TAGT giftED19: Full Schedule

9:00am CST

The Transformative Power of Cooperative Gameplay

Cooperative game play may be used as a powerful tool within the classroom to amplify moral reasoning skills for the gifted child. Exploring multiple perspectives while invoking one’s own sense of ethics-based decision making is critical to healthy social and emotional development.

Speakers

Allison Ross

Curriculum Coordinator and MS Faculty, E.A. Young Academy

Allison Ross serves as Curriculum Coordinator and Middle School faculty. With a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Texas Christian University, Ms. Ross is a Horned Frog at heart. After spending the early part of her teaching career in a more traditional elementary... Read More →

Kathy Lyda

Head of School, E.A. Young Academy

Kathy Lyda serves as Head of School but prefers the title “Director of Awesomeness” at E.A. Young Academy, an independent, not-for-profit academy dedicated to the needs of the gifted and talented scholar. Ms. Lyda holds a BS in Psychology from Texas Christian University and a... Read More →

Prosocial Games Connections and Questions pdf

Prosocial Games pdf

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Instant Challenges Classroom pdf

Transformative Power of Prosocial Game Play pdf

Wednesday December 4, 2019 9:00am - 10:00am CST
Cibolo 10-11 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted

Core Area Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted
Audience Teachers, Campus specialists
Session Level Applied
Keywords Critical Thinking

9:00am CST

Who Is Doing the Thinking?

Who does the thinking in your classroom? You, or your students? In this session, we will identify high-level questioning techniques that will get students thinking and solving problems. We will learn three strategies you can take into your classrooom and use today. Let's get the students thinking!

Speakers

Barbie Scott

Advanced Academics/GT Specialist, Clear Creek ISD

Barbie Scott is an Advanced Academics/GT Specialist for Clear Creek Independent School District. She is currently in her 20th year of teaching and has taught Pre-K, 2nd grade, 4th grade and Advanced Academics. She loves to challenge her Gifted students, while building their self-esteem... Read More →

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Strategies for Higher Level Questioning docx

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Wednesday December 4, 2019 9:00am - 10:00am CST
Begonia/Bottlebrush JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers, Campus specialists
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Differentiation, Critical Thinking, Questioning, Grades K-5

9:00am CST

Real Science on a Dime with NASA Resources

Do you need to have expensive kits and extensive lab equipment in order to engage your learners in authentic hands-on STEM opportunities. The answer, of course, is a resounding NO! In this session you will work through a succession of challenges using whatever the presenter found earlier.

Speakers

Steven Smith

Senior Program Coordinator, NASA

Steven is a Senior Program Coordinator at Johnson Space Center in Houston. His work supports educators inspiring the next generation from historically disenfranchised groups, helping create culturally responsive lessons that engage students previously left out of the work NASA does... Read More →

Wednesday December 4, 2019 9:00am - 12:00pm CST
Iris/Lily JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Deep Dives, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience All
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Creativity, Project-Based Learning, Critical Thinking

9:00am CST

The Possibility of the Unexplored

80% of our oceans are unexplored. We have no idea what is beneath the surface of the undiscovered waters. What if the same is true for student learning? In this session, learn how to give gifted learners opportunities to go deep and explore using a variety of tools and strategies.

Speakers

Andi McNair

Author, Speaker, Gifted Ed Specialist, Digital Innovation Specialist, ESC Region 12, Waco, TX

Andi was a classroom teacher for 16 years before pursuing her passion to change education by sharing practical ways to engage and empower today’s learners. She is now a published author, international speaker, gifted education specialist and digital innovation specialist at ESC... Read More →

Wednesday December 4, 2019 9:00am - 12:00pm CST
Cibolo 6 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Deep Dives, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers, Campus-Level Specialists
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Differentiation, Technology, Critical Thinking

9:00am CST

Using Powerful Questions to Guide Inquiry and Discussion

Effective questions drive the process of learning through inquiry. Teachers who understand how interpretive questions focus and facilitate group discussion are better able to guide students towards deeper critical thinking about the meaning of complex texts and more civil discourse. Learn to create such powerful questions through modeling and practice.

Speakers

Denise Ahlquist

Senior Academic Consultant, Great Books Foundation

Denise Ahlquist loves to engage people in Shared Inquiry discussions about the great ideas that shape our world. Since 1985, Denise has taught workshops in effective questioning for teachers and volunteers, supported diverse schools implementing inquiry learning, and led thousands... Read More →

Wednesday December 4, 2019 9:00am - 12:00pm CST
Grand Oaks PQ JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Deep Dives, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers
Session Level Applied
Keywords Critical Thinking, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

10:15am CST

How to Increase Engagement by Limiting Choices for the G/T Learner

Feeling overwhelmed as you keep adding more to your load to differentiate for your special learners? What about limiting choices as a source for creativity within our current curriculum? This session will share lots of tried and tested ideas that will have your students 100% engaged!

