Georgia Vision Educators Statewide Training (GVEST)
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The GVEST mission is to provide vision professionals an opportunity to learn and to share effective practices and strategies specific to the needs of individuals with visual impairments.

GVEST History

In 2000, the Georgia Department of Education introduced a new conference and called it Georgia Vision Educators Statewide Training, or GVEST. In 2023 it became a conference subcommittee of the Georgia Chapter of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired. Through collaboration with multiple agencies dedicated to serving individuals with visual impairments, GVEST offers professional development training focused on the needs of this population. GVEST provides an opportunity for Georgia's educators and professionals who serve individuals with visual impairments to have specialized training and to share effective practices and strategies specific to the needs of individuals with visual impairments of all ages. The annual GVEST conference takes place in Macon Georgia each October and provides workshops led by experts in the field of blindness and offers both ACVREP and CRC credit.  

GVEST Conference Planning Committee

GVEST would like to gratefully acknowledge the members of the conference planning committee for their support and assistance in the planning and implementation of the GVEST conference.
Tara Bowie
Tara Bowie
​GVEST Committee Chair, ​Outreach Education Program Specialist
Smokey Powell Center
Georgia Academy for the Blind
Heather Boyle
Heather Boyle
Education Specialist, Georgia Sensory Assistance Project
Sarah Bussey
Sarah Bussey
Southeast Region Vision/O&M Services Coordinator
Allied Instructional Service; GaAER Immediate Past President 
Stephanie Hardwick
Stephanie Hardwick
TVI with Forsyth County Schools; Georgia Chapter of AER Treasurer
Sharon Lyttle
Sharon Lyttle
Outreach Education Program Specialist.
Smokey Powell Center 
Georgia Academy for the Blind
Shirley Robinson
Shirley Robinson
Assistant Director for Blind Services Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Center
Christine Spratling
Christine Spratling
Coordinator, INSITE/VIISA, ​Georgia PINES
Carmen Willigs
Carmen Willings
TVI with Forsyth County Schools, Owner & Developer of Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
Tracie Zabokrtsky
Tracie Zabokrtsky
Admin Assistant II, 
Student Services
Georgia Academy for the Blind
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