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Will Alford

Email: walford@effingham.k12.ga.us

Phone: (478)397-2328

MMEd. Music Education

4th year of teaching as Associate Band Director Effingham County High School

When not at school I like to spend my time riding my motorcycle, playing golf, fishing, mountain biking and watching sports. Go Dawgs!

My goals for this course are an efficient use of my gifted students’ time as well as keeping them engaged and pushing them in a diverse classroom.

Raisin Brains

If I were to compare my childhood to one of the characters in the book I would have to choose Otto. While I was labeled as gifted I did not have near as many issues with my giftedness as Otto did when I was growing up. I’d like to think that two very active parents that were also teachers played a large role in that… I couldn’t get away with anything. Growing up in a strong musical atmosphere (Father was a band director) I naturally gravitated towards that field and did well in whatever musical endeavor I attempted. I was also extremely competitive growing up and would tend to get very upset when the results of a game or some sort of competition did not go my way. I was competitive in everything I did whether it was sports, music or even grades in class. However, growing up I would run into situations that I knew I could not win and preferred to not even compete rather than lose even though I knew I would have enjoyed the activity tremendously. I still run into that situation now… where I would rather not try my hardest than to give a %100 and lose. A strange philosophy I know, but I hate losing.