Not exact matches
The governor, who said the theme of the
retreat, «
Effective Strategic
Planning for an Emerging Smart City,» was carefully selected, urged participants to start thinking of the next level.
She consults with parents and educators,
plans and interprets assessment to guide educational
planning, participates in research using our data on over 6000 gifted children, provides teacher training (e.g., a 3 - day
retreat for teachers from Edmonton, Alberta), and promotes
effective gifted assessment (she has worked with Pearson, Riverside, and Pro Ed to respond to gifted needs in test development).
Having done a few
retreats for my own company, and in a similar format to what Garry Wise is
planning, I have to say
retreats can be very
effective tools in smaller organizations: for inspiring the group to think collectively and creativity, for building lists of your next steps, and for expanding on any pre-
planning you've done (a key success factor, in my view) prior to assembling the masses.