil spill to challenge students to use their own problem-solving strategies? What big ideas are people thinking about for projects? (For example: Anyone anticipating a service-learning angle or nature-writing project?)

Week 2: Digging into Projects (July 19-25) Project research: As we explore resources together, what ideas do you see that you want to borrow or adapt? What roles do you imagine your students playing (researcher, advocate, inventor, activist, journalist, artist, policy maker)? Plan ahead: Who’s thinking along the same lines? Who wants to collaborate?

Week 3: Build Your Project Plan (July 26-Aug 1) Project development: How will you plan an entry event that engages student curiosity and sparks inquiry? How will you connect students with real-world experts? Plan ahead: What are the key content standards you want to address with your project?

Week 4: Preparing for Project Launch (Aug. 2-9) Timelines and assessments: How will you help your students manage time, meet milestones, and work effectively in teams? How can you prepare students for success by thinking ahead about project management? Plan ahead: Build a project timeline and look for authentic assessment opportunities along the way.

Post-Camp: Project gallery! View all the final projects online.

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Janet Taylor, Instructional Technology Specialist, Alabama Technology Specialist, Alabama Technology in Motion is offering a 3-day Google Tech Camp for Gifted Educators July 6, 7, and 8 at the Chilton County BOE.  This camp is open to the entire state.  This environment is an excellent opportunity for collaboration among gifted teachers across the state.

Registration can be accessed in STIPD by date.  She is planning on a  full class and only 18 seats are available.

Tech Camp for Educators Gifted 2010

Please click the following for the information regarding NAGC 2010 Conference Discount.  2010_GA_group_full_registration_form

Also, if you are interested in joining the AAGC Group for the discount of 20 or more people, please email Patti Mizell  (pmizell@ocbe.k12.al.us) or Judy Simpson (jsimpson@hoover.k12.al.) with “yes” after the subject of NAGC discount.

This year we will not have an AAGC meeting but will participate and help with the Georgia association.  If you would like to help with the NAGC conference, please contact Patti Mizell or Dr. Patti Wood.

The training will be at the AIDT (Alabama Industrial Development Training Building in Montgomery on February 4th, 2010. Sign-in starts at 8:30 and the training starts promptly at 8:45. Lunch is on your own. Bring a lunch or eat at one of the many restaurants in the area or with the We will end at 3:00 pm.

This memo and a copy of the STI-PD enrollment page should suffice for a flyer to add to the PD request for you and your teachers that need training. Space is limited.

Melinda Storey,  a Mountain Brook Elementary teacher, is being honored at the White House with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science.

This news article can be found at

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/01/post_344.html

Click here for the new December 2009 AAGC Newsletter.

Teachers enjoying the Civil Air Patrol session.

We hope everyone enjoyed our AAGC conference!  It was wonderful to see old friends and get to make new ones.   This conference could not have taken place without the many volunteers.  Thanks to the those who came early to set up and register members, the teachers who lead the great sessions, and the vendors who helped make this conference a success.

Dr. Castellano’s presentations can be found at the following links  – Recruiting and Retaining Gifted Students from Diverse Backgrounds and Equity and Access: Understanding Gifted Students from Diverse Backgrounds

Next year, we will not have an AAGC conference but will instead attend the NAGC conference held in Atlanta.   This is a great opportunity for us to attend a national conference much closer to home.  Watch this site for more information.  The Georgia organizers will need many volunteers.