TAGT giftED19: Full Schedule

4:00pm CST

Gifted Leaders and How to Identify Them

What is leadership? What do gifted leaders look like? How can we identify them? Participate in activities that will help you define leadership and show how social and emotional intelligence may indicate leadership strengths. Learn what one school district is doing to identify leaders in grades 4-11. Join the conversation!

Please bring a device to use, and be ready to use Nearpod. The code for the Nearpod activity is: VEZLO

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Speakers

Carlyn Fryberger

Gifted & Talented Specialist in Leadership, San Antonio ISD

Carlyn is a former science educator of 13 years who answered a calling to help gifted learners 6 years ago. She has focused on identifying alternative traits of gifted students. She is the IS at SAISD tasked with identifying and serving gifted student leaders as a part of a Jacob... Read More →

Identifying Leaders Resources pdf

Gifted Leaders and How to Identify Them pps

Wednesday December 4, 2019 4:00pm - 5:00pm CST
Grand Oaks AB JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Identification and Assessment

Core Area Identification and Assessment
Audience All
Session Level Foundational
Keywords Differentiation, Identification, Leadership, Secondary Track, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

7:30am CST

Brand New to Been There: What New Coordinators Need to Know to Find Success

Identification, compliance, staff development, curriculum, services, and parent engagement are all pieces to a successful program for students receiving gifted services. This can be overwhelming at first. Learn about strategies to prioritize, build capacity, and plan for the future. There will be time for a question and answer session.

Speakers

Raine Maggio, M.S.

Coordinator, Gifted Services K-12, Round Rock ISD

Raine currently serves as Coordinator of Gifted Services in Round Rock ISD. She has 20 plus years in gifted education teaching elementary and middle school, and now in a leadership. Raine was fortunate to receive last year's TAGT Administrator of the Year Award and continues her involvement... Read More →

Brand New to Been There Gifted19 pdf

Thursday December 5, 2019 7:30am - 8:30am CST
Indian Paintbrush/Lakespar JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Program Options and Design

Core Area Program Options and Design
Audience Program coordinators
Session Level Applied
Keywords Professional Development, Leadership, Coordinator Track

4:30pm CST

Framing Leadership Stories

Educators often move into leadership roles with little practice in everyday application. Participants will write and analyze leader stories to tap leadership potential while nurturing the skills and abilities needed by leaders. The session uses the art of reframing leadership to better meet problems and set an innovative, powerful direction.

Speakers

JJ Colburn

guest, Strategic Association Management

JJ Colburn, M.Ed., CAE, serves as president and partner at Strategic Association Management in Austin, TX. He was previously the executive director of TAGT, has served as the director of the Texas Association of Student Councils, and is a former social studies teacher, counselor... Read More →

Mary Christopher

Consultant, Christopher Gifted Leadership Consultant

Mary Christopher, Ph.D., completed degrees at Texas Tech University and the University of Louisville. She taught gifted children for 15 years and worked as professor at Hardin-Simmons University for 24 years. She served as Director of the Masters in Gifted Education and the Doctorate... Read More →

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 →

Thursday December 5, 2019 4:30pm - 5:30pm CST
Indian Paintbrush/Lakespar JW Marriott Hill Country Hotel

Breakout, Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted

Core Area Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted
Audience Program coordinators, School or district administrators
Session Level Strategic
Keywords Professional Development, Leadership, Coordinator Track

TAGT giftED19

4:00pm CST

Carlyn Fryberger

7:30am CST

Raine Maggio, M.S.

4:30pm CST

JJ Colburn

Mary Christopher

Cecelia Boswell Ed.D.

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