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 President 
Dawn Day
Dawn Day
Curriculum Director, Georgia Academy for the Blind
Tracy Fitch
Tracy Fitch
TVI, Marietta City Schools; GaAER President Elect
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
Chris Maniscalco
​Chris Maniscalco
TVI Coordinator Gilmer County
Zel Murray
Zel Murray
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
Martha Veto
Martha Veto
Education Specialist, Georgia Sensory Assistance Project
Carmen Willigs
Carmen Willings
TVI with Forsyth County Schools; Georgia Chapter of AER Immediate Past President, Owner & Developer of Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
Taylor Worland
Taylor Worland
Lead EIS, INSITE/VISSA, ​Georgia PINES

Thank you to our 2023 Sponsors!

AIDB logo
Triple Diamond Sponsor
AIS Allied Instructional Services
Silver Sponsor
Ability2Access logo
Bronze Sponsor
CIV Connect Pro logo
Silver Sponsor
Florida Vision Technology solutions for visual independence
Diamond
Georgia Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Silver Sponsor
outline of Georgia with GSAP and two small hands within two larger hands. Text reads Georgia Sensory Assistance Project Services to Children and Youth with Deaf Blindness
Diamond Sponsor
Palmer Vision logo
Bronze Sponsor
icon of two adults embracing an infant with text Georgia Pines Parent infant Network for Educational Services
Silver Sponsor
Smokey Powell Center logo with letters SPC
Diamond Sponsor
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