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Thursday, December 5
 

7:30am

Beyond Either/Or: Open-ended Questions Support Academic and Social-Emotional Learning Cibolo 1-2Denise Ahlquist Brand New to Been There: What New Coordinators Need to Know to Find Success Indian Paintbrush/LakesparRaine Maggio Breathing to Breathe Grand Oaks CDJacqueline Brewer Connections Between Critical Thinking, Writing, and Meeting the Social Emotional Needs of Gifted Children Grand Oaks RSNathan Levy Differentiation Through Creativity Cibolo 6Sandy Sook Diving Deeper: Research Update "Social/Emotional Issues in the Gifted World" Cibolo 5Kristin Majority • Joyce Miller • Katie Lewis • Christina Dearman • Debbie Troxclair • Kristen Lamb • Alex Kabli Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Inquiry & Mathematics Grand Oaks NOValerie Johsse Integrating Science and ELA Instruction to Add Depth and Complexity Cibolo 8-9Eric Fecht Let’s Talk: What to Expect When You’re Expected to Teach Gifted Students Grand Oaks EFTracy Inman • Julia Roberts • Kari Lockhart Playful Learning: Engaging Strategies for the Early Childhood Learner Cibolo 3-4Doris Tomas • Joy Sloan TEA Town Hall: Building G/T Certification, Part I  Cibolo 7Monica Brewer Thinking Outside the Box: Spatial Skills in Advanced Academics Cibolo 10-11 Tools for Ecological Thought Grand Oaks PQSusan Waite • Melanie Warren • Keira Holt Twice-Exceptional Students and G/T Services Bluebonnet/DogwoodDonna Ashby Voice and Choice Through Technology in the Secondary Classroom Grand Oaks ABStephanie Shackelford • Melanie Beckett

7:40am

Research Pop-Up: Steps Toward Equity: Lessons Learned From Successful Districts giftED Exchange (Exhibit Hall)Stacy Hayden

7:45am

Coordinators Coffee TAGT HQ

8:05am

Research Pop-Up: College Decision-Making for Academically Advanced High School Students: Considerations, Information Gathering, and Lessons Learned giftED Exchange (Exhibit Hall)Melanie Meyer

8:45am

MasterMind: The Gift of Failure Grand Oaks Ballroom G-MJessica Lahey

11:00am

A Parent's Guide to School Jargon and Advocacy for Gifted Learners FreesiaTamra Stambaugh Advocating for Important Policies: Why and How? Grand Oaks RSJulia Roberts AP Capstone: A Perfect Match for Gifted High School Students Grand Oaks ABMichelle Swain Becoming a Meddler-in-the-Middle Cibolo 5Brian Housand Daily Wonderings & Genius Minutes: Finding Ways to Fit Curiosity, Passion, and Wonder Into Everyday Activities Cibolo 8-9Sheila Mulbry Early Childhood: Precocity and Gaps in Educational Opportunities Grand Oaks CDMelanie Meyer • Leah Murphy Get Them Thinking! Keep Them Thinking! Grand Oaks PQJoyce Juntune Growing Grit Through Gaming: Technology for the K-6 Advanced Learner Cibolo 1-2Brigette Cardenas Guiding Development: The Social-Emotional Needs of Gifted Learners Cibolo 7Randi Rasco If You Love It, Let It Go: Popular Practices and Favorite Myths That Are Holding G/T Education Back Indian Paintbrush/LakesparClint Rodriguez Let’s Talk: Culturally Responsive Classrooms Grand Oaks EFColin Seale • Brandi Marroquin • April Wells Owning Your Identity Grand Oaks NOHeather Vaughn Real-World Independent Projects: Take Your Students to the Next Level! Cibolo 10-11Danielle Oehler • Melanie Bondy Selecting and Interpreting Tests for Identifying Gifted Students Begonia/BottlebrushSusan Johnsen Taking Genius Hour to the Next Level Cibolo 6Andi McNair Texas State Plan Work Session: Building a Program Guide GoldenrodRolando Ruvalcaba • Kelsey Karcher • Kristin Graham The Magic of Open-Ended Challenges: Design and Engineering Activities for the Classroom Cibolo 3-4 Underrepresentation in Gifted Education: Status and Action Bluebonnet/DogwoodMarcia Gentry • C. Matthew Fugate giftED Exchange: Challenging Curriculum for Gifted Students giftED Exchange (Exhibit Hall) Learning Lab: Build Math Thinkers Playground (Exhibit Hall)Kelly Threadgill

