Virginia Gifted Consortium Region VI

This website is a cooperative effort by the school systems in Region VI.

There are multiple resources for some of the items here but each school system has adopted one as a contact source.The email address of the person to contact is listed with the resource. Everyone is invited to utilize the items below and encouraged to participate / contribute to the development of this project..

Alleghany County, Botetourt County, Covington City, Craig County, Danville City,

Floyd County, Franklin County, Henry County, Martinsville City, Montgomery County,

Patrick County, Pittsylvania County, Roanoke City, Roanoke County and Salem City.

We'd like to welcome the "NEW" Coordinators we have heard about.

Jessica Breeden - Craig County, Dr. Dave Cochran - Danville Public Schools

Jodie Robinson - Franklin County, Donna Hicks - Henry County, Betsy Ivey - Martinsville City

Teresa Petty - Pittsylvania County, Jackie Newman - Roanoke City

Our Virginia Consortium of Gifted Education Administrators representative is Jackie Newman

Our Virginia Gifted Association representative is Diane Naff

Our Virginia Committee for Gifted Education representative is Mary Jane Mutispaugh and Diane Naff

Upcoming Events -

The next Region VI Gifted Coordinators meeting is February 11th from 9:30am to 11:30am in Salem.

The VAG website link is http://www.vagifted.org/.

Resources - still being developed...Send us your ideas to include below!

Renzulli Learning

Salem City

Kevin Simms

Joe Renzulli Power Point Roanoke / Salem March 2009

Montgomery County

"How To" PowerPoint

Franklin County

Alleghany County

GUEST Log In - acsbo

Henry County

Audacity software

Multiple Intelligences

Go to the presentation tab and click on the Multiple Intelligence section

Thanks to http://www.tammyworcester.com/

Self Directed Study

Roanoke County

Caroline Overfelt

Topics of Study

Goals and Objectives
** Become familiar with the main terms and strategies associated with differentiated instruction and gifted education
** Consider the issues, problems, and trends in gifted education and differentiated instruction
** Explore web resources to assist in differentiating instruction
** Gain a better understanding of the strategies, management techniques, and approaches used in a differentiated classroom, specifically to assist the gifted child

BLOGS

Salem City

Amanda Gibson's Blog

Amanda Gibson

Sara Kajder

Bringing the Outside In

Virginia Internet Safety Guidelines

Region VI

Coordinator's MTG

Updates coming soon!

DOE's contact list for

Region V