Speakers

Kate Wells

GT Trainer & Elementary Teacher, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD

Kate is a GT Trainer and award-winning elementary teacher who has worked in multiple grade levels and content areas with Gifted, SPED and ESL populations from a wide variety of socio-economic backgrounds. Passionate about differentiating both instruction AND assessment, and an expert... Read More →

Wednesday December 4, 2019 10:15am - 11:15am CST
Begonia/Bottlebrush JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers, Campus specialists
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Creativity, Differentiation, Critical Thinking, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

10:15am CST

Meaningful Experiences for the Mathematically Gifted Elementary Student

How do we grow leaders during math class and beyond? Active instructional techniques like Problem Based Learning (PBL) can motivate bored students and raise their understanding and achievement. Student-centered strategies and reasoning skills obtained through PBL increase students' creativity and independence while helping students earn a sense of ownership.

Speakers

Erica Arevalo

Chief Operational Officer, Embolden Educational Consulting

Erica Arevalo, has served in the education sector through the capacity of multiple roles including that of a classroom teacher, District Job Embedded Trainer, District Math Coach, District Instructional Coach, and Independent Educational Consultant. Currently, Erica works collaboratively... Read More →

2. GT Learners Differ Top 10 pdf

3. Article Needs of GT Math students pdf

TAGT Meaningful Math Dec 2019 pptx

Wednesday December 4, 2019 10:15am - 11:15am CST
Cibolo 1-2 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Differentiated Curriculum

Core Area Differentiated Curriculum
Audience Teachers, School or district administrators
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Mathematics, Professional Development, Critical Thinking, Grades K-5

10:15am CST

The Perfect Pair: G/T and IB

Why is International Baccalaureate (IB) appropriate for gifted learners? In what ways do IB planners and student agency complement G/T differentiation and independent research? In this session, you will become familiar with the IB approach to learning that parallels the nature and needs of gifted students.

Speakers

Ann Wink

IB Consultant, TIBS

TIBS is a 501(c)(3) organization and a recognized Association of IB World Schools that supports the general improvement of education for students enrolled in IB.

Cecelia Boswell Ed.D.

Educational Consultant, Austin Creek Education Systems

Cecelia Boswell is an educator, consultant, and author. She taught migrant and gifted students, was Advanced Academics Consultant and Executive Director of Advanced Academics in an urban school where she created a middle school gifted academy. She led research projects, professional... Read More →

Wednesday December 4, 2019 10:15am - 11:15am CST
Indian Paintbrush/Lakespar JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Program Options and Design

Core Area Program Options and Design
Audience Program coordinators, School or district administrators
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Differentiation, Critical Thinking, Coordinator Track

4:00pm CST

Create an Academic Competition Spotlighting 4C Skills

Create an academic competition based on 4C skills. Students work in teams, competing against their peers using critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creative thinking skills in a game-like competition. We will show you how to set up a competition, make a rubic and we'll even play a few games to give you examples of inexpensive, engaging ideas!

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 →

Christine Grimm

Gifted and Talented Specialist, Lancaster ISD

Christine Grimm, a graduate of West Texas A&M University, has taught Gifted students for the past nine years and believes that an educator's role should be as a facilitator, allowing students to learn by doing. She has obtained multiple grants that have allowed her students access... Read More →

TAGT 4C pdf

Wednesday December 4, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm CST
Iris/Lily JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience All
Session Level Applied
Keywords STEM/STEAM, Critical Thinking, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

4:00pm CST

Extra Enrichment? Yes, Please!

How can you provide enrichment opportunities for your students outside of school and still be budget friendly? Two Central Texas districts provide several options for our students throughout the year. Come learn how to meet the requirements of the Texas State Plan for enrichment opportunities on a dime!

Speakers

Amanda Ziegler

GT Coordinator, China Spring ISD

Amanda Ziegler is in her 15th year of teaching, all of which with Gifted Students either in the regular classroom or within an enrichment pull out model. She has a passion for gifted students that started when she was in the gifted program herself. She graduated from Baylor University... Read More →

Amanda Coatney

GT Specialist, Waco ISD

Amanda Coatney has taught for 15 years in a variety of educational settings and in multiple grade levels. She has served as the ESL cluster teacher, the GT cluster teacher, and the inclusion classroom teacher and sometimes all three at once! For the last 4 years, she has served... Read More →

Wednesday December 4, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm CST
Cibolo 8-9 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, STEM/STEAM, Critical Thinking

4:00pm CST

MATHCOUNTS: Challenging Problem-Solving and Competition

How can you make mathematics challenging and exciting? MATHCOUNTS is a national enrichment, coaching, and competition program that increases enthusiasm for and enhances achievement in middle school mathematics classrooms. Teachers are provided resources that meet national standards and which encourage higher-level thinking. Come have fun and get free materials!

