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11:00am CST

Real-World Independent Projects: Take Your Students to the Next Level!

Excite students with fun topics to explore and research. Learn to provide a framework, yet allow interests, ability, and learning style to guide content, process, and product. This teacher presentation demonstrates project creation and management. Provide high-level, interdisciplinary challenge while alleviating your workload. View student portfolios/exhibits. Excellent handouts!

Speakers

Danielle Oehler

Elementary Gifted & Talented Specialist, Round Rock ISD

Danielle Oehler is a Elementary Gifted and Talented Specialist for Round Rock ISD. She has been a TAG Specialist for 5 years teaching K-5.

Melanie Bondy

Author, Educational Trainer, Mind Vine Press

Melanie Bondy is a former teacher, now writer and educational consultant, with a passion for inspiring gifted students and their teachers. By sharing stories of personal classroom experiences along with student stories and student products, she teaches practical options for program... Read More →

Thursday December 5, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
Cibolo 10-11 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Program Options and Design

Core Area Program Options and Design
Audience Program coordinators, Campus specialists
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Creativity, Differentiation, Project-Based Learning, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

1:15pm CST

Beyond the Classroom Border: Student Writing in Community-Based Partnerships

Get G/T students outside the walls of your classroom by implementing a service learning project. Immerse students in authentic rhetorical situations for external audiences. Support students as they use real-world genres, employ complex creation, and reflection processes. Combine multiple learning standards and allow for students’ unique voices, interests, and strengths.

Speakers

Karen Otto

English Teacher, Carroll ISD

Karen Otto teaches English II GT at Southlake Carroll High School. She began her 22 year career in education teaching 6th grade GT English. Since then, she has taught middle and high school GT in schools of varying socioeconomic diversity. Karen holds an MA in English, an M.Ed., and... Read More →

Dr. James Warren

Rhetoric Professor from UTA, University of Texas at Arlington

Dr. James “Jim” Warren is an Associate English Professor at The University of Texas at Arlington. He teaches rhetoric and composition courses for future high school English teachers. Jim is also involved in UTA’s First Year Writing Program, and works closely with current high... Read More →

Thursday December 5, 2019 1:15pm - 2:15pm CST
Azalea JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers, Campus specialists
Session Level Applied
Keywords Creativity, Student Voice, Project-Based Learning, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

1:15pm CST

Empowering Middle School Students Using the Texas Performance Standards Project

The Texas Performance Standards Project (TPSP) offers differentiated instruction for students based on interest and choice. Come explore ways to use the TPSP to empower your middle school students to participate in in-depth investigations and the development of authentic products for an audience outside your classroom walls.

Speakers

Heather Bland

G/T Coordinator for Advanced Academics, Ector County ISD

I have experience as an elementary classroom teacher, G/T program teacher, Schoolwide Enrichment (SEM) coordinator, and current secondary G/T instructional coach. I am interested in strength- based teaching with a focus on developing the talent and individual strengths of all students... Read More →

Thursday December 5, 2019 1:15pm - 2:15pm CST
Grand Oaks AB JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Differentiated Curriculum

Core Area Differentiated Curriculum
Audience All
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Differentiation, Student Voice, Project-Based Learning, Secondary Track, Grades 6-8

1:15pm CST

Let’s Talk: Project-Based Learning in Math and Science

Project-based learning encourages wonder and curiosity in math and science. But how do you develop an effective inquiry-based learning environment that helps students build authentic skills? Where should you even start? These experts are here to help.

Speakers

Laurie E. Westphal

Gifted, Science, and Math Consultant, Dr. Laurie E. Westphal

After teaching science for more than 15 years, Laurie E. Westphal, Ed.D., now works as a gifted education and science consultant. She enjoys developing and presenting staff development on low-stress differentiation strategies and using menus, working with teachers to assist them in... Read More →

Todd Stanley

Gifted Services Coordinator/Author, Pickerington Local Schools, OH

Todd Stanley is the author of many teacher-education books including Project-Based Learning for Gifted Students: A Handbook for the 21st Century Classroom, When Smart Kids Underachieve in the Classroom: Practical Solutions for Teachers, and his latest Authentic Learning: Real World... Read More →

Chris Fancher

Design Teacher, Meridian World School

Chris Fancher is a Middle Years Programme (MYP) design teacher at a public International Baccalaureate (IB) charter school in Round Rock, TX. He has taught every course, from prealgebra to calculus, in more than 20 years of public education.

Thursday December 5, 2019 1:15pm - 2:15pm CST
Grand Oaks EF JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers, Program coordinators
Session Level Applied
Keywords STEM/STEAM, Project-Based Learning, Let's Talk Sessions

2:30pm CST

Small High School G/T Programming and G/T ISM: No Time, No Budget, No Problem

How do coordinators at small schools offer meaningful and effective G/T services when they don't have designated class time or an limited budget? Find ways to make the time and resources you do have count by offering questions and tasks that students can answer on their own time.

Speakers

Cody Pruitt

G/T Coordinator, Lago Vista High School

Cody Pruitt is a veteran classroom educator whose experience as a Gifted/Talented coordinator in two small-district high schools has led him to create novel ways to integrate G/T programming with limited resources to better serve the Gifted/Talented community. He's also taught Audio/Video... Read More →

G T No time no budget no problem pdf

Thursday December 5, 2019 2:30pm - 3:30pm CST
Grand Oaks AB JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Program Options and Design

Core Area Program Options and Design
Audience Teachers, Program coordinators
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Creativity, Project-Based Learning, Critical Thinking, Secondary Track, Grades 9-12

4:30pm CST

Launching TPSPs for Beginners!

Don't let project-based learning overwhelm you. Instead, let your students take control of their learning! Let me coach you through four different TPSPs for grades K-5. I found the free resources, wrote timelines, and created unit plans I will share with you. We'll also look at authentic student examples.

Speakers

Deniece Frideley

GT Specialist, Lancaster ISD

Deniece Frideley is currently in her seventeenth year teaching and her sixth year as a G/T Specialist in Lancaster Independent School District. She is an innovative teacher who allows her students to take ownership of their learning through project based learning, as well as Genius... Read More →

TPSP Beginners Final pdf

Caine's Arcade Unit Plan 2019 pdf

1st Grade Worm Unit Plan pdf

caine'sarcade rubric jpg

How to Contact Deniece Frideley pdf

Thursday December 5, 2019 4:30pm - 5:30pm CST
Grand Oaks CD JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Differentiated Curriculum

Core Area Differentiated Curriculum
Audience Teachers, Campus specialists
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Differentiation, Student Voice, Project-Based Learning, Grades K-5

4:30pm CST

Learning Lab: Astronomy for the Classroom

Bring the basics of astronomy into your classroom by creating a chandelier-like constellation of Orion. Through the presentation you will be learning the stars that make up Orion and their meaning, bringing understanding of constellations to your students.

Speakers

Abigail Peterson

Sales and Outreach Coordinator, US Space and Rocket Center

Abigail Peterson is the Sales and Outreach Coordinator at The U.S. Space and Rocket Center, home of Space Camp, and specializes in Custom programs. While overseeing Custom and Corporate programs, she travels the United States promoting the exciting educational opportunities available... Read More →

Constellations another Point of View Data Sheet and LP pdf

Thursday December 5, 2019 4:30pm - 5:30pm CST
Playground JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Learning Lab, Program Options and Design

Core Area Program Options and Design
Audience Teachers, Campus specialists
Session Level Foundational
Keywords STEM/STEAM, Science, Project-Based Learning, Grades 6-12