October 2024

Director's Corner

SENG Spotlight

SENG in the Community

Highlighted September Events & Promotions

SENG Partners

Change is inevitable.

Change can be evolutionary or revolutionary.

Change can be positive or negative.

Change is everywhere.

These generalizations, along with the concept of change, have guided many discussions throughout my 26 years in education. For gifted individuals, who may experience heightened emotional sensitivity, change can inspire creativity but also provoke worry or anxiety. To better adapt to the rapid changes happening all around us, embracing flexibility and viewing change as an opportunity for growth can help manage fear and uncertainty. Identify aspects of the change that you can influence, and concentrate your efforts there.  

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This is a busy time of year for parents and educators alike. Autumn is brimming with things like the new school year, classes and teachers and friends, new activities, new opportunities, etc. For many of us, it also signals a physical change in season, where changing leaves and colder weather bring fall fun like apple picking, pumpkin carving, family Thanksgiving celebrations, and Halloween festivities. The last of these, Halloween, is almost upon us – and for many, it invites the best of creativity. This is often most evident in our gifted population, whose creativity is often tied inextricably with their talents and their passions. I love seeing gifted kids express themselves while having fun, and Halloween is often a chance to do just that.  



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Teaching is often cited as one of the most stressful occupations (Oberle et al., 2020). Rates of stress, an individual’s reaction to situations where their resources are threatened, and burnout, the emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment that arise due to consistent vocational stressors, have remained high since the COVID-19 pandemic began. During the pandemic, 40% of district gifted education coordinators surveyed in one study reported feeling an increase in job-related stress, and 60% of participants stated that they had considered leaving their job or retiring early as a result (Guilbault & Caroleo, 2023).

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In September, SENG joined Baylor University at the Baylor 2e Conference. Thank you to our SENG SCG Facilitators Nicole Mattingly and Carol Raymond who led a successful SENG SCG Facilitator Training at the Conference and to Cherin Escher and Melissa Marsh for helping us with the SENG booth.

Planning is underway for the 2025 SENG Annual Community Conference & Retreat taking place July 24-25, 2025 in Alexandria, VA! SENG is thrilled to announce that Cally Flox and Julie F. Rosenbaum Skolnick will keynote the event. This year's theme is "Blueprints of Brilliance: Unlocking Potential in Mind, Body and Spirit".

Cally Flox, teaching artist, educator, and administrator, is the founding director of the BYU ARTS Partnership, improving student learning and school culture through educator professional development in the arts. She is the lead author of A Teacher’s Guide to Resiliency Through the Arts. She spent many years teaching creative dance and the integrated arts to people of all ages in both private and public settings and has additional training in brain compatible multi-sensory learning strategies. 



Cally Flox

BYU ARTS Partnership Director

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Arts Express Summer Conference June 4-5, 2024

http://advancingartsleadership.com

Julie F. Rosenbaum Skolnick, M.A., J.D., Founder of With Understanding Comes Calm, LLC, passionately guides parents of gifted and distractible children, mentors 2e adults, trains educators and advises professionals on how to bring out the best and raise self-confidence in their twice exceptional students and clients. 

Julie is the author of Gifted and Distractible: Understanding, Supporting, and Advocating for Your Twice Exceptional Child (TarcherPerigee), a beloved book lauded by parents, educators, and 2e adults alike. 

Julie and her husband raise three twice exceptional kids who keep them on their toes and uproariously laughing!

Learn more: www.WithUnderstandingComesCalm.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/withunderstandingcomescalm

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julieskolnick/

Twitter: @JulieSkolnick

LinkedIn: Julie Rosenbaum Skolnick

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JulieSkolnick

CALL FOR PRESENTER PROPOSALS

We are now accepting Presenter Proposals for the 2025 SENG Annual Community Conference & Retreat in Alexandria, VA. This year's theme is "Blueprints of Brilliance: Unlocking Potential in Mind, Body, and Spirit".

Proposals are due January 31, 2025. Proposal acceptance notifications will be sent out in February of 2025.

Did you miss one of our SENGinars or SENG Author events? All of our recorded programs are available for streaming on the SENG Vimeo On Demand Store!