Speakers

Iris Folger

Math Consultant, Texas Society of Professional Engineers

Iris Folger graduated from Midland High and West Texas State University, where she was selected as Student Teacher of the Year. She taught math courses for 29 years while being selected multiple times for inclusion in "Who's Who Among Teachers in America". She coached winning competition... Read More →

Wednesday December 4, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm CST
Cibolo 10-11 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Nature and Needs of the Gifted

Core Area Nature and Needs of the Gifted
Audience All
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Mathematics, STEM/STEAM, Critical Thinking, Grades 6-8

4:00pm CST

giftED Exchange: Enrichment Strategies for Gifted Learners

How can you enrich the learning inside and outside of the classroom for your gifted students? Join us for this fast-paced giftED Exchange session! giftED Exchange sessions allow attendees to experience a variety of creative teaching techniques that can be applied immediately in the gifted classroom. Each presentation will be repeated speed-dating style for a full hour. Come prepared to walk away with resources, tips, tools, and enrichment ideas you can immediately implement with your students! Sponsored by Vanderbilt University Programs for Talented Youth

Full handout with table descriptions attached below. Tables include:
Table #1: Asking Complex Questions for Social Studies Analysis
Table #2: We Choose Graphic Novels!
Table #3: Using Instant Challenges to Engage, Extend, and Enrich
Table #4: Making Time for Student Conferences With Horizontal Differentiation
Table #5: Building Menus for Enrichment
Table #6: Asking Complex Questions for Literary Analysis
Table #7: Creating Choice Boards With Depth & Complexity
Table #8: Games Galore for Gifted Kids
Table #9: Potential vs Kinetic Energy
Table #10: Tinker, Dabble and Doodle
Table 11: Morphing Into a Scholar Using 10 Transformative Behaviors

giftED Exchange Enrichment Handout pdf

Wednesday December 4, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm CST
giftED Exchange (Exhibit Hall)

giftED Exchange, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience All
Session Level Applied
Keywords Creativity, Critical Thinking

4:00pm CST

Learning Lab: SystemsGo, Inspiring Tomorrow's Innovators With Rockets!

Ever wanted to build a rocket? Now’s your chance! Come build a rocket with us and hear about the SystemsGo STEM Curriculum that is challenging students and changing lives across the State of Texas and New Mexico!

Speakers

Rebekah Hyatt

Program Director, SystemsGo

Rebekah has been the Program Director for SystemsGo since 2016. Prior to 2016, she taught the curriculum for 8 years and witnessed firsthand how it changed the lives of students, transforming them into competent, independent thinkers. Her goal as Program Director is to give all... Read More →

Wednesday December 4, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm CST
Playground (Exhibit Hall)

Learning Lab, Program Options and Design

Core Area Program Options and Design
Audience All
Session Level Applied
Keywords STEM/STEAM, Project-Based Learning, Critical Thinking, Grades 9-12

7:30am CST

Beyond Either/Or: Open-ended Questions Support Academic and Social-Emotional Learning

Open-ended questions challenge yet support academic and social-emotional growth of gifted students. Divergent thinking may initially be unsettling; with practice, students communicate unique perspectives, support claims with evidence, and use others' insights to stretch their thinking. Reflect on ways to improve questioning as you participate in a Shared Inquiry™ discussion.

Speakers

Denise Ahlquist

Senior Academic Consultant, Great Books Foundation

Thursday December 5, 2019 7:30am - 8:30am CST
Cibolo 1-2 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers, Program coordinators
Session Level Foundational
Keywords ELA/Reading, Differentiation, Critical Thinking

7:30am CST

Connections Between Critical Thinking, Writing, and Meeting the Social Emotional Needs of Gifted Children

This workshop will focus on how to help children in grades 2-7 be better thinkers and learners in ways that improve their self-esteem and confidence. There will be an emphasis on the importance of challenge, perseverance, and hard work as social-emotional components for acquiring skills that help gifted children adapt to meet life’s expectations. Practical ideas and materials will be presented. Participants will leave with abundant strategies for improving children’s abilities to ask thoughtful and pertinent questions. Attendees should bring their thinking caps and their funny bones to this highly engaging session.

Speakers

Nathan Levy

President, Nathan Levy Books LLC

Nathan Levy, author of the “Stories With Holes” series, has over forty years experience as a teacher, principal, author and educational consultant. Nathan has spoken extensively nationally and internationally to educators, parents and children on how to improve creativity, thinking... Read More →

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Thursday December 5, 2019 7:30am - 8:30am CST
Grand Oaks RS JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted

Core Area Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted
Audience All
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Creativity, Critical Thinking

7:30am CST

Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Inquiry & Mathematics

Take mathematically talented students to higher levels through an inquiry approach. Design student learning from engaging activities to questions to be investigated, communication, and discoveries that students understand. Why does that card trick work? How are digits related to whether or not you can create a palindrome in one step?

