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TABLE OF CONTENTS

2015 CONFERENCE PROGRAM | 1

Welcome From The Conference Co-Chairs ..................................................................... 2

2015 Keynote Speakers.................................................................................................................7

Thursday, March 5, 2015 .............................................................................................................. 9

Concurrent Sessions 1 .................................................................................................................. 9

Concurrent Sessions 2 ...............................................................................................................13



Concurrent Sessions 5 ..............................................................................................................22

Thursday’s NCAGT Plenary Session ..................................................................................25

Thursday’s NCAGT Reception ..............................................................................................25

Friday, March 6, 2015 .................................................................................................................26

Parent/Page Chapter Meeting.............................................................................................26




Friday’s Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon ...........................................................35


Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................40

2015 Conference Exhibitors ...................................................................................................41

Schedule At-A-Glance ..............................................................................................................42

Hotel Maps ......................................................................................................................................44

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Mara Basile and Brianna Bello, Pitt County

2 | NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED

WELCOME

WELCOME FROM THE CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS

Welcome to Winston-Salem and the 41st Annual NCAGT Conference, AIG: At the Heart of North Carolina! Over the next two days, we will examine the “heart” of gifted education in North Carolina through advocacy, relationships, collaboration, and the impact of gifted education on students.

We are pleased to provide over ninety concurrent sessions addressing a variety of topics close to the “heart” of gifted educators, including: meeting the social-emotional needs of gifted learners, differentiating curriculum for gifted learners, STEM curriculum ideas and activities for gifted learners, advocating for gifted education, and strategies for instruction which meet the needs of gifted learners.

Special events include a keynote address Thursday by Dr. Joseph Renzulli from the University of Connecticut, a reception for all registered conference attendees, and a special screening of 2e: Twice Exceptional, a new documentary film, followed by a discussion with the film’s director, Thomas Ropelewski.

Friday’s highlights include and awards luncheon with remarks by James Ford, North Carolina’s Teacher of the Year and the State-of-the-State report from the NCDPI Director of Gifted Education and Advanced Programs, Sneha Shah-Coltrane.

Panel discussions at this conference include advocacy for gifted students, James Gallagher’s influence on gifted education at the “heart” of North Carolina, and the role of administrators in gifted education featuring Carrie Tulbert, North Carolina’s Principal of the Year.

Whether you are a teacher, administrator, counselor, parent, college/university faculty member, or other interested stakeholder, you are sure to find a “place at the table” while examining AIG: At the Heart of North Carolina. We look forward to our time together!

Alissa Griffith Dave Mense Conference Co-Chair Conference Co-Chair

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS


NCAGT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OfficersPresident: Suzanne Dixon Treasurer: Laura ParrottVice President: Dr. Linda Robinson Past President: Dr. Kristen StephensSecretary: Alissa Griffith

Term 2013-2015 Suzanne Dixon Dr. Lori Flint Alissa Griffith Dana Hollifield Dr. John Matthews Dr. Linda RobinsonDr. Kristen Stephens

Term 2014-2016Lena Deskins Dave MenseDanielle Sullivan Dr. Paula Wilkins

Presidential AppointmentsLinden Cummings Dr. Liz FogartyStephanie Cyrus

Ex-Officio MembersSneha Shah-Coltrane, Director of Gifted Education & Advanced Programs, NCDPIDr. Wesley Guthrie, Executive DirectorCaroline Doherty, PAGE Coordinator

NCAGT LIFETIME MEMBERSNCAGT is indebted to these individuals who hold NCAGT Lifetime Memberships

Jennifer AbuaitaLyn AubrechtKenneth BarnesAnn BarrEllen BarrColina BartlettMelissa BeckoffSonji BelvinBeth BlakeLarry BordeauxBarbara BroadwellJim BrooksKaren BullardLucille CatoDeborah ChristieLori ClarkMary Ruth ColemanR. Lynn ColemanSneha Shah-ColtraneTraci ConnorKristy CossettMargaret Lundy CrawfordBeth CrossLinden CummingsCarrie CurrinBrenda Dail

Tim DeCresieCaroline W. DohertyEric DoironSuzanne DixonCarol DouglasPaula FerreeElizabeth FogartyJoyce FulcherMartha GabrielGrant GabrielRani GallagherShelagh GallagherRebecca GarlandChris GoodwinMiriam GordonAdele GrayRamon GriffinAlissa GriffithJudy GrissomAndrew & Sandra GrubbsSarah GubitzWesley E. GuthrieLouise HamiltonKaren HammettBarbara HardyAnn Harrison

Katherine HeinrichCharles G. HenseyJudy HornbeckAngie HousandBrian HousandJudith HowardBarbara JohnsonArmelda JonesFrances KarnesWardlaw LamarJennifer LaneJacqueline LanierCharlene LeisterSylvia LewisJamee LynchLaurene MadernMichael MatthewsNancy McBrydeDianne McDowellLeslie McMillanDave MenseLinda MikusJodie MitchumBarbara MizeLinda Weiss MorrisDeborah O’Brien

Laura ParrottLeon PeeleSusan Price-ColeSally ReisJoseph RenzulliCindy Ring RubleHolly & John RobbinsLinda RobinsonPenni RobinsonRuth RoweE. Conrad SloanStacy SmallCynthia SpringerC. Steward StaffordKristen R. StephensMichael StreetFutami TsujiRhonda WashingtonConnie WhaleyElizabeth WilburnLynda WoodPamela YoungCheryl Zelek

AWARDS


2015 TEACHER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Belinda L. Coleman Public Schools of Robeson County

Karen Eberenz* Pitt County Public Schools

Lyndsay Burns Britt* Hertford County Public Schools

Ellen Shumate Cumberland County Public Schools

Richard Wikfors* Union County Public Schools

Amy Seate Quiqley Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools

Elin Reuben New Hanover County Public Schools

* denotes finalist

2015 ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Robert Locklear Public Schools of Robeson County

Michael Elder Onslow County Public Schools

Dibrelle Tourret Guilford County Public Schools

2015 AWARD NOMINEES AND FINALISTS

Countless numbers of professionals

have dedicated themselves to the

growth and development of our

gifted children year after year. Each

conference brings us to a time that

we can celebrate the accomplishments

of some of the finest among them.

It is with great pleasure that NCAGT

announces the 2015 awards nominees

and finalists for the Teacher of the Year

and the Administrator of the Year.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

Many people have tirelessly advocated

for gifted education in various

capacities throughout their lives. These

individuals have been recipients of

NCAGT’s highest honor for an educator,

the Award for Distinguished Service.

This is a lifetime achievement award.

1979 – Cornelia Tongue 1980 – Betty Stovall 1981 – Dr. Leroy Martin 1982 – C. Douglas Carter 1983 – Dr. Lyn Aubrecht 1984 – Dr. Don Russell 1985 – Dr. Don Hayes 1986 – Dr. Linda Weiss Morris 1987 – Dr. James J. Gallagher 1988 – Dr. Judy Grissom 1988 – Bette Ford 1989 – Dr. Judy Grissom 1990 – Dr. Jim Bray 1991 – Dr. Wesley E. Guthrie 1992 – Ann Harrison 1993 – Gail Smith 1994 – Sylvia Lewis 1995 – Dr. Mary Ruth Coleman 1995 – Dr. Ray Brayboy 1996 – Dr. Henry Johnson1997 – Susan Lamar1998 – Dr. Judith Howard

1999 – E. Lowell Harris2000 – Faye Riner 2001 – Linda P. Robinson2002 – Dr. Glenda Beamon Crawford2003 – Dr. Rebecca Garland 2004 – Dr. Joseph O. Milner 2005 – Ann Barr 2006 – Dr. Shelagh Gallagher 2007 – Dr. Peter Gorman2008 – Nancy McBryde2009 – Dr. Brenda Romanoff2010 – Dr. Chris Godwin2011 – Dr. Barbara Mize2012 – Dr. Elissa Brown2013 – No Recipient2014 – Dr. James Brooks

AWARDS


JAMES J. GALLAGHER ADVOCACY AWARD RECIPIENTS

JAMES J. GALLAGHER ADVOCACY AWARD

This award is presented to an individual or

organization that has been a consistent

advocate on behalf of gifted and talented

students and a voice for supporting

gifted education in North Carolina.

1988 – Judge William Creech1990 – Governor Jim Hunt1992 – NC Sen. Helen Marvin1994 – NC Sup’t Bob Etheridge1998 – NC Sen. Leslie Winner

NC Rep. Robert Grady NC Rep. Jean Preston

2000 – NC Board Member Kathy Taft

2004 – NC Board Chair Howard Lee 2008 – NC Rep. Rick Glazier2010 – Attorney L. Wardlaw Lamar2011 – Professor James J. Gallagher2012 – Professor Shelagh A. Gallagher2013 – Governor’s School Foundation

DPI Member Angela Quick 2014 – Professor Mary Ruth Coleman

NICHOLAS GREEN DISTINGUISHED STUDENT AWARD

The Nicholas Green Foundation was established in 1998-1999 by Maggie and Reg Green to honor the memory of their

seven-year-old son Nicholas who was killed in a drive-by shooting while visiting Italy in 1994.

