The Gifted Education Network (GEN) was established in 2009 with the mission of connecting teachers and administrators of Gifted and Talented Education.  Started by 2 teachers who independently reached out to neighboring school districts, GEN has maintained a steadily growing network but we are realizing that there are many districts out there who simply don’t know about us. 

I get the one or two annual e-mails from teachers who accidentally stumble upon finding us and always start by saying, “I never knew this existed and I wish I found you sooner!”.  With that- if you are one of the teachers/administrators who has not heard of us, please e-mail jjohnson@islipufsd.org with the simple request, “Please add me to your distribution list” and you shall be notified when we have upcoming meetings.  There is no cost for joining GEN- only the benefit of connecting with colleagues.  For more information, visit:http://giftededucationnetwork.yolasite.com/.  You may want to do so soon, as we are having a mixer on March 11^th.  I hope to see new faces there!