Speakers

Valerie Johsse

TAGT Inquiring MInds Want to Know[1] pptx

Thursday December 5, 2019 7:30am - 8:30am CST
Grand Oaks NO JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers, Campus specialists
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Creativity, Mathematics, Critical Thinking, Grades K-5

7:30am CST

Tools for Ecological Thought

Despair, denial, simplistic thinking: None of these will help students to deal with global warming. This session introduces conceptual tools for thinking more rigorously about how we coexist with each other and with nonhuman beings. It also shares research related to reversing global warming and curricular resources for experiential education.

Speakers

Susan Waite

Assistant Professor, Texas State University

Dr. Susan Field Waite is the program coordinator of the master's programs in Talent Development, the graduate minor in Creativity Studies, and the graduate minor in Gifted and Talented Education at Texas State University.

Melanie Warren

Graduate Student, Texas State University

Melanie Warren is a graduate student in Elementary Education with a concentration in Talent Development and a minor in Creativity Studies.

Keira Holt

Graduate Student; Teacher, Texas State University & Northside ISD

Keira Holt is graduate student majoring in Elementary Education with a concentration in Talent Development and a minor in Creativity Studies. She also is a full-day Pre-K teacher at Villarreal Elementary in Northside Independent School District.

Thursday December 5, 2019 7:30am - 8:30am CST
Grand Oaks PQ JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers, Campus specialists
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Creativity, Critical Thinking, Philosophy, Ecology

11:00am CST

AP Capstone: A Perfect Match for Gifted High School Students

The AP Capstone Diploma provides the opportunity for personalized learning and independent study, and the encapsulates skills and experiences critical for the growth and development of advanced learners. This session will share the essence of the Capstone program and lessons learned as our district implemented it in three high schools.

Speakers

Michelle Swain

Director, Round Rock ISD

Michelle Swain serves Round Rock ISD as the Director of Gifted and Advanced Academic Services, overseeing GT identification and programming, college credit bearing coursework, and college readiness assessments. She has served on the NAGC Board and TAGT Board, including as TAGT 2011... Read More →

Thursday December 5, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
Grand Oaks AB JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Program Options and Design

Core Area Program Options and Design
Audience All
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Student Voice, Research, Critical Thinking, Secondary Track, Grades 9-12

11:00am CST

Becoming a Meddler-in-the-Middle

Rather than being a Sage-on-the-Stage or a Guide-on-the-Side, learn to become the Meddler-in-the-Middle. Instead of rushing into save students with the right answer, the Meddler-in-the-Middle intentionally creates puzzling situations to stretch gifted students’ thinking. Come experience a collection of activities designed to promote creativity in you and your students!

Speakers

Brian Housand

Coordinator, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Dr. Brian Housand, is the coordinator of the Academically or Intellectually Gifted program at University of North Carolina Wilmington and creator of Gifted360.com. Dr. Housand earned a Ph.D. in educational psychology at the University of Connecticut with an emphasis in both gifted... Read More →

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

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers, Parents
Session Level Applied
Keywords Creativity, Critical Thinking, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

11:00am CST

Get Them Thinking! Keep Them Thinking!

One of the key challenges in serving gifted students is to move them beyond learning the content to thinking about the content. This session will focus on skills and strategies that need to be developed in gifted students to help them operate successful in the 21st century.

Speakers

Joyce Juntune

Instructional Professor, Texas A&M University

Dr. Joyce Juntune is an Instructional Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. She began her teaching career as a first grade teacher in Minnesota. Her later teaching experiences included migrant students in the San Joaquin... Read More →

Get & Keep Them Thinking HO pdf

Thursday December 5, 2019 11:00am - 12:00pm CST
Grand Oaks PQ JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers, Campus specialists
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Creativity, ELL, Critical Thinking

1:00pm CST

Comedic Critical Thinking

In this session, participants will explore their comedic side by engaging in a series of critical thinking activities. The activities, rooted in the principles of improv, will ask participants to step into the role of the comedian while creating and thinking at a high level.

Speakers

Michael Flusche

Comedian & G/T Director, Curtis Needs A Ride

Michael Flusche loves to combine his passion for comedy with his love for gifted education. Beginning as a teacher with a hobby of comedy, Flusche earned an opportunity to work as a coordinator in gifted education. In doing so, Flusche discovered that the foundations of improvisational... Read More →

Austin Hines

Comedian, Curtis Needs a Ride

Thursday December 5, 2019 1:00pm - 4:00pm CST
Cibolo 5 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Deep Dives, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience All
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Creativity, Mindsets, Critical Thinking

1:00pm CST

Making Depth & Complexity Work for ME!

Have you attended previous Depth & Complexity workshops and felt excitement to begin incorporating into instruction and then realized you needed more practice using the Framework with your own content? This session provides attendees to collaborate and design Depth & Complexity infused activities and lessons aligned to their own content.