The Distinguished Student Award recognizes young people that are working

hard to make the most of their lives and develop their unique talents. NCAGT

has participated in this award’s program since its beginning and proudly acknowledges

each of the following recipients:

1998-1999 Katie L. Hatley

1999-2000 Leah Katherine Tucker

2000-2001 Jon Michael Aldridge

2001-2002 Amanda Fitzgerald

2002-2003 Taylor Gene Pospisil

2003-2004 Mary Katherine Melton

2004-2005 Nikita Shamdasani

2005-2006 Catherine Utley

2006-2007 Madelyn Elizabeth Krebs

2007-2008 Kyrsten Rudock

2008-2009 Evan Grey Stinson

2009-2010 Cameron Hunter Szaloky

2010-2011 Anna Elizabeth Marion

2011-2012 Makayla I’Shea Harris

2012-2013 Carly Grace Sheets

2013-2014 Delaney O’Connor

2014-2015 Paxton Elizabeth Reece

SUSAN KEEL LAMAR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP

The Susan Keel Lamar Student Scholarship was established

in 2010 to honor the memory of a former NCAGT President

and her passion for the arts (visual and performing). This

scholarship recognizes creativity in gifted students and inspires

them to achieve to their fullest potential in the arts and draws

attention to the educational needs of our nation’s best and

brightest. NCAGT is proud to sponsor this program and

proudly acknowledges each of the following recipients:

2010-2011 Victoria (Tori) Rose Parker

2011-2012 Wade L. Hollomon

2012-2013 Regan Jackson

2013-2014 Mary Katherine Sammons

2014-2015 Stephanie Wood

PAGE CHAPTER OF THE YEAR

Guilford County PAGE

NCAGT BUSINESS AWARD

Sam Coates of Tri-City Automotive


GENERAL INFORMATION

GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATIONNCAGT Conference Office The NCAGT Conference Office is located in the Embassy Suites Hotel on the lower level in the Shoder Board Room. Please join us here to register, renew your membership, inquire about ways to become a part of NCAGT, collaborate with other conference attendees, or request further information.

AssistanceNCAGT Board members are eager to assist you throughout the conference and can easily be identified by the red ribbon on their nametag. Please do not hesitate to stop one and ask for assistance.

Nametags Nametags are in your conference registration envelopes and are required for admission to all sessions.

Session Handouts

To help facilitate the distribution of session handouts, many of our presenters are posting their materials online. To access additional handouts, please visit http://www.ncagt.org/conference/materials

NCAGT is unable to reproduce handouts on site for presenters or conference attendees.

ExhibitsExhibits are open between 8:00 AM and 5:30 PM on Thursday and between 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM on Friday. Partic-ipants are invited to take advantage of the Exhibit Hall located in the Gaines Ballroom on the bottom floor of the Embassy Suites.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)Certificates of Completion are available for participants that reflect 6.0 instruc-tional hours for one day conference attendees and 12.0 instructional hours for 2 day conference attendees. Final approval for continuing education credits is at the discretion of each participant’s local LEA.

MapsMaps of the rooms at the Marriott Hotel and Embassy Suites are located on the inside back cover of this program. If you have any questions regarding directions or session locations, please ask an NCAGT Board Member for assistance.

EvaluationsYour assessment of the conference is critical as we make plans for next year’s event. Please take time to complete the evaluation at the end of the conference, offering specific feedback of positives and areas for strengthening.

RafflePartnering with the AIG Regional Lead-ers, a raffle to raise money for NCAGT’s mission will be held in the Grand Pavil-ion during Friday’s luncheon. Themed baskets (value starting at $25) and op-portunities for free NCAGT membership, conference registration, and conference accommodations are included in the raffle. Tickets can be purchased during meals and at the registration table.

Ainsley Vandermeer, Gaston County


KEYNOTE SPEAKER

2015 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

THURSDAY: DR. JOE RENZULLI

Using Both Values in the Heart of Giftedness: Blending the Best of Acceleration and Enrichment to Promote Total Talent Development

The hottest controversy over the years in “Giftedland” persists to this day! Although commentators have viewed acceleration and enrichment as opposing approaches to serving gifted and talented students, each approach has advantages so long as they are blended together rather than approached as separate program organizational entities. A discussion of the major goals of gifted education and theories underlying enrichment and acceleration will be followed by practical examples of infusing enrichment and accelerated curriculum and extending acceleration approaches to take account of all our students’ strength based characteristics as well as their advanced academic achievement. The resulting personalization of learning is designed to support the two main goals of gifted education.

Dr. Joe Renzulli is a professor of educational psychology at UConn, where he holds an endowed position as the Neag Chair of Gifted Education and Talent Development and was first to receive UConn’s highest honor, the designation by the Board of Trustees as a Distinguished Professor.

Dr. Joe Renzulli


KEYNOTE SPEAKER

2015 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

FRIDAY: JAMES FORD

2014 North Carolina Teacher of the Year

James Ford, a ninth grade World History teacher at Garinger High School in Charlotte, was selected 2014 Burroughs Welcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year in March. He states, “My personal journey has been both long and unorthodox. But in the end, I realize that is my passion that ultimately led me to my purpose in education.”

His journey to NC Teacher of the Year may have been a bit unorthodox, beginning his professional life as a truancy intervention specialist and a director of a teen center for youth at risk of dropping out of school. Ford earned a bachelor of science in mass communication from Illinois State University and a master’s degree in teaching from Rockford College. He is currently pursuing a degree in educational leadership from Wingate University while serving as a teacher-on loan with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Ford comments, “Teaching is so much more than a job. I know without a shadow of a doubt that it has made me a better person and quite simply it is what I was born to do.” As North Carolina Teacher of the Year, he is spending this school year traveling the state as an ambassador for more than 95,000 teachers in the state.

James Ford


THURSDAY – 8:30-9:20 am

ARDMORE 1

Growing the Heart of the AIG Educator: Knowledge, Development and Change

Rebecca McKnight – Guilford County Schools

How can you grow the heart of an AIG educator? Peak their interest in what is new and great for their students! Come learn how Guilford County Schools are working to grow AIG educators within our district. Best practices will be shared.

Audience: Teachers K-12, Central Office/Administration

ARDMORE 2

WARNING-OUTBREAK IMMINENT: A Zombie Apocalypse Problem-Based Learning Experience for Middle School Gifted Students

Ashley Solesbee and Caitlin Donovan – Neal Middle School, Durham Public Schools

WARNING: Outbreak Imminent! Engage your students in the most authentic simulatory problem-based learning unit that incorporates multiple disciplines of study. This session will engage and inspire you as you are thrown into the simulation with students and then led through a reflective conversation to cement the importance of this model of teaching for our gifted students. An easy-to-use implementation guide will be provided.

Audience: Teachers 6-12

CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1

GRAB-N-GO BREAKFAST

Thursday, March 5, 2015 7:30 – 8:30 am

Grand Pavilion, Lower Level, Embassy Suites Hotel

EXHIBIT HALL OPENS8:00 am – 5:30 pm in Gaines Ballroom

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015 8:30–9:20 am

Chicod School Students, Pitt County



ARDMORE 4

Symphonic Synergy: Crafting an AIG Melody Uniting Data, Curriculum, and Educators

Yvonne de St. Croix – Carteret County Public Schools

With regard to this year’s NCAGT theme, AIG: At the Heart of North Carolina, “Symphonic Synergy: Crafting an AIG Melody Uniting Data, Curriculum, and Educators” will consider how systems within the classroom and school site can harmonize to cultivate AIG learner growth through the use of strategic analysis of data and build relationships that support the continuous academic and personal growth of AIG student learning. This session is intended to be a heartbeat to the educator seeking to improve dynamic data-based curriculum instruction with rigor and relevance.

Audience: Teachers 6-8, Other

AYERS

Coding in the Classroom!

Liz Moffitt – Lakewood Montessori Middle School, Durham Public Schools

At the heart of many technology innovations are capable programmers. Writing code is a relevant, novel application of math that develops problem-solving, understanding, and mastery, and can enrich content for AIG learners. This session will equip teachers with tools to help students learn coding, even with no background in programming.


HEARN A

Gifted Advocacy: A Work of the Heart

Dana Hollifield – NCAGT Advocacy Committee

If you have a special place in your heart for gifted students, come join us as we hold a panel discussion with leaders in advocacy to discover the best methods and strategies to effect positive change on their behalf. Panelists will include educators and parent leaders with experience in advocating at local, state, and national levels. Find out how YOU can be involved in making a difference.

Audience: Teachers K-12, Parents, Central Office/Administration, Counselors

HEARN B

Engineering Serendipity: Leveraging Social Media and Technology Resources to Develop Interests and Create Opportunities

Dr. Angela Housand – University of North Carolina WilmingtonDr. Brian Housand – East Carolina University

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity, and gifted students are uniquely qualified to leverage technology resources and social media to create their own luck and achieve their goals. This session explores a series of activities to empower gifted students to manifest their potential for self-fulfillment and the betterment of society.

Audience: Teachers 3-12, Counselors

HEARN C

Meaningful & Manageable Math Differentiation Strategies

Michael Elder – Onslow County Schools

Does the thought of differentiating math instruction make you or your colleagues a little queasy. We have worked with a few classic strategies to turn a mindset into manageable practice in the upper elementary and middle grades math classroom. Join us, steal a few ideas and share your own.

Audience: Teachers 3-8, Parents

Kristen Stephens, Durham County



HEARN D

Differentiation of Learning Preferences: A practical approach!

Dr. Richard Courtright Duke University Talent Identification Program

Do you ever wonder why there are some students you get along with famously, and others who drive you to distraction – and other teachers feel utterly differently about these kids? Learning Styles – yours and theirs – has much to do with that phenomenon. This session will present a description of learning styles and the impact that individuals’ style differences can have on the instructional process. Three major models will be considered, with the predominant emphasis placed on that of Dr. Anthony Gregorc, and practical suggestions for approaches to curriculum and instruction will be offered.


SALEM

Writing and Publishing in Gifted Education (and Beyond)

Dr. Michael S. Matthews – University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Dr. Lori J. Flint – East Carolina University

Have you always wanted to share what you know with other parents, teachers, and students, but not been sure how to get started writing for publication? Attend this session learn how you can make your voice heard by writing and publishing in a variety of venues in gifted education.

