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 Kate Carlisle  ﻿﻿﻿706.504.4157 home

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= = =In Raisin' Brains, I am most like:= The author's mom. I totally related to this book. My children are just like her children, and in the same order. I find that I am most like her mother for a few reasons. First, I am interested in so many things, I seem scatter brained much of the time, because who can concentrate on so many things at once? I am constantly indulging my own creative interests and needs while encouraging my children to do the same in any way that interests them. Although I was labeled as gifted in second grade and spent my life knowing that I was "gifted," it was not until I was in grad school and working on my Gifted Endorsement that I understood what that meant, how it impacted me, and how I was different than other people. I had the same sort of overwhelming moment that her mother had with a good cry and a real sort of epiphany, and after that I began to learn how to focus my talents and energy and rein it all in toward a bigger goal rather than a million small projects. = = =**Top 10 reasons why I am always late:**=

1. I'm late? For what?
My personal teaching metaphor: Teaching is investing in the stock market. Buying and selling stocks successfully requires research and planning, taking and giving advice, attention and flexibility. An investor would certainly hope for the success of their stocks. The investors have a stake in the success of their stocks, as teachers do in their students. Teachers hope for and work toward the success of their students, because with success comes great gains.

I am working on my EdS in Educational Psychology: Gifted and Creative Learners.  I am a Middle School gifted teacher in Augusta-Richmond County. I teach both resource and collaborative.  This is my fourth year teaching. For the first 2.5 years, I taught High School Social Studies and I transferred to gifted in the middle of last year. I have four children: 17, 12, 10 and 2.



They keep me very busy, but I do make time for the things that keep me sane. I make time to run every day. That is me-time.

 I am taking this course as a part of my EdS program. I love working with the gifted program and I have found every part of this program so far to be extremely useful in my daily work, and I anticipate that this course will be no exception.