Speakers

Kim Tredick

Director Student Support Services, Castaic USD, CA

Kim Tredick is currently the Director of Student Support Services in Castaic School District in Southern California. She has served as lead curriculum writer for J Taylor Education over the past seven years and has been using Depth and Complexity for two decades as a teacher, principal... Read More →

Making Depth & Complexity Work for Me giftED19 pdf

Making DC Work for Me docx

Thursday December 5, 2019 1:00pm - 4:00pm CST
Begonia/Bottlebrush JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Deep Dives, Differentiated Curriculum

Core Area Differentiated Curriculum
Audience Teachers, Campus-Level Specialists
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Creativity, Differentiation, Critical Thinking

1:00pm CST

NASA’s Next Generation STEM Activities for the GT Classroom

NASA has three big themes for its Next Generation STEM Program. Moon to Mars, Commercial Crew Program, and Small Steps to Giant Leaps. In this workshop participants will see and get to sample the many new free products NASA is rolling out to challenge your students.

Speakers

Steven Smith

Senior Program Coordinator, NASA

Thursday December 5, 2019 1:00pm - 4:00pm CST
Cibolo 8-9 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Deep Dives, Differentiated Curriculum

Core Area Differentiated Curriculum
Audience All
Session Level Foundational
Keywords STEM/STEAM, Technology, Critical Thinking

1:00pm CST

Think Through the Emotion

Gifted students can use their analytical thinking skills to help them cope with their emotional intensities. Students can learn to use their exceptional thinking skills to tame their worries and anxiety. We’ll discuss strategies from several sources you can teach your students to help them with decision-making, perfectionism, and worrying.

Speakers

Lynette Breedlove

Director, The Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science, KY

Dr. Lynette Breedlove is Director of The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky located on the campus of Western Kentucky University. She has served gifted students in Texas as a central office administrator, campus GT specialists, and classroom teacher. She is a past... Read More →

Think Through the Emotion HO pdf

Article 1 It’s Wrong to Tell Our Kids That Hard Work Always Pays Off Time pdf

Article 2 Raising 27’s Justifying Jane pdf

Think Through the Emotion PPT pdf

Thursday December 5, 2019 1:00pm - 4:00pm CST
Freesia JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Deep Dives, Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted

Core Area Social-Emotional Needs
Audience Parents, Teachers
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Parents/Community, Critical Thinking, Parent Track

1:15pm CST

Differentiation Made Modern: Using Hyperdocs to Differentiate for Gifted Learners

Let’s bring differentiation into the 21st century! Come find out how to use and create (free!) hyperdocs that allow for integrated differentiation. It’s “Choose Your Own Adventure” for classrooms! Come find out what they are, how to use them, where to find them, and what you can do with them.

Speakers

Lisa Van Gemert

Creator, Gifted Guru

Using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun, Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s "Child Genius," and a writer of award-winning... Read More →

Thursday December 5, 2019 1:15pm - 2:15pm CST
Cibolo 6 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Differentiated Curriculum

Core Area Differentiated Curriculum
Audience Teachers
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Creativity, Differentiation, Critical Thinking

1:15pm CST

Thinking Critically About Gifted Education

Come ready to discuss critical issues around the history of gifted education. Issues such as equity, elitism, and researcher bias will be highlighted. You will also leave with a ready-made critical history unit to use for future professional learning.

Speakers

Meredith Austin

Meredith Austin serves as the chair of the TEA Commissioner's Advisory Council for Gifted/ Talented Education.

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

Breakout, Law and Policy

Core Area Law and Policy
Audience All
Session Level Strategic
Keywords Research, Professional Development, Critical Thinking

1:15pm CST

Learning Lab: STEM and Innovation Comes to Life

Join us to explore and experience innovative, hands-on STEM strategies to engage in 21st-century thinking and learning skills of creativity, innovation, inspiration, and problem-solving. Let's experience together the elements of design thinking to ideate, prototype, and bring your idea to life.

Speakers

Kim Lindenfeld

Regional Consultant, National Inventors Hall of Fame

Kim Lindenfeld is passionate about giving students opportunities to explore invention and innovation. She resides in the Houston area and serves as Regional Consultant for the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Kim received certification as a Training Professional from Texas A&M University... Read More →

Barbara Hinton

Customized Regional Program Manager, National Inventors Hall of Fame

The National Inventors Hall of Fame has been connecting with districts for 31 years to bring innovative STEM programming inspiring the next generation problem solvers._x000D_

Thursday December 5, 2019 1:15pm - 2:15pm CST
Playground (Exhibit Hall)

Learning Lab, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience All
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Creativity, Critical Thinking, STEM/STEAM, Grades K-5

2:30pm CST

Critical Thinking and Test Prep?: Moving G/T Learners to Mastery With Active Engagement

Can you engage students in rigorous, engaging activities and ensure they are prepared for the STAAR? Test prep with critical thinking is not only feasible, but necessary. Because let’s be real: If there was such a thing as “teaching to the test,” we would’ve cracked that code by now!

