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National Association for Gifted Children Conference 2018

We were fortunate to have Minneapolis as the host city for the NAGC conference this weekend. I got to attend with many educators from Bloomington including Kris Krenz, Kathryn Haddad, Josh Coval, Lori Schultz and Nick Hupton. I got to go to lots of sessions and think about how to improve myself as an educator and how do I improve the services that we provide for students in Bloomington. I love opportunities like this. It gives me a time to reflect and to get motivated.

Sessions I attended:
Equity and access in K 12 gifted and the need for targeted professional learning for teachers,
Culturally responsive professional learning in gifted education,
The positive impact of empowering gifted learners,
When grouping works for gifted students,
Transforming text based talks to reach today’s gifted learner,
Simple models that promote complex thinking across the content areas,
Embedding GT practices in the classroom,
Lighting the career path:  counseling strategies and activities for gifted students,
Changing the tide:  developing creative talent in the 21st centurty,
A study of teacher use of differentiation practices in classrooms for gifted learners,
Common sense about underrepresentstion:  a school wide approach to equity and growing talent

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