12:00pm

Lunch Provided to All Attendees Marketplace Exhibit Hall

12:05pm

Research Pop-Up: Professional Development Strategies to Enhance Culturally Responsive Gifted Education giftED Exchange (Exhibit Hall)Kari Lockhart

12:30pm

Research Pop-Up: Unlocking Gifted Adolescent Motivation: Keys to Increased Student Engagement & Achievement giftED Exchange (Exhibit Hall)Vicki Phelps The One (Wo)Man Show Meet-Up TAGT HQ

12:55pm

Research Pop-Up: Mathematical Creativity giftED Exchange (Exhibit Hall)Anna Payne

1:00pm

A Meaningful Mess Grand Oaks RSAndi McNair Comedic Critical Thinking Cibolo 5Michael Flusche • Austin Hines Implementing Acceleration, Universal Screening, and Grouping: Administrators’ Viewpoints Indian Paintbrush/LakesparMonica Simonds • Susan Johnsen • Marcy Voss In Search of Equity: Removing Barriers to the Identification of At-Risk Populations Bluebonnet/DogwoodWendy Behrens Making Depth & Complexity Work for ME! Begonia/BottlebrushKim Tredick Mindsets & Mastery: Why Am I Grading This?! Grand Oaks CDMatt Wells • Kate Wells NASA’s Next Generation STEM Activities for the GT Classroom Cibolo 8-9Steven Smith Think Through the Emotion FreesiaLynette Breedlove

1:15pm

And Then They Go to College . . . GoldenrodLou Lloyd-Zannini Beyond the Classroom Border: Student Writing in Community-Based Partnerships AzaleaKaren Otto • Jim Warren Considering Universal Screening for Increasing the Diversity of Students Identified for Gifted and Talented Programming Grand Oaks PQLupina Vela Differentiation Made Modern: Using Hyperdocs to Differentiate for Gifted Learners Cibolo 6Lisa Van Gemert Empowering Middle School Students Using the Texas Performance Standards Project Grand Oaks ABHeather Bland Let’s Talk: Project-Based Learning in Math and Science Grand Oaks EFLaurie E. Westphal • Todd Stanley • Chris Fancher Life Coaching for G/T Kids: A Powerful Tool to Challenge Limiting Beliefs in Our Gifted Students Grand Oaks NOYoliani Saud Seeking Diverse Talent Using the SIGS-2 Observational Checklist Cibolo 3-4Todd Kettler • Laila Sanguras TEA Gifted/Talented Education Update Cibolo 7Monica Brewer The Rural Gifted: Influences and Challenges Cibolo 10-11Cecelia Boswell • Katie Lewis • Kristin Graham Thinking Critically About Gifted Education Cibolo 1-2Meredith Austin giftED Exchange: Tech Tools for Gifted Education Classrooms giftED Exchange (Exhibit Hall) Learning Lab: STEM and Innovation Comes to Life Playground (Exhibit Hall)Kim Lindenfeld • Barbara Hinton

2:30pm

Beyond Talent Pools: Overcoming Barriers to Diversity in Gifted Programs Cibolo 3-4Crystal Wilson Bored to Distraction: How Failing to Identify Giftedness in Young Children Is a Problem for Everyone AzaleaCeleste Sodergren • Christine Westfall Critical Thinking and Test Prep?: Moving G/T Learners to Mastery With Active Engagement Cibolo 6Colin Seale Depth & Complexity in Mathematics Grand Oaks PQDaniel Brillhart Discussing Practical Solutions for the New State Plan Cibolo 7Justin Vawter • Ben Koch Let’s Talk: Quality Curriculum Development Grand Oaks EFTamra Stambaugh • Eric Fecht • Catherine Little • Ashley Carpenter Questioning to Enhance and Extend Learning Cibolo 1-2Nefertitti Washington Saints and Sensitivities: An Examination of Social and Emotional Gifted Characteristics in Historical Mystics and Application to Current Educational Contexts Cibolo 10-11Norma Hafenstein • Paul Michalec Small High School G/T Programming and G/T ISM: No Time, No Budget, No Problem Grand Oaks ABCody Pruitt Supporting Undocumented Students and Families From K-12 to Higher Education GoldenrodViridiana Carrizales Learning Lab: A Greeting Card, Some Geometry, and Voila . . . a Box! Playground (Exhibit Hall)Nicholas Restivo

3:40pm

Research Pop-Up: A Psychosocial Approach to Improving Gifted Students' Academic Writing giftED Exchange (Exhibit Hall)Holly Mohler

3:45pm

Elementary Educators Meet-Up TAGT HQ

4:05pm

Research Pop-Up: Benefits and Barriers to Collaboration and Co-Teaching in Gifted Education giftED Exchange (Exhibit Hall)Emily Mofield

4:30pm

A Framework for Using Media and Texts to Support the Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Learners Grand Oaks NOTamra Stambaugh Beauties of the Brain: Making Sense of the Most Complex Structure Known to Humankind Cibolo 10-11Kelly Barrett • Courtney Baker • Liz Smith • Tricia Hanson • Kaylyn Barrett • Kristy Schluter Concepts, Essential Questions, and Inquiry: What Would Socrates Do? Cibolo 1-2Richard Courtright Embracing Intense Emotions: Nurturing Empathy Development in Gifted Children FreesiaChristine Fonseca Experimental Design and Problem Based Learning: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Science AzaleaAnita Schuh Framing Leadership Stories Indian Paintbrush/LakesparJJ Colburn • Mary Christopher • Cecelia Boswell Going Beyond the Basics of Critical Thinking: Teaching High Ability Students the Principles of Inventive Problem-Solving Begonia/BottlebrushSuzanna Ramos • Hector Ramos Launching TPSPs for Beginners! Grand Oaks CDDeniece Frideley Leveling the (Math) Playing Field to Promote Equity in Gifted Services GoldenrodRaine Maggio • Sejal Jain Literature That Connects to G/T Students Bluebonnet/DogwoodMelissa Saphos Out of the Box: Implementing Mystery as a Strategy to Engage Gifted Learners Grand Oaks ABVicki Phelps Preassessment and Grouping: Laying the Groundwork for Effective Differentiation Cibolo 6Tracy Inman Ratcheting-Up the Curriculum for Gifted Learners Cibolo 3-4Debbie Troxclair Speed Geeking Cibolo 5Andi McNair • Lisa Van Gemert • Stephanie Shackelford • Melanie Beckett • Brigette Cardenas • Rolando Ruvalcaba • Brian Housand • Justin Vawter • Clint Rodriguez • Laila Ferris STEM/STEAM Pathways to Authentic Problem-Solving Grand Oaks RSBarbara Hinton TEA Town Hall: Building G/T Certification, Part II Grand Oaks EFMonica Brewer Weaving STAAR Stems, Depth and Complexity Tools, and Collaboration Into a Tapestry of STAAR Reading Mastery Grand Oaks PQGina Pasisis What Is Giftedness, Really? A Talent Development Perspective Cibolo 8-9Frank Worrell giftED Exchange: Strategies for Underrepresented Students giftED Exchange (Exhibit Hall) Learning Lab: Astronomy for the Classroom PlaygroundAbigail Peterson

5:45pm

Whose Team Is It Anyways? Team-Building Comedy Challenge Cibolo 7Michael Flusche • Austin Hines

6:00pm

Geeks Who Teach Trivia Night Cibolo 5Brian Housand

7:30pm

INSPIRE: TAGT Awards Celebration Riverbend Pavilion