Speakers

thinkLaw

CEO & Founder, ThinkLaw

thinkLaw exists to create a world where critical thinking is no longer a luxury good. We help educators teach critical thinking to all students.Contact: Katrice QuitterEmail: katrice@thinklaw.ushttps://thinklaw.us... Read More →

Critical Thinking and Test Prep Slide Handout pdf

thinkLaw Multiple Choice Lesson docx

Thursday December 5, 2019 2:30pm - 3:30pm CST
Cibolo 6 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers, School or district administrators
Session Level Applied
Keywords Mindsets, Critical Thinking

2:30pm CST

Depth & Complexity in Mathematics

The Depth & Complexity Iconic Prompts are used in thousands of Texas classrooms and in numerous content areas. However, educators often find it challenging to integrate the prompts into their math instruction. This interactive workshop highlights ways to incorporate Depth & Complexity into mathematics and provides samples of student work.

Speakers

Daniel Brillhart

G/T Specialist, Round Rock ISD

Daniel Brillhart is the 2016 TAGT Educator of the Gifted. He has taught a wide range of subjects across all levels during his 29 year career. Currently, Daniel serves as the GT Specialist for his campus and on district GT leadership committees. Daniel has presented on Depth and Complexity... Read More →

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

Breakout, Differentiated Curriculum

Core Area Differentiated Curriculum
Audience Teachers, Campus specialists
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Mathematics, Differentiation, Critical Thinking, Grades K-5

2:30pm CST

Questioning to Enhance and Extend Learning

The goal of the session is to empower teachers with a tool to build students learning and retention. It takes the idea of prior knowledge to create questions that stem answers and a deeper understanding of the topic or content.

Speakers

Nefertitti Washington

Teacher, Fort Bend ISD

Nefertitti Washington is a math teacher at Quail Valley Middle School for 7th grade mathematics, 8th grade mathematics, as well as, Algebra I. Dr. Washington believes it is time for a higher dimension of learning for all learners and that we as educators should reach beyond any set... Read More →

Questioning to Enhance and Extend (TAGT 2019) docx

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blooms taxonomy of activities docx

Thursday December 5, 2019 2:30pm - 3:30pm CST
Cibolo 1-2 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers, Campus specialists
Session Level Strategic
Keywords Creativity, Differentiation, Critical Thinking, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

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

Concepts, Essential Questions, and Inquiry: What Would Socrates Do?

Concepts lie at the heart of quality curriculum and instruction that provide rigor, depth, and complexity. Learn how engaging learners in the examination of concepts is best accomplished through questioning–as Socrates demonstrated–that takes students to the highest levels of cognition through essential questions and Socratic inquiry.

Speakers

Richard D. Courtright

Gifted Education Research Specialist, Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duk

Dr. Richard D. Courtright serves as Gifted Education Research Specialist for Duke TIP. He has held the positions of lecturing fellow in the Duke University Program in Education, and as an adjunct assistant professor in the School of Education at Elon University as well as at the... Read More →

Thursday December 5, 2019 4:30pm - 5:30pm CST
Cibolo 1-2 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Differentiated Curriculum

Core Area Differentiated Curriculum
Audience Teachers, Campus specialists
Session Level Strategic
Keywords Differentiation, Student Voice, Critical Thinking

4:30pm CST

Going Beyond the Basics of Critical Thinking: Teaching High Ability Students the Principles of Inventive Problem-Solving

Gifted programs can empower high-ability students to treat a task as a problem where one invents an answer rather than looking for it in a book or elsewhere. This session shares tools and techniques to help students develop critical thinking skills to solve practical problems with an “inventive” mindset.

Speakers

Suzanna Ramos

Clinical Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

Suzanna is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University. She has an M.S. in Creativity and Change Leadership from Buffalo State University, NY. Suzanna was in the teaching profession for several years in Singapore and held various appointments – as Head of Department for... Read More →

Hector Ramos Garcimartin

Lecturer, Texas A&M University

Hector is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University. Dr. Ramos received his B.Sc. (Honors) in European Community Studies, an M.S. in Creativity and Change Leadership, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology focused on giftedness, creativity... Read More →

TAGT 2019 Going beyond the basics of creative thinking Principles of Inventive Thinking Participant Handbook pdf

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

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers
Session Level Applied
Keywords Creativity, Critical Thinking, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

4:30pm CST

Out of the Box: Implementing Mystery as a Strategy to Engage Gifted Learners

Think outside the box to guide gifted learners through advanced content and abstract thinking through inquiry! Attendees will discover how to develop crosscurricular mystery lessons to motivate and challenge gifted learners. In addition to learning how to create mystery lessons, a complete social studies unit with student work samples will be shared.

Speakers

Vicki Phelps

Lead Consulting Teacher for Gifted Education, Sumner County

Vicki Phelps, Ed.D., NBCT, is Lead Consulting Teacher for Gifted Education in Sumner County, TN. She has been teaching and leading gifted services for the last 20 years and enjoys writing gifted curricula. She enjoys presenting at state, national, and world gifted conferences. Dr... Read More →

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

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers, Campus specialists
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Differentiation, Social Studies, Critical Thinking, Secondary Track, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

7:30am CST

More Mathematical Minds in the Multiage Mod: 2019 TAGT Innovation Award Winner

After an extensive review of research on best practices for gifted learners, the Klein ISD Gifted and Talented Guiding Coalition concluded that a self-contained, high-ability, multiage elementary class would be the ideal pilot program. Join us to learn about this innovative, successful program which earned the TAGT Innovation Award.

