Schedule

TAGT Annual Professional Development Conference

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Visit the Technology Learning Center in the exhibit hall for one-on-one tech training and technology mini-sessions.

General Sessions

Thursday Keynote Session: Dr. Bertie Kingore, The Rights of Gifted Learners When Life-Long Learning Is the Goal (Special thanks to the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas for their generous support!)

Friday Panel Discussion: Transforming Education through Social Networking Tools (Special thanks to Mentoring Minds for their generous support!)

Wednesday Conference Institutes

Full-Day Institutes

  • The Schoolwide Cluster Grouping Model: How to Challenge Gifted & High-Performing Students While Improving Achievement for All with Dr. Dina Brulles and Susan Winebrenner
  • Adding Depth and Rigor in the Pre-AP /AP Classroom with Bob Iseminger
  • Digital Narratives with Dr. Kristen Stephens 
  • Technology in the Classroom: Using Electronic Portfolios with Lannon Heflin 
  • Tiered Instruction: 35 Ways To Make It Work , Grades K-8 with Dr. Bertie Kingore
  • SENG Parent/Leadership Training with Sheri Plybon and Lori Comallie-Caplan
  • Discovering the Art & Science of Tracking Dinosaurs with Christina Cid and Paula Owen

Half-Day Institutes

  • Writing High Level Narratives with Big Patterns with Ian Byrd
  • Increasing Depth and Complexity in Math with Ian Byrd
  • If Our Child Is So Smart, Why Aren’t Our Lives Easier? with Dr. Linda Silverman
  • The Unique Inner Lives of Gifted Children with Dr. Linda Silverman
  • Incorporating Depth and Complexity and Content Imperatives into the Core Curriculum to Create Differentiated Learning Experiences with Erik Mickelson 
  • Introducing and Implementing the Math Icons with Erik Mickelson

NEW! Testing the Gifted in the 21st Century: Looking Forward
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This specialized event is designed for psychologists and experienced gifted administrators and will focus on the assessment and identification of gifted youth. This training is approved for CE credit from the APA.

Curriculum Potpourri
This popular event is always full of fun and excitement. Participants will attend four 20-minute mini-sessions, each offering a teaching idea that you can take back to your classroom and use immediately. (See the full slate of mini-sessions)

3rd Annual Research Symposium, encouraging graduate student research in gifted education: PDF Flyer

Schedule

Wednesday, November 30 
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Half-Day Conference Institutes
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.Full-Day Conference Institutes
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.Half-Day Conference Institutes
4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.Conference Registration
4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Parent Open House Open (Special thanks to Mary Baldwin College and Education in Action for their generous support!)

TAGT Exhibits and Technology Learning Center open

Thursday, December 1 
7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.Conference Registration
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.TAGT Exhibits and Technology Learning Center open
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.First General Session
10:00 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.Visit the Exhibit Hall
10:35 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.Concurrent Breakout Session #1
11:35 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Lunch break—no sessions scheduled (food available from 11:00-2:00)
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.Concurrent Breakout Sessions #2
1:00 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.“Coffeehouse” Mini-Session/Networking #2A
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Concurrent Breakout Session #3
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.Concurrent Breakout Session #4
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Concurrent Breakout Session #5 and TAGT Annual Business Meeting
Friday, December 2  
7:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.Conference Registration
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. TAGT Exhibits and Technology Learning Center open
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.Concurrent Breakout Session #1
9:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Second General Session
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.Visit the Exhibit Hall
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Gifted Student Showcase
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Concurrent Breakout Session #2 (#gtchat session starts at 10:40 a.m.)
12:00 p.m. – 12:40 p.m.Lunch break—no sessions scheduled (food available from 11:00-1:30)
12:40 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.Concurrent Breakout Sessions #3
12:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Curriculum Potpourri
1:10 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. “Coffeehouse” Mini-Session/Networking #3A
1:50 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Session #4
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Concurrent Breakout Session #5