Audience: Teachers 3-8, Parents, Central Office/Administration, Other

TERRACE 1

Advanced Vocabulary: Direct Study through Latin and Greek Stems

Michael Clay Thompson

If children are to prosper in the advanced academic work that their future potentially holds, they must have a grounding in the academic vocabulary that is so absent in the regular world and so dominant in the academic world. This means, especially, that gifted children must know the Latin and Greek prefixes and roots that form the foundation of the English language. This session will present a vocabulary instruction program with strategies recommended with gifted students in mind.


TERRACE 2

Lift Off!

Denise Ann ZiglerMetropolitan Nashville Public Schools

This session seeks for participants to use the materials/ideas provided in the session to differentiate and use with gifted students. Teachers will exam NASA websites to use in their classroom. Participants will investigate Newton’s first, second and third laws of motion through a hands-on lesson for teacher involvement-Antacid Powered Rocket, which teachers can incorporate into their curriculum and use with diverse learners. The content in this session consists of teacher participation in hands-on activities, visual demonstrations, and power-point demonstrations. Handouts will include Antacid Powered Rocket materials.


Danielle Sullivan, Union County



TERRACE 3

Developing Mathematical Thinkers

Kitty RutherfordNorth Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Come and join NCDPI’s Mathematics to learn about the actions required to ensure that all students, including AIG students, learn to become mathematical thinkers and are prepared for any academic career or professional path they choose. Principles to Actions, sets forth a set of strongly recommended, research-informed actions for all teachers, coaches, and AIG specialists in mathematics. Resources will be provided

Audience: Teachers K-12, AIG specialists and Math Coaches

WINSTON

Score a Touchdown with Fantasy Football Math!

Maggie Caldwell – Clemmons Elementary, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

Want your students engaged in math and begging to write formulas and perform calculations at home? Get at the Heart of your AIG learners with Fantasy Football Math! This session will show you how to implement a 12-week math experience for your AIG learners using the engaging topic of football!


Linda Robinson, Wake County



ARDMORE 1

Keeping the 21st century Gifted Student Engaged

Pamela Scott, Rosalie Mercader, Carol Swain, Jillian Robertson, Julia Lequin, Shaunda Vaughan, Maryet Owens, Bethany Riddick, Lisa Outlaw, Terri DeCresie, Crystal Burke, & Lyndsay Britt – Hertford County Public Schools

In this session, participants will learn how to use technology, hands on activities, and 21st century skills to keep the gifted students in their classrooms engaged about learning.

Audience: Teachers K-12

ARDMORE 2

If a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, a Simulation Is Worth a Million!

Thom O’Brien – ExploreLearning

Learn how online simulations help teachers take advantage of instructional strategies and help gifted and talented students develop conceptual understanding in math and science. Teachers can enhance instruction with powerful interactive visualizations of concepts. Students can manipulate key variables, generate and test hypotheses, and engage in extensive “what-if” experimentation.


ARDMORE 4

Biotechnology: Genetics & The Structure of DNA

Denise Andrews, Karen Causby, Becky Chappell, and Lisa SempleBurke County Public Schools

Designer “Genes”: Come extract DNA from fruit and investigate under a microscope. Learn genetic coding for your physical traits and how to build a candy DNA model. Spice Up Your Heredity/Genetics Unit with Hands On Collaborative Learning STEAM Activities.







AYERS

Differentiation: Effective Student Research in the Classroom

Stephanie Knox, Angela Woehl, Melinda Rogers, and Tamara Willsie – North Buncombe Elementary, Buncombe County Schools

What is at the “heart” of your classroom? Differentiation! During this session, audience members will explore PROBEs: Personal Research On Basically Everything. Presenters will provide opportunity for the audience to become students, researching a topic of their own choice and presenting the information in a PROBE format. Presenters include an AIG Specialist (Differentiation), Media Specialist (Research), and regular classroom teacher (Curriculum). If you would like to leave a session with something in your hands you can collaborate, share, and create as soon as you return to your school, come find out how PROBEs work to provide effective differentiation for your students.

Audience: Teachers 3-5, Other

HEARN A

Heart to Heart: Using Peer Coaching and Co-Teaching to Differentiate for AIG Students

Dr. Elizabeth Fogarty – East Carolina University

Co-teaching provides a powerful platform enabling regular education classroom teachers and AIG specialists to partner together to have heart to heart discussions about extending the services that can be provided to gifted learners through increasing the rigor of instruction. From pre-assessments and curriculum compacting to tiered lessons, this session will highlight ways co-teaching can facilitate differentiation and challenge for all learners.

Audience: Teachers K-12, Parents, Central Office/Administration, Counselors, Other

HEARN B

Questions That Ignite the Gifted Mind

Bob Iseminger – Pieces of Learning

Are we asking our gifted students the right questions? How can we challenge them with questions that move beyond recall and comprehension? What types of questions can encourage them to delve below the surface level of any text? This session will explore the answers to these questions and provide participants with a bank of higher level questions that address a range of concepts and topics that can be utilized immediately upon return to the classroom.

Audience: Teachers 3-8, Central Office/Administration, Other

HEARN C

Service Learning: A Powerful Method for Engaging Gifted Learners

Dr. Kristen Stephens and Alissa GriffithDuke University

Are you looking for a way to authentically engage your students in the curriculum? Consider service-learning! Service-learning pedagogy engages and challenges students and balances active learning with critical reflection. In addition, both the academic and affective needs of gifted learners can be addressed through well-designed service-learning experiences. Service-learning appeals to students’ sense of social justice and assists in helping them become engaged citizens. This session will provide an overview of service-learning pedagogy, offer practical tips for launching service-learning projects, and share examples of successful service learning experiences that have been implemented in classrooms.


Sadie Meredith-Andrews, Chapel Hill-Carrboro




HEARN D

The PBL Project — We’re not preparing students for Jeopardy anymore!

Ben Bache and Gayle Hinton – The PBL Project

Participants in this session will be introduced to Problem-Based Learning and the PBL Project website (www.pblproject.com). Problem-Based Learning promotes communication, collaboration, curiosity, organization, and problem solving . . . all major components of our changing standards. Attendees will leave knowing how to access Problem-Based scenarios, Critical Thinking Exercises, and Creativity Drills.


SALEM

I <3 Literature Circles!

Chelsea Coleman and Kelly CromartieHeide Trask High School, Pender County Schools

Literature circles are not only for novels! They can be utilized with any written work, such as, articles and children’s books. Through the use of different circle structures they can be tiered for AIG learners to meet the needs of these students, while integrating imaginative and critical thinking skills.


TERRACE 1

Flipping Instruction

Lisa Webster – Zeb Vance Elementary, Vance County Schools

Technology and differentiation are the “heart of the matter” for our gifted students. Come with me as I introduce how I started to differentiate using technology to flip my class. You will walk away with the basic knowledge of flipping and how to create very simple videos for your students.


TERRACE 2

We Co-teach, What’s Your Superpower? The Power of Collaborative Teaching for Differentiating Instruction and Interdisciplinary Learning

Clarissa Doughtie and Sally WebbIredell-Statesville Schools

Co-teaching is at the heart of differentiation and is the key to maximizing instructional time in order to meet the needs of all students. This session focuses on interdisciplinary teaching, differentiation, and engaging students in the reading and writing of complex text in all disciplines by utilizing a co-teaching model.


TERRACE 3

DOUBLE SESSION Part I: Causal Patterns in Science: Ecosystems

Donna Kenestrick and Ragan SpainNorth Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Research reveals that it is difficult for students to achieve deep understanding of science concepts. Students, even AIG learners, often structure their reasoning in circular or linear ways that distort the true meaning of science concepts. In this workshop, participants will examine Causal Patterns in Science with a focus on North Carolina’s Ecosystems strand. We will also explore ways that teachers can use Causal patterns to improve student learning for AIG students in the sciences and beyond. Note: This session continues during Concurrent Session 3

Audience: Teachers K-12, AIG specialists and STEM teachers

WINSTON

The Effects of Strategic Note-Taking on Academic Performance

Matt HowingtonPublic Schools of Robeson County

Do you find that your students struggle with taking notes in class, which in turn causes them to score poorly on assessments? If so, this is the perfect session for you! In this interactive session you will see how strategic note-taking strategies can positively effect student achievement in ALL subjects!




ARDMORE 1

The Heart and Soul of Teaching Gifted: Enrich and Empower Students With Real-World, High-level, Interdisciplinary Independent Projects

Melanie Bondy – Mind Vine Press

Engage students with fun, choice-based, in-depth projects that differentiate and develop personal goals. Through real-world topics and inquiry-based problem solving, students integrate research, critical thinking, technology and creativity. An experienced teacher discusses creation, implementation and management. View student portfolios, be inspired, and receive information to use now.


ARDMORE 2

Bridging Academic Gaps Using Differentiated Menus

Laura Landis, Terry Zimmerman, Amy Tilley, and Carolyn JakobowskiSouthwest Elementary, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

“AIG at the Heart of North Carolina”...Getting to the heart of the matter by bridging the gaps in academics and creating AIG students that represent the heart of education in North Carolina.


ARDMORE 4

GRIT: Growing Resilience In Transition

Lynne Fender and Melissa Waycaster – Henderson County Public Schools

Grit cannot be built in a day. It must be built over time. Learn about building a growth mindset and supporting the growth of grit in your students while collaborating with local schools and community leaders. Educate the heart as well as the mind by Growing Resilience In Transition.