Speakers

Carie Barber

Program Coordinator, Klein ISD

Carie currently serves Klein ISD gifted learners as a Program Coordinator in the Advanced Academic Services Department. She leads the department in Identification and Assessment for gifted learners in Klein ISD.

Kathleen Plott

Officer-Advanced Academic Services, Klein ISD

Kathleen Plott leads Advanced Academics for Klein ISD. She has served educational communities across the United States as a classroom teacher, content/technology specialist, grant writer/program manager, GT/Advanced Academic Program Coordinator, National Professional Development trainer... Read More →

Carrie Raiyawa

Program Coordinator, Klein ISD

Carrie serves Klein ISD gifted learners as a Program Coordinator in the Advanced Academic Services Department. She leads the department in Professional Learning for gifted learners in Klein ISD.

Friday December 6, 2019 7:30am - 8:30am CST
Grand Oaks EF JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Differentiated Curriculum

Core Area Differentiated Curriculum
Audience Teachers, School or district administrators
Session Level Strategic
Keywords ELA/Reading, Differentiation, Critical Thinking, Grades K-5

7:30am CST

Primarily Thinking

Want to infuse thinking skills into your primary grade classroom? Looking for activities to help with early identification? Seeking equitable representation of underrepresented populations? These examples of thinking-skills-based activities for primary-aged children work for whole-class lessons and as part of an equitable and early gifted identification process.

Speakers

Tamara Fisher Alley

K-12 Gifted Education Specialist, Polson School District #23, MT

Tamara Fisher is K-12 Gifted Specialist for Polson Schools on Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation. She is Past-President of Montana AGATE and earned her M.A. in Gifted Education in 2004 (UConn). Tamara co-authored "Intelligent Life in the Classroom" with Karen Isaacson, which... Read More →

Friday December 6, 2019 7:30am - 8:30am CST
Cibolo 1-2 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Identification and Assessment

Core Area Identification and Assessment
Audience Campus-Level Specialists, Teachers
Session Level Applied
Keywords Grades K-2, Equity/Diversity, Identification, Critical Thinking

7:30am CST

SESSION CANCELLED: Beyond the Book Report: Promoting Critical and Creative Thinking Through Literary Analysis

CANCELLED! Do you need engaging ways to assess students’ understanding of books read during independent reading? This session will include the presentation of alternative literary analysis assignments (book reports) that promote critical and creative thinking. The suggestions provided will emphasize higher order skills while cultivating student interest in reading.

Speakers

Kimberley Chandler

Senior Director of Learning and School Performance, Essex County Public Schools

Kimberley Chandler, Ph.D., is the Senior Director of Learning and School Performance in the Essex County Public Schools in Virginia. Her professional background includes teaching gifted students in a variety of settings, serving as an administrator of a school district gifted program... Read More →

Friday December 6, 2019 7:30am - 8:30am CST
Grand Oaks NO JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Differentiated Curriculum

Core Area Differentiated Curriculum
Audience Teachers, Program coordinators
Session Level Foundational
Keywords ELA/Reading, Differentiation, Critical Thinking, Grades K-5

7:30am CST

Six Thinking Hats: Creative and Critical Thinking

Students require creativity and critical thinking skills to be successful in the 21st-century world. Many gifted students have great potential in these areas, but how can these skills be taught? This session will introduce deBono's Six Thinking Hats process, which requires participants to think about problems from varied perspectives.

Speakers

Kim Hardin

Assistant Professor, Abilene Christian University

Kim Hardin, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Teacher Education Department at Abilene Christian University. She spent ten years teaching in the Texas public schools where she served students from all academic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Her areas of focus while completing her... Read More →

Friday December 6, 2019 7:30am - 8:30am CST
Cibolo 10-11 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, Differentiation, Critical Thinking

9:00am CST

Creating and Consuming Media Messages With Purpose

Media messages are prevalent and powerful. As children are inundated with these messages, they make decisions about interacting with media, which affects how they see themselves, others, and the world. This session benefits middle school G/T teachers with an introduction to media’s effects on identity development combined with student activities.