Audience: Teachers 3-8, Counselors



Scotlyn Wyatt, Gaston County



AYERS

And...scene! Theater and the Gifted Child

Christy L. Hinkelman – Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy

This presentation will discuss the research supporting arts education for gifted students. Addressing such things as social emotional needs of the gifted, abstract thinking, and risk taking, I shall use real life experiences to encourage the incorporation of theater arts. I will also discuss collaboration and the value of making the show a school wide effort.


HEARN A

Launching Talent: Using Technology to Fuel the Future

Dr. Angela Housand – University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli – University of Connecticut

Do we seek to develop fully functioning self-actualized individuals or merely academic achievers? This session takes you on a journey that starts with Renzulli’s Four Part Theory of Talent Development and leaves you in the classroom with Housand’s FutureCasting.


HEARN B

Practical Strategies to Jump-Start Creative Problem Solving in the Classroom

Dr. Cindy M. Gilson – University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Are you interested in cultivating your students’ individual interests, sense of curiosity, and desire for social justice? Participants attending this session will learn motivating strategies to inspire and empower students to actively seek out problems that can jump start the creative process and develop their 21st century problem solving skills.


HEARN C

Playground Proposal

Megan Lackey – Mulberry Elementary, Wilkes County

At the heart of North Carolina education is a child who is creative and eager to learn, but needs an opportunity to get excited about education. The session is designed to do just that! This collaborative project gets the creative juices flowing while incorporating rigorous real-world mathematics application.


HEARN D

Using Moot Court as an Instructional Method to Engage Gifted Learners

Raymond Beamon – Durham Public Schools

Laura McHenry – North Carolina Bar Association

This session is designed for educators who are interested in using moot court as an instructional tool to engage gifted learners. Presenters will provide an overview of the benefits of engaging students in the legal system and a primer on how to use moot court in your own classroom.





TERRACE 1

Math/Science Integration for Earth’s Sake

La Vonne Brown – University of North Carolina at Greensboro

In this hands-on workshop, participants will participate in innovative activities that illustrate the science and math behind real-world ecology concepts such as carrying capacity, natural resource use, and how humans are changing Earth’s landscape, habitats and biodiversity. Presented strategies include group problem-solving, graphing/analysis, and role-playing simulations. Free CD of lessons.


TERRACE 2

Enhancing Student Engagement using Web 2.0 Tools

Deb Ramey – Weaver Academy, Guilford County Schools; Governor’s Teacher Network

The digital generation has arrived. Get to the “heart of student engagement” and meet students where they are through the use of Web 2.0 tools for teaching, student projects, and presentations. Learn about and actively explore FREE web-based tools to implement in your classroom. Bring your laptop.


TERRACE 3

DOUBLE SESSION Part II: Causal Patterns in Science: Ecosystems

Donna Kenestrick and Ragan Spain – North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Note: This session is a continuation from Concurrent Session 2. Research reveals that it is difficult for students to achieve deep understanding of science concepts. Students, even AIG learners, often structure their reasoning in circular or linear ways that distort the true meaning of science concepts. In this workshop, participants will examine Causal Patterns in Science with a focus on North Carolina’s Ecosystems strand. We will also explore ways that teachers can use Causal patterns to improve student learning for AIG students in the sciences and beyond.

Audience: Teachers K-12, AIG specialists and STEM Teachers

WINSTON

Loving to Write and Loving to Read Begins with the Love to Discuss

Sara Elizabeth Newell – Kannapolis Middle School, Kannapolis City Schools

Do you want your students to read more? To write better? Start with a skill all children are good at; communication! Creating a Socratic classroom can show students their viewpoints matter, bring about meaningful discussion, encourage critical thinking, and reach students’ hearts to increase their academic potential.

Audience: Teachers 3-12, Parents, Central Office/Administration, Counselors

LUNCH ON YOUR OWNTHURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015

11:30 am – 1:00 pm

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THURSDAY – 1:00-1:50 pm

ARDMORE 1

Stay Calm & “Heart” Organized Chaos

Christie Jack – Johnston County Schools

Close your eyes and imagine a utopian classroom where all gifted learners could thrive and expand their mind through inquisitive research, differentiated lessons, and independent study on their own instead of being “tutors” for other classmates. Now open your eyes and travel to this session as you are introduced to a world of possibilities as we “Stay Calm” and embrace the “organized chaos” of a classroom where this “utopian” classroom exists: integration rotations, technology and learning contracts.


ARDMORE 2

Math that Matters

Karma Maples and Deborah SoutherlandCodington Elementary School, New Hanover County Schools

This session will relate how classroom teachers can collaborate with gifted specialists to develop differentiated formative assessments for classroom math instruction. Participants will walk through the planning process and come away with resources to incorporate this process in their own classroom.


ARDMORE 4

Project Based Learning from the Heart (K-5)

Nancy Betler – Eastover Elementary School, Charlotte-Mecklenberg SchoolsMelissa Mooney – Elon Park Elementary School, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools

Effectively and efficiently differentiate instruction while using Project Based Learning (PBL). PBL is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to complex questions, problems, or challenges. This session will help you provide opportunities for creativity and in-depth inquiry for your students.



THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015 1:00–1:50 pm




AYERS

How to Bypass Traditional Education with Project-based Learning

Paige Hill Cochran – Beaufort County Schools and Governor’s Teacher Network 2014-2015, NCDPI

With 21st Century skills at its core, project-based learning offers an innovative way to challenge the minds of our gifted students. Come dissect PBL in this session! We will examine what it is, what it isn’t, the essential elements of it, and how to implement PBL into any classroom.


HEARN A

Coaching is the New Teaching: Supporting Effective PBL Instruction

Dr. Shelagh Gallagher – Engaged Education

The Metacognitive Coaching Checklist was designed to guide teachers to best practice in PBL-also best practice in inquiry. In this session we will review the tool, along with its evidence base, use the tool with a video sample, and discuss its use for either evaluation or peer coaching.

Audience: Teachers K-12, Coordinators

HEARN B

Four-Level Analysis for Success in Grammar


This session will present Michael Thompson’s four-level analysis grammar method, an exciting and positive way of compacting and front-loading comprehensive grammar content early in the year for intense application the remainder of the year. Four-level analysis is a method that is method-free; unlike diagramming, where you also have to learn diagramming details, four-level analysis is simply the grammar itself, with every element in full context. In this method we see the definitions, made visible. Students who use four-level analysis soon reach the level of comprehension that allows them to apply grammar to the otherwise difficult problems of writing.


HEARN C

21st Century Skills: ePortfolios for Elementary Students

Cathy E. Ballard – Lincoln County Schools

21st Century Skills are at the heart of North Carolina’s gifted education programs. This session will provide a demonstration of the step-by-step process of guiding elementary age students to create and maintain their own ePortfolios for the hosting of a dynamic, engaged Student Conferencing night.


HEARN D

CONCEPTS, ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS AND INQUIRY: WHAT WOULD SOCRATES DO?

Dr. Richard CourtrightDuke University Talent Identification Program

This session will illustrate the way in which student learning can be driven to the highest levels of cognition through the process of developing and asking questions. Concepts are at the heart of quality curriculum that provides rigor, depth and complexity. Engaging learners in the examination of various concepts is best accomplished through questioning that takes them to the highest levels of cognition. This session will present how to use essential questions and Socratic inquiry to go beyond the facts and knowledge, through process skills that are the focus of the standards, to synthesis and truly understand the concepts at the heart of the discipline.

Audience: K-12 Teachers

Richard Kozak, Durham County



SALEM

Perfectionism vs. the Pursuit of Excellence: What’s Bad About Being Too Good?

Dr. Miriam Renee AdderholdtIndependent Consultant

The session is a lecture and discussion with Miriam Renee Adderholdt, Ph.D. This program is first-aid for workaholics, procrastinators, overachievers, and caring adults. This encouraging session helps teens, teachers, and parents discover if they’re perfectionists, explore possible reasons why they are, and try useful strategies for learning how to get their perfectionism under control. It also gives adults valuable insights into how their behavior can contribute to perfectionism in teens and adults.


TERRACE 1

Check Your Pulse for Creativity

Betsy Furr – Stanly County Schools

Creative and critical thinking…generating ideas and focusing ideas is the heartbeat of creativity. Explore the pulse of the process as we humorously analyze our classroom and teaching strategies to encourage creative expression in teaching and in student work.


TERRACE 2

Practical Differentiation: Fostering DOK and HOTS

Crissy Brown and Michelle HimmelmanGrowing Gifted Learners Group and ERG

Get to the heart of the matter with practical differentiation strategies you can immediately take into the classroom. Attendees will leave with a working knowledge of implementing DOK and HOTS questioning strategies into their class/content area as a part of their differentiation practice tool box. Attendees will also walk away with at least three activities they can implement in their classrooms with ease.


TERRACE 3

NCAPP: Ensuring College and Career Success for North Carolina’s Students

Kathleen Koch and Jerry McMahonThe College Board

Join us to learn about the NC AP Partnership (NCAPP), a collaboration between the state of North Carolina and the College Board to broaden access and successful participation in advanced programming. This session will highlight the latest AP data news for the nation and North Carolina, and will explore best practices in growing your AP program to fulfill the promise of college and career readiness for your students.

Audience: Teachers 9-12, Counselors, Administrators, Parents

WINSTON

Performance-Based Teaching and Learning

Travis Crowder and Cristi JulsrudEast Alexander Middle School, Alexander County Schools

In a time when budget cuts have necessitated the removal of fine arts programs in schools, many creatively gifted learners have lost an outlet for their talents. Bringing performance into content areas can help restore the “heart” to humanities! Participants will walk away from our session with practical ideas for bringing performance techniques into the classroom for teaching and assessment.


Danielle Sullivan, Union County



ARDMORE 1

Cultivating Classroom Converstation: Building Dialogue and Discussion into Standards Based Lessons


Even gifted students are bringing gaps in oral language development to the school setting. Face-to-face communication is evidencing a decline in both the home and school environments as more interaction is directed to the digital world. This session will provide strategies and activities that infuse standards-based lessons with student-to-student dialogue and discussion of the content. These strategies are designed to address the 21st Century Skills of collaboration, communication and critical thinking and to develop empathy among classmates.

Audience: Teachers 3-8, Central Office/Administration, Other

ARDMORE 2

Three Tech Tools for Differentiation

Terri DeCresie and Bethany Riddick – Hertford County Public Schools

If technology, engaging learners, and differentiation are at the Heart of your teaching, then this session is for you. Learn how to use NewsELA, Ed Puzzle, and Actively Learn as tech tools to engage learners at all levels.


ARDMORE 4

Gifted- Beyond Reading and Math – The Heart of the Matter

Kris Harlan and Bernice Williams – Cabarrus County Schools

The heart of the matter is simple, our gifted learners will not be fine if we leave them alone. A nearly 20% dropout rate proves this. What can we do to help these individuals thrive and embrace all that they are? They are complex beings with multifaceted lives which deserve better understanding. Join us in an exploration of the pulse of what makes the gifted individual unique. Expand your mind in grasping what comprises the gifted learner. Leave us with tools to direct them in their own discovery of self.



THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015 2:05–2:55 pm




AYERS

Which side are you on? Cultivating Collaboration and Problem-Solving in the Secondary Social Studies and Science Classroom

Rebecca McKnight – Guilford County Schools

How can we teach our secondary students to see the heart of the issue and look for collaboratively created solutions? Practice, Practice, Practice! Come and learn about some instructional strategies that will cultivate collaboration and problem –solving in your AIG secondary classroom.

Audience: Teachers 6-12, Central Office/Administration

HEARN A

Meaningful Learning that Increases Student Motivation: Teachers Matter

Del Siegle – University of Connecticut

Gifted students achieve and underachieve for a variety of reasons. In this session, we will discuss factors that students themselves and research suggest influence gifted students’ achievement. We will share possible solutions for increasing student motivation and subsequent achievement.


HEARN B

Math: It’s Elementary!

Gail Fiddyment – Clarke County School System; Athens, GA

Many elementary teachers admit that they lack a deep understanding of math and are ill-equipped to teach Common Core standards. This presentation will familiarize teachers with some of the strategies and tools used in teaching math, and will give teachers suggestions for enriching and extending math for mathematically gifted students.


HEARN C

Using Google Earth to Get to the Heart of Literature

Dr. Melissa Beeson – Salem College

This session will examine Google Earth as a method of “getting to the heart” of young-adult and children’s literature. Participants will learn about Google Earth Lit Trips, how to access them, how to create their own, and how to teach students to create the trips. Handouts will be provided.


HEARN D

Bringing Nanotechnology into the Hearts of NC AIG Students

Jeffrey Holland – Wake County Schools

North Carolina is “at the heart” of research into nanotechnology therefore we need to expose our AIG students to this field of cutting-edge scientific research to whet gifted learners’ appetites for looking at this excellent career field of today and tomorrow. In this session, we will explore the field of nanotechnology, its application to healthcare and how it can be adapted to math and science lesson plans.

Audience: Teachers 9-12, Coordinators




SALEM

NASA Balloon Powered Car

Denise Zigler – MNPS Gifted and Talented

Join this session to increase your understanding of the nature of science and the scientific process through the context of a real-world scientific interactive, hands-on lesson. We will examine Newton’s 2nd and 3rd laws through the creation of NASA Balloon Powered Cars. We will examine NASA teacher websites, create a NASA Balloon Powered car, and receive handouts about Balloon Powered car materials.

Audience: Teachers 3-12; Coordinators

TERRACE 1

Collecting Stories: Oral Histories Create Engaging Project-Based Learning in the Classroom

Dr. Heather Stone – Duke University

Oral History can be used to supplement the gifted curriculum and create a richer understanding of North Carolina’s history. The method of collecting oral histories will enable students to use a combination of social studies and literacy skills in a meaningful way that connects schools with communities creating informed and engaged North Carolina citizens.


TERRACE 2

These are a Few of My Favorite Things!

Dr. Angela Kern – Pfeiffer University

Product boards, scavenger hunts, history alive projects, foldables, creative book reports....these are a few of my favorite things! Re-energize your social studies class and re-instill the love of learning about history! Use these activities as enrichment activities for your students and allow them to love the study of the past!


TERRACE 3

NC Accountability Data and AIG Students: What’s Available and What Does It Mean?

Curtis Sonneman and Sneha Shah-ColtraneNorth Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Join NCDPI Accountability Services and Advanced Programs to develop a clearer understanding of the state’s accountability data as it relates to AIG students. With AIG having become a subgroup in the state accountability reporting system recently, it is more important than ever to have a clear understanding of the data, both at the state and local levels. We will also look at thow the data may have program and classroom implications.

Audience: Teachers 9-12, Counselors, Administrators, Parents

WINSTON

Shakespeare: Bringing the Bard into the 21st Century

Travis Crowder and Cristi JulsrudEast Alexander Middle School, Alexander County Schools

Shakespeare: Bringing the Bard into the 21st Century will help you bring the Bard into 2015. Learn to integrate technology tools, drama, and traditional text study to infuse your students with the excitement of Shakespeare! Session will focus on Hamlet, but may be adapted to other works.


Kiki Kozak, Durham County


PLENARY SESSION

3:30 – 4:30 pm • Thursday, March 5, 2015Grand Pavilion, Lower Level, Embassy Suites Hotel

WELCOMESuzanne Dixon, NCAGT President

AWARD PRESENTATION2015 Distinguished Service AwardPresented by Dr. Wes Guthrie, NCAGT Executive Director

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER ON THE GIFTED AND TALENTED

Dr. Del Siegle

INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKERDr. Liz Fogarty

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Using Both Values in the Heart of Giftedness: Blending the Best of Acceleration and Enrichment to Promote Total Talent Development

Dr. Joe Renzulli

AWARD PRESENTATION2015 James J. Gallagher Advocacy Award Presented by Suzanne Dixon, NCAGT President

THURSDAY’S NCAGT PLENARY SESSION

BEVERAGE BREAK & EXHIBITS 3:00–3:30 pm

Gaines & Hearn Ballroom Foyers

All Conference Registrants WelcomeAIG: AT THE HEART OF NORTH CAROLINA

4:45 – 5:45 pm • Hors D’oeuvres /Cash Bar Hearn Ballroom, Marriott Hotel

SPECIAL EVENT: DOCUMENTARY FILM2E: Twice Exceptional Documentary Screening

with Director, Tom Ropelewski • 6:00–7:30 pm

ALL WELCOME

NCAGT RECEPTION

Amanda Dorsey, Stanly County


FRIDAY – 8:30-9:20 am

ARDMORE 1

Parenting Gifted Children: What Parents Need & Want to Know


This presentation addresses how parents, and community members can build effective communication and parenting skills that nurture gifted and talented children through successful advocacy and education.

Audience: Teachers 3-8, Parents, Central Office/Administration

ARDMORE 2

Camp Invention: An Enriching Summer STEM Experience

Kim Moore – National Inventors Hall of Fame; Camp Invention

When you were growing up, did you ever take a family appliance or toy apart with aspirations of putting it back together? Have you ever said “that was my idea” about a devise that you see advertised on TV or on a store shelf? Embrace your inner inventor and learn ways to share this passion with your students! In this hands-on session, we will explore activities that will inspire and motivate your students to explore, learn, and invent. Also, learn more about a camp for young inventors called Camp Invention! Learn more about our programs at www.youtube.com/campinvention and www.campinvention.org.

Audience: Teachers K-8, Parents, Central Office/Administration


GRAB-N-GO BREAKFASTFriday, March 6, 2015 • 7:30 – 8:30 am

GRAND PAVILION, LOWER LEVEL, EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL

EXHIBIT HALL OPENS8:00 am – 3:30 pm • IN GAINES BALLROOM

FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2015 8:30–9:20 am

PARENT/PAGE CHAPTER MEETING

Friday, 7:30 – 8:30 am GRAND PAVILION

All Interested Parents Welcome!



FRIDAY – 8:30-9:20 am

ARDMORE 4

Why is My Gifted Kid Failing Math?

Belinda Proctor – North Carolina Principal Fellow, North Carolina State University

Possible reasons for math underachievement will be adressed in this session. Parent/school partnerships will be explored as one method to meet the needs of underachieving Math students. Special emphasis will be placed on issues with appropriate math placement for middle school student. Each participant will learn How to get to the “Heart of the Matter” by collecting and analyzing data for diagonsis of possible issues as well as how and when to actively be involved in the decision making process regarding student acheivement and student placement.


AYERS

The International Baccalaureate and the Gifted Student

Rachael Moyer – Hickory High School

A growing program in NC, the IB Diploma Program, provides an ideal environment for gifted students. Participants will be introduced to the IB Program (mission statement, learner profile, and components) and will gain an understanding of how the IB meets the academic, social, and emotional needs of gifted students.


HEARN A

Administrator’s Panel

Dr. Linda Robinson – NC State University Dr. Kristen Stephens – Duke University

Are you a principal, a teacher, a parent, a program administrator? Come enjoy a panel discussion about the principal’s role in gifted programs. The panel will be led by the North Carolina Wells Fargo Principal of the year, Carrie Tulbert, one of gifted education’s own! The discussion will focus on issues at the “heart” of educators and administrators, including parent communication, classroom observations, and perceptions about differentiation.