Speakers

Jennifer Shewmaker

Dean: College of Education and Human Services, Abilene Christian University

As a school psychologist for the past twenty years, Dr. Shewmaker has worked with countless children and adolescents, and has seen the way that key media literacy skills impact the way that they respond to media messages. In the past several years, she has been speaking, researching... Read More →

Amy Boone

Teaching and Learning Specialist, Abilene Christian University

Mrs. Boone is a Texas certified teacher and has taught students from pre-kindergarten through graduate school. She has written about positive media production. She currently works with university faculty on creating classrooms that maximizes learning based on research about how the... Read More →

Friday December 6, 2019 9:00am - 10:00am CST
Cibolo 1-2 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted

Core Area Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted
Audience Teachers, Parents
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Student Voice, Technology, Critical Thinking, Grades 6-8

9:00am CST

Explore the Challenge Lab: Renzulli’s Schoolwide Enrichment Model on Steroids

Explore how Challenge Lab serves G/T, “undercover G/T,” and high-achieving children. Discover an innovative way to serve all students achieving academic mastery via extensions, inclusion, and STEAM. This dynamic model motivates students to master TEKS and think critically, thus boosting Level 3 STAAR scores. A fresh approach to differentiation!

Speakers

Lisa Davis

Gifted Education Consultant, Gifted Education Consultant

Lisa Davis was most recently a Challenge Lab teacher/Enrichment Specialist in Kerrville ISD, with over 30 years in Education. She holds a M.Ed. in School Leadership, with Special Education, Kindergarten, Early Childhood, & Principal certifications. Lisa has piloted special education... Read More →

Friday December 6, 2019 9:00am - 10:00am 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 Applied
Keywords Differentiation, Critical Thinking, Social and Emotional Needs, Grades K-5

9:00am CST

Increasing Student Engagement With Choice, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Curiosity

This interactive session is part Choose-Your-Own-Adventure and part professional learning, where you are in the driver's seat! Your choices will guide the session through a series of ready-to-use lessons designed to pique and develop students’ curiosity. Regardless of the choices, everyone will leave with access to all of the activities!

Speakers

Brian Housand

Coordinator, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Friday December 6, 2019 9:00am - 10:00am CST
Cibolo 5 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Creativity and Instructional Strategies

Core Area Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Audience Teachers
Session Level Applied
Keywords Creativity, Technology, Critical Thinking, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

9:00am CST

Never Enough Time: Sustainable Tools for Designing Powerful Critical Thinking Units

In a perfect world, there would be ample time for collaboration between G/T staff and classroom teachers, but it seems that time is always in short supply. Learn quick, easy-to-implement, critical thinking strategies you can share with other educators today that require very little prep time!

Speakers

Sarah Pfeiler

Curriculum and Training Manager, thinkLaw

Sarah Pfeiler spent 14 years as a classroom teacher in private schools, charter schools, and in traditional public school and taught a variety of subjects in grades K-12. Sarah brings her years of educational experience to her role as Curriculum and Training Manager for thinkLaw... Read More →

Never Enough Time Slides Handout pdf

Template Early Elementary Root Cause Analysis docx

Template Root Cause Analysis Word Document docx

Template Early Elementary Investigation docx

Template Investigation and Discovery docx

Friday December 6, 2019 9:00am - 10:00am CST
Cibolo 6 JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Differentiated Curriculum

Core Area Differentiated Curriculum
Audience Teachers, Campus specialists
Session Level Applied
Keywords Differentiation, Critical Thinking

9:00am CST

Next Level Differentiation: Infusing Creative and Critical Thinking in Learning Design

The goal for gifted education includes developing skills in thinking, research, communication, and self-directed learning. Teachers can take differentiation to the next level to accomplish all four of those skills by intentionally infusing creative thinking and critical thinking in the curriculum. This session focuses on the infusion lesson design technique.

Speakers

Todd Kettler, Ph.D.

Professor, Baylor University

Todd Kettler is associate professor of educational psychology at Baylor University and an affiliated faculty member of the Baylor Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development. Dr. Kettler serves as the coordinator of the graduate programs in gifted education at Baylor University... Read More →

Next Level Differentiation Handout Kettler GiftED19 pdf

Next Level Differentiation TAGT 2019 pdf

Friday December 6, 2019 9:00am - 10:00am CST
Begonia/Bottlebrush JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Differentiated Curriculum

Core Area Differentiated Curriculum
Audience Teachers, Program coordinators
Session Level Applied
Keywords Creativity, Differentiation, Critical Thinking

9:00am CST

The Journey From Meets to Masters: Depth and Complexity Meets the 4 Parallels

Many gifted children fail to show growth even with the benefit of gifted programming. Growing gifted kids isn't about flash, but substance. Ditch the dog-and-pony show and embrace high-quality, intentional planning by learning to integrate two of the most powerful design tools available. Easy to do across grades and subjects!

Speakers

Clinton Rodriguez

Gifted and Talented, and Advanced Academics Specialist, ESC Region 11

Clint Rodriguez is the GT and Advanced Academics Consultant for ESC Region 11. Previously he served as the district-wide Secondary GT Specialist in Richardson ISD. He taught at ASPIRE Academy for the Highly Gifted in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD and has a master's degree in religion... Read More →

Friday December 6, 2019 9:00am - 10:00am CST
Grand Oaks NO JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Differentiated Curriculum

Core Area Differentiated Curriculum
Audience Teachers, Program coordinators
Session Level Applied
Keywords Differentiation, Critical Thinking