HEARN B

Choose Your Own Adventure: Technology To Promote The 4 C’s

Dr. Brian Housand – East Carolina University

In this lively and interactive session, participants will CHOOSE which direction the session takes on a journey through a series of lesson ideas and technology tools designed to promote Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, and Coding!

Audience: Teachers K-12, Other

HEARN C

Giving Reading Workshop a Gifted Makeover

Lisa Pagano and Marie Deegan – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Let’s give Reading Workshop a gifted makeover and get to the heart of what our AIG readers need! Learn how to seamlessly infuse gifted strategies and resources into the Reading Workshop block to grow your most advanced readers. Lessons, strategies, and student work samples will be shared.


HEARN D

TIP-ical Kids: Social and Emotional Aspects of High Ability Children and Youth

Dr. Richard Courtright – Duke University Talent Identification Program

Thirty-five years of working with gifted students in Duke TIP summer programs has provided evidence of the nature of the characteristics of gifted/talented students. While individual differences (and exceptions to the rule) abound, there are strong tendencies among gifted kids regarding their social and emotional development that can inform parents and teachers, helping them to understand the response they receive from their children and students. Awareness of these characteristics can turn the “rough seas” of interactions in school and in the home into “smooth sailing” for everyone involved.

Audience: Teachers K-12, Parents, Counselors


FRIDAY – 8:30-9:20 am

SALEM

Voices of Children on Creativity

Sharon Dole, Lisa Bloom, and Kristy Kowalske – Western Carolina University

The perspectives of children ages 6-14 will be shared with regard to what fosters creative thinking through excerpts from interviews, videos, and a photo journal of the creative process during the course of Rocket to Creativity, the field experience for teachers in the AIG licensure program at Western Carolina University.

Audience: Teachers K-8, Parents

TERRACE 1

What is it REALLY like being a Gifted Kid?

Janet Hambrick and Dawn McDaniel – Hickory Public Schools

What is it REALLY like to be a Gifted Kid? How can we make gifted students aware of their unique abilities? This session will provide elementary and middle school teachers with activities which enable AIG students to become comfortable with what it is like to be a gifted student. In this session we will provide strategies to use with students to help them become familiar with their own uniqueness. Through differentiated samples of student products, teachers will see firsthand ways that students can explore and understand their strengths and weaknesses that giftedness brings.


TERRACE 2

Four-Level Literature for Gifted Children: A Differentiated Strategy


A strong literature program not only exposes students to literature, it also reinforces vocabulary, grammar, and writing instruction. Literature curricula for gifted children often fall short, because the texts are of insufficient quality and quantity. This presentation will provide a strategy for cumulative literature, with a wide range of high-level evaluation. Participants will receive a differentiated strategy for presenting literature to gifted students. They will learn methods of teaching cumulatively and for emphasizing exciting Socratic essay questions that identify common themes and similar characters, taking literature to a higher order of thinking than simple novels in isolation can do.


TERRACE 3

School Principals and AIG: A Partnership for Progress

Tony Worley – Director of Secondary Instruction, Lincoln County Schools

Sneha Shah-Coltrane – Director of Gifted Education and Advanced Programs, NCDPI

Come and join NCDPI and District Staff to look at how school-based leadership can make a positive difference in the growth of AIG students. We will look at the most critical aspects to support AIG students at the school and classroom level, including student grouping, instructional practices and data. Principals and other administrators will leave the session with a better understanding of what they can do in their schools tomorrow, as well as long-term, to ensure the academic, cognitive, and social/emotional growth of their AIG students.

Audience: Administrators

WINSTON

Maximizing Parent Teacher Conferences

Danny Thomas – Educational Leadership for Success

Maximizing Parent Teacher Conferences: Learn how parents can facilitate effective communication with AIG teachers, identifying teacher behaviors that get to the heart of engaging and challenging higher order thinking skills appropriate for AIG students.




FRIDAY – 9:35-10:25 am

ARDMORE 1

Real-Life Math Investigations That Require Insight, Collaboration and Creative Thinking

Ed Zaccaro – Dubuque Schools

Nurture your students’ curiosity and creativity as you present them with real world situations/dilemmas that require insight, intuition, creative problem solving and collaboration in order to reach effective and accurate solutions. These investigations will allow students to (1) Simulate an engineering team as it searches for solutions (2) Take on the role of lawyers who are analyzing how statistics have been manipulated (3) Become a team of journalists trying to determine why the math in several news articles is incorrect and what the consequences could be. Show students that math is much more than rote learning and formulas.


ARDMORE 2

Reciprocal Teaching in K-5

Rebekah Pace – Hillandale Elementary, Henderson Co. Public Schools and Governor’s Teacher Network 2014-2015/NCDPI

This session will explore the use of the Reciprocal Teaching strategy with AIG learners to challenge and promote higher order thinking skills while deepening reading comprehension. This session will get into the heart of the matter of engaging our gifted learners in a regular setting literacy block.



FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2015 9:35–10:25 am



FRIDAY – 9:35-10:25 am

ARDMORE 4

Introducing the Teaching Tolerance Anti-Bias Framework

Evette Rawls – Southern Middle School, Moore County Schools

Introducing the Teaching Tolerance Anti- bias Framework (ABF) -a road map for anti-bias education at every grade level. The ABF is leveled for every stage of K-12 education and includes school based scenarios to show what anti-bias attitudes and behavior may look like in the classroom. The ABF recognizes that, in today’s diverse classrooms, students need knowledge and skills related to both prejudice reduction and collective action.

Audience: TeachersK-12, Parents, Central Office/Administration, Counselors, Other

AYERS

Visual Arts for Academically Gifted Students

Suzanne Tans – Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy

The focus of this session is an in depth look into the art studio at a visual art curriculum designed for academically gifted elementary and middle school learners. We will delve into the nuts and bolts of this approach through discussion of classroom method and lesson descriptions and examples. Utilizing the student’s (inner) imagination and unconscious and (outer) experience and observation as rich sources for artistic inspiration will be explored.


HEARN A

The World is Waiting! Millennials, Social Capital, and a New Era of Responsibility

Dr. Angela Housand – University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Gifted students today are the Millennial generation who, as a group, are more confident, socially-minded, and connected than any generation before. Yet without the requisite skills to apply these attributes for positive change, they may lack the ability to leverage opportunities afforded them by access to a global society.

Audience: Teachers 3-12, Parents, Counselors

HEARN B

Teaching the Gifted Child: James Gallagher’s Contributions to Curriculum and Instruction

Dr. Shelagh A. Gallagher, Dr. Richard C. Courtright, Dr. Linda P. Robinson, and Sneha Shah-Coltrane

Best known for his work in policy, James Gallagher never lost his love for curriculum and instruction that started his career. This panel provides an overview of Gallagher’s work in curriculum and instruction. Extending from research on questioning to Article 9B, this is also a history of major transitions in the field of gifted education, benchmarked by the four editions of Teaching the Gifted Child.

Audience: Teachers K-12, Coordinators, and Administrators

HEARN C

Teaching your Heart Out with Project and Problem Based Unit Planning

Meghan Harter and Nitasha M Clark – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The session will highlight the literature on gifted students and the use of PBL2 to meet the unique educational needs of gifted learners. The presentation will include experiences of local teachers. Based on the literature review, participants will be provided suggestions for planning and engaging in locally relevant units.

Audience: TeachersK-12, Central Office/Administration, Other



FRIDAY – 9:35-10:25 am

HEARN D

Choice and Challenge — Engaging Gifted Students Through Effective Anchor Activities and Independent Studies


This session will provide participants with a variety of new projects and assignments that will engage gifted students in challenging work beyond the general Common Core classroom. The assignments address integration of the four core subject areas and also incorporate student choice in completing the final products. Management tools will also be addressed to assist with the smooth implementation of differentiated instruction in a heterogeneous classroom or in a homogenous group of gifted learners.


SALEM

Step Up Learning with S.T.E.P.S.

Brian Gordon, Noreen Cortez, and Dr. Paula Wilkins – Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

Have you thought about offering a summer institute for gifted learners in your school district? In this session, you will learn organization, challenges, successes, and pitfalls of creating such a week-long summer program for gifted learners in your district. As we begin planning for our third summer enrichment camp, we will share with you the “STEPS” needed to implement this model for summer enrichment.


TERRACE 1

Am I really smart? — The impact of the gifted label on minority students

Thomas Ender Jr. and Emily Freeman – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

What are the experiences of gifted, minority students? How does the gifted label directly influence those experiences? This session focuses on the research of gifted minority students and provides educators and policy makers with strategies for addressing the underrepresentation of students of color in gifted education.


TERRACE 2

2E=<3: A Heart for the Twice Exceptional

Ashley White – Apex High School, Wake County Public School System

Having more than thirty years’ experience with the dual labels of academically gifted and severely learning disabled, a current secondary teacher offers suggestions for assisting 2E students with academic and social strategies. With insight into the challenges and the successes, twice-exceptional students can feel understood and achieve success.


TERRACE 3

Developing Academic Language within the Framework of Close Reading

Lisa Llewellyn McIntosh and Angie Stephenson – North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Join NCDPI consultants in a K-12 session that will guide participants through the three dimensions of academic language. Academic language is more important than ever with our NC Standard Course of Study. This is a must for our AIG students! Instructional activities for gifted learners will be provided.


WINSTON

Growing Great Minds and Changing Hearts One Problem at a Time

Alexandra Shadroui – Rowan Salisbury School System

What happens when you cross Problem Based learning and Service Learning? You grow Great Thinkers with BIG Hearts! Join the session to learn how to use an integrated approach that will increase critical problem solving, while encouraging tomorrow’s leaders to serve. Participants leave with real examples, student testimony, and a practical guide for implementation in your classroom.



FRIDAY – 10:40-11:30 am

ARDMORE 1

How Can I Help My Child with Math When I Don’t Understand How It Is Being Taught?

Gail Fiddyment – Clarke County School System; Athens, GA

While parents want to help their child succeed at school, many are confounded by the “deeper conceptual understanding to math” promoted in the Common Core standards. This presentation will emphasize hands-on activities to introduce parents to math concepts and ways teachers can communicate with parents to promote support for math.


ARDMORE 2

DOUBLE SESSION Part I: Head AND Heart: Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Gifted Learners

Katie Anderson – Wake County SchoolsKama Cannon – New Hanover County Schools

When working with gifted students, it’s easy to focus on providing solely for their academic needs. However, these exceptional children also need instructors who support the heart. In this session, learn how gifted students see and experience the world differently and to support their sometimes asynchronous social skills and emotional sensitivities. Note: This session continues during Concurrent Session 9.



FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2015 10:40–11:30 am

Noah Andrews, Gaston County


FRIDAY – 10:40-11:30 am

ARDMORE 4

DOUBLE SESSION Part I: Getting to the Heart of Learning: Standards-Based Grading & Project-Based Assessment


Have you ever felt like you can’t quite get to the heart of student learning? Standards-based grading and project-based assessment might be just what you need! These two current research concepts can bring meaning to learning, adjust curriculum to meet specific student needs and authentically reach your students’ learning heart. Note: This session continues during Concurrent Session 9.

Audience: Teachers, Parents, Central Office/Administration

AYERS

DOUBLE SESSION Part I: Literacy Strategies for AIG Readers

Dana Gillis – Mount Mourne IB School, Iredell-Statesville Schools

Tired of your AIG students showing little to no growth on the EOGs? Want to know what strategies work? Come learn how to effectively reach our highest students. This session will get at the heart of strategies that improve the comprehension skills of our highest readers. Note: This session continues during Concurrent Session 9.


HEARN A

The Importance of Reading Non-Fiction: K-3 Science

Dr. Mary Ruth Coleman – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The vast majority of reading instruction for K-3 students focuses on fiction and literature but in today’s world reading nonfiction is becoming more essential. Participants will review the differences between strategies for reading fiction and nonfiction; discuss the benefits of nonfiction for young children; and explore new U-STARS~PLUS lessons for science nonfiction reading. Sample lessons will be given as part of the handouts.


HEARN B

Being Inclusive: Identifying & Retaining Diverse Students in Gifted Programming


Dr. Michael S. Matthews – University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Come and dialogue about the needs, desires, and challenges facing LEAs regarding identification and retention of students from traditionally underrepresented populations.

Audience: Teachers 3-8, Parents, Central Office/Administration, Other

HEARN C

DOUBLE SESSION Part I: The Statistics of Science


Modern scientists study complex issues, and at the heart of their work are often mathematical models and statistical analyses. This session will give an overview of a multidisciplinary curriculum unit that blends climate science and statistics, and empowers students to navigate the research process from the perspective of a scientist. Note: This session continues during Concurrent Session 9.




FRIDAY – 10:40-11:30 am

HEARN D

For the Love of Literacy

Dr. Tisha Duncan – Meredith College

Reading is a way to make connections, become involved with the story line, and visit a place filled with imagination. Fostering opportunities for critical thinking and creativity is important for those with above average abilities and/or skill. Come learn how to enrich and extend literacy experiences for your gifted learners!

Audience: Teachers K-2, Teachers 3-5, Parents

SALEM

DOUBLE SESSION PART I: Simulation Laboratory: Tools, Text, and Technique

Eric Oakley, UNC-Greensboro

Participants will collaborate with a veteran designer to build a “simulation”—an immersive learning environment that models the problems and complexity of the real world. Simulations enable students to investigate “big ideas” with a level of detail that scales to your learning objectives. Most importantly, simulations allow students to build critical skills in an interactive, dynamic manner. Beginning with a simple text and rules set, we will construct a series of model nations that trade and interact with one another at an increasing level of complexity. This 2-part “laboratory” session demonstrates inexpensive tools, incorporates “text” from across the curriculum, and models simulation techniques. Note: This session continues during Concurrent Session 9.

TERRACE 1

Having a Heart for the Gifted Plus: Strategies for Teaching on the Autism Spectrum

Dr. Linda Robinson – North Carolina State UniversityJoycesonia Robinson – Wake County Public Schools

Gifted children on the Asperger’s/Autism spectrum deal with multiple complexities that often puzzle and frustrate teachers, parents and peers. This session will address those issues through real-life experiences, and provide practical management and instructional strategies to help teachers and parents stay focused on developing each child’s innate abilities.

Audience: Teachers K-12, Parents, Counselors

TERRACE 2

Differentiation is the Heart of AIG: Using Google Classroom for Personalized Instruction

Krista Purves and Caroline Godwin – Craven County Schools

Personalize the learning experience for your students using Google Classroom. Participants will learn how to create a Google Classroom as well as how to use strategies and tools to enhance and differentiate the learning experience for optimal student engagement.


TERRACE 3

North Carolina DOES Have Virtual Learning Options-NCVPS

Michelle Lourcey – NC Virtual Public Schools

Personalized learning for every student can happen! And this is critical for AIG students. By leveraging the options provided by North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS), schools can provide advanced middle and high school students with scheduling options to meet the needs of both the student and the school. This session will provide examples of how this leveraging can happen effectively.

Audience: Teachers 6-12, Administrators

WINSTON

DOUBLE SESSION Part I: Beyond the Digital Worksheet: Differentiation Through Gamification

Debra Rook – Chowan Middle School, Edenton-Chowan School District

With blended learning, teachers often require parallel digital activities rather than transformative instruction. Like worksheets, digital “read-and-click” activities are not automatically engaging or differentiated. However, incorporating principles of gamification allows for differentiation, improves higher order thinking and promotes collaborative learning. Learn to reach the heart of AIG students through play! Note: This session continues during Concurrent Session 9.



FRIDAY – 11:45-1:30 pm

ANNUAL MEETINGSuzanne Dixon, NCAGT President

AWARD PRESENTATION2015 Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award – Paxton Elizabeth ReecePresented by Stephanie Cyrus, NCAGT Board Member

2015 Susan Keel Lamar Creativity Scholarship – Stephanie WoodPresented by Laura Parrott, NCAGT Treasurer

2015 PAGE Chapter Award – Guilford County PAGE Presented by Caroline Doherty, PAGE Coordinator

2015 Teacher of the Year Award Presented by Lena Deskins, NCAGT Board Member

2015 Administrator of the Year Award Presented by Dr. Kristen Stephens, NCAGT Past President

NCAGT Business Award – Tri-City Automotive (Sam Coates) Presented by Suzanne Dixon, NCAGT President

INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKERDr. Linda Robinson, NCAGT Vice-President

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: JAMES FORD2014 North Carolina Teacher of the Year

STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESSSneha Shah-Coltrane, Director of Gifted Education & Advanced Programs, NCDPI

FRIDAY’S ANNUAL MEETING & AWARDS LUNCHEON

FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2015 11:45 am – 1:30 pm

Grand Pavilion, Lower Level, Embassy Suites Hotel



FRIDAY – 2:00-2:50 pm

ARDMORE 1

The Pigman Mock Trial

David Milligan – Piedmont IB Middle, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools

The Pigman Mock Trial is a novel exploration that gives students the opportunity to play the roles of lawyers, witnesses and reporters as they get to the heart of the matter to answer the question...Who is responsible for the death of The Pigman?


ARDMORE 2

DOUBLE SESSION Part II: Head AND Heart: Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Gifted Learners

Katie Anderson – Wake County Schools Kama Cannon – New Hanover County Schools

Note: This session is a continuation from Concurrent Session 8. When working with gifted students, it’s easy to focus on providing solely for their academic needs. However, these exceptional children also need instructors who support the heart. In this session, learn how gifted students see and experience the world differently and to support their sometimes asynchronous social skills and emotional sensitivities.


ARDMORE 4

DOUBLE SESSION Part II: Getting to the Heart of Learning: Standards-Based Grading & Project-Based Assessment


Note: This session is a continuation from Concurrent Session 8. Have you ever felt like you can’t quite get to the heart of student learning? Standards-based grading and project-based assessment might be just what you need! These two current research concepts can bring meaning to learning, adjust curriculum to meet specific student needs and authentically reach your students’ learning heart.



FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2015 2:00 –2:50 pm

Katie Fangman, Gaston County


FRIDAY – 2:00-2:50 pm

AYERS

DOUBLE SESSION Part II: Literacy Strategies for AIG Readers

Dana Gillis – Mount Mourne IB School, Iredell-Statesville Schools

Note: This session is a continuation from Concurrent Session 8. Tired of your AIG students showing little to no growth on the EOGs? Want to know what strategies work? Come learn how to effectively reach our highest students. This session will get at the heart of strategies that improve the comprehension skills of our highest readers.


HEARN A

Is Rigor the Heart of the Matter?

Betsy Furr – Stanly County Schools

Is Rigor the Heart of the Matter? We will explore Blackburn’s research to get to the heart of rigor for classroom application by examining heartfelt questioning techniques; have a heart-to-heart with the new Bloom’s and specifically look at how differentiated vocabulary instruction can pull on the heartstrings of understanding.


HEARN B

Using the MLA Method to Teach Academic Writing to Gifted Children


The research paper method developed by the Modern Language Association, MLA, is used by more middle schools, high schools, colleges, and universities than any other. This means, among other things, that the method itself is knowledge, used by scholars around the world. Teachers of mid-elementary through high school gifted children can employ the MLA method as a strategy for teaching advanced, interdisciplinary academic writing to their students. This session will review the MLA standards and the classroom strategies that make them effective for gifted students. It will also revisit the research paper method, updating traditional steps in light of computer technology.


HEARN C

DOUBLE SESSION Part II: The Statistics of Science


Note: This session is a continuation from Concurrent Session 8. Modern scientists study complex issues, and at the heart of their work are often mathematical models and statistical analyses. This session will give an overview of a multidisciplinary curriculum unit that blends climate science and statistics, and empowers students to navigate the research process from the perspective of a scientist.


HEARN D

Critique: A Habit of Mind

Leslie Paynter and Carly Morton – Voyager Academy

Teachers give critique to students throughout the school day. The strategies of critique, revision and the use of work models are deeply embedded in Project Based Learning and supports students to produce high quality work. Our goal is to make critique a habit of mind that infiltrates the classroom in all subject areas, Kindergarten - 12.


Kiki Kozak, Durham County


FRIDAY – 2:00-2:50 pm

SALEM

DOUBLE SESSION PART II: Simulation Laboratory: Tools, Text, and Technique

Eric Oakley, UNC-Greensboro

Note: This session is a continuation from Concurrent Session 8. Participants will collaborate with a veteran designer to build a “simulation”—an immersive learning environment that models the problems and complexity of the real world. Simulations enable students to investigate “big ideas” with a level of detail that scales to your learning objectives. Most importantly, simulations allow students to build critical skills in an interactive, dynamic manner. Beginning with a simple text and rules set, we will construct a series of model nations that trade and interact with one another at an increasing level of complexity. This 2-part “laboratory” session demonstrates inexpensive tools, incorporates “text” from across the curriculum, and models simulation techniques.

TERRACE 1

Motivation and Co-Constructed Learning

Sarah Hack – University of Connecticut

Most people have been members of peer groups. Often, the focus of peer group study is on peer pressure or socialization. What is less studied is the way peer groups influence intrinsic motivation, specifically.


TERRACE 2

Transforming Grading

Jessica Cuneo – Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy

Gifted children often have a fixed mindset about what they are good at versus what they are not good at. Many of these children believe that if it does not come easy or if they don’t understand it the first time; they are not good at it. The current grading system seen in schools today enhances this mindset. The learning outcome for this presentation is how to implement this grading system, developed from Robert Marzano and colleagues, into gifted classrooms on assignments, assessments, projects and ultimately report cards. They will also learn strategies to develop a classroom climate which enhances the growth mindset for gifted learners.


TERRACE 3

Conversations and Reflections Including... How you can get a “Booster Shot” on differentiation?

Sneha Shah-Coltrane – North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Come join NCDPI to discuss current issues and hot topics, as well as learn about the AIG Booster Shot professional development opportunities. The AIG Booster Shots are available for use by individuals or districts to reinforce best practices in differentiation. Participants’ questions will guide our discussion. NCDPI will also share updates regarding Credit by Demonstrated Mastery, Analysis of Student Work, AP/IB and anything else on your mind! Please join us as we reflect on your needs and also look towards the future for gifted programming.

Audience: Teachers K-12, Administrators

WINSTON

DOUBLE SESSION Part II: Beyond the Digital Worksheet: Differentiation Through Gamification

Debra Rook – Chowan Middle School, Edenton-Chowan School District

This session is a continuation from Concurrent Session 8. With blended learning, teachers often require parallel digital activities rather than transformative instruction. Like worksheets, digital “read-and-click” activities are not automatically engaging or differentiated. However, incorporating principles of gamification allows for differentiation, improves higher order thinking and promotes collaborative learning. Learn to reach the heart of AIG students through play!




EXHIBITS CLOSE

IT’S A RAFFLE!

NCAGT and AIG regional leaders’ raffle to support NCAGT’s mission

Prizes include…

� One complimentary registration for the 2016 NCAGT conference

� One 2-night stay at the Marriott for the 2016 NCAGT conference

� One lifetime NCAGT membership

� A variety of themed baskets created and donated by AIG educators from each of North Carolina’s eight education regions.

Raffle tickets are available for purchase during meals in the grand pavilion and at the registration table. The drawing for winning tickets will be held during Friday’s luncheon. You must be present to win.

Help support NCAGT’s mission by purchasing tickets and “stuffing” the bags of the prizes you want most.

EXHIBITS CLOSE AT 3:00 PM

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PATRONAGE

42nd AnnuAl NCAGT ConferenCe March 3 – 4, 2016 • Winston-Salem Marriott and Embassy Suites

43rd AnnuAl NCAGT ConferenCe March 2 – 3, 2017 • Winston-Salem Marriott and Embassy Suites

nAtionAl AssoCiAtion for Gifted Children (NAGC) 64th AnnuAl Convention

November 9 – 12, 2017 • Charlotte Convention Center; Charlotte, NC

MARK YOUR

CALENDARS

Sara “Sadie” Meredith-Andrews, Orange County


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

An endeavor of this magnitude is accomplished only through the efforts of many. The NCAGT Conference Committee wishes to thank all who made the NCAGT 41st Annual Conference possible through their efforts, including:

� Our keynote speakers, Dr. Joe Renzulli and James Ford and all concurrent session presenters for their time, energy, and commitment to the success of this conference.

� Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) for their continued support and sponsorship of speakers.

� ALL of the members of the Board of Directors of NCAGT, each of whom contributed in a variety of ways to help with the planning of this conference. The overall success of the conference is only possible because of your commitment. Special gratitude is extended to Dr. Wesley Guthrie, Executive Director, and Suzanne Dixon, President, for their coordination and ongoing efforts in the planning of the conference.

� Sneha Shah-Coltrane, State Director of Gifted Education and Advanced Programs, for again bringing to our conference the expertise of specialists from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Together, their participation and contributions to the field of gifted education continue to move us forward in North Carolina.

� All vendors and exhibitors for providing participants with access to materials and resources.

� The staff and management of the Embassy Suites and Marriott Hotels for their efforts to ensure an enjoyable experience for participants’ conference and stay.

� Paula Wilkins and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County high school students for their assistance in preparing conference materials.

� Orchestra, band, and choral groups from Glenn Elementary, Old Town Elementary, and Hanes Middle School for providing entertainment for conference attendees.

� YOU, North Carolina’s top educators, who are truly dedicated to children and the commitment to providing high achieving students with a challenging and meaningful education!

2015 NCAGT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Alissa Griffith (co-chair)

Dave Mense (co-chair)

Linden Cummings

Suzanne Dixon

Dr. Liz Fogarty

Dr. Wes Guthrie

Laura Parrott

Dr. Kristen Stephens

Danielle Sullivan

Dr. Paula Wilkins



CONFERENCE EXHIBITORS

2015 Conference Exhibitors

Camp InventionKimberly V. Moore 3701 Highland Park, NW North Canton, OH 44720 [email protected]

Compass LearningRenzulli Learning Mandy Regan 203 Colorado Street Austin, TX 78701 [email protected]

Duke University Talent Identification ProgramDr. Rick Courtright & Judy Elsey 1121 W. Main St. Durham, NC 27701

ExploreLearningLaurie Merlo & Thom O’Brien 110 Avon Street, Suite 300 Charlottesville, VA 22902 [email protected]

Ferrum College Summer CampChip Phillips Ferrum College P. O. Box 1000 Ferrum, VA 24088 [email protected]

GT IGNITE Learn. Grow. Thrive!Tommy Tinajero and Kristi Provencio 2118 Grant Avenue El Paso, TX 79930 [email protected]

Hickory Grove PressEd Zaccaro 3151 Treeco Lane Bellevue, IA 52031 [email protected]

Homecourt Publishers, LLCBen Bache and Gayle Hinton 2435 East North Street, #245 Greenville, SC 29615 [email protected]

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt-RiversideSue Rawls and Clint Hubbard 3800 Golf Road, Suite 200 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 [email protected] and [email protected]

Mary Baldwin CollegeAmber Wilkins P. O. Box 1500 Staunton, VA 24402 [email protected]

Meredith CollegeVeronica Johnson3800 Hillsborough StreetRaleigh, NC [email protected]

Mind Vine PressMelanie Bondy6818 Calm Meadow DriveFrisco, TX [email protected]

Norma Jewelry and AccessoriesNorma Ramnath5016 Hutchins StreetWinston-Salem, NC [email protected]

NC Association for Scholastic ActivitiesLeon Pfeiffer1021 Lyndhurst Falls LaneKnightdale, NC [email protected]

Pieces of LearningMona Livermont 1990 Market Road Marion. IL 62959 www.piecesoflearning.com

The Professional Educators of North CarolinaBill Medlin P. O. Box 17129 Raleigh, NC 27619 [email protected]

Royal Fireworks PressDr. T. M. Kemnitz P. O. Box 399 Unionville, NY 10988 [email protected]

2015 CONFERENCE EXHIBITORS

Gaines Ballroom Exhibit Hall Hours:

Thursday, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm & Friday, 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

Aidan Cameron, Gaston County


SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE

SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015TIME LOCATION EVENT

12:30 – 5:00 pm Grand Pavilion AIG Coordinator’s Institute

4:00 – 9:00 pm Gaines Ballroom Exhibitor Hall Set-up

6:00 – 9:00 pm Gaines Foyer Registration

6:00 – 9:00 pm The Graze NCAGT Board Meeting

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 20157:30 am – 4:00 pm Gaines Foyer Registration

7:30 – 8:30 am Gaines Ballroom Exhibitor Hall Set-up

7:30 am – 8:30 am Grand Pavilion Grab ‘n Go Breakfast

8:30 – 9:20 am Session Rooms Concurrent Session 1



11:30 am – 1:00 pm Lunch on your own.

1:00 – 1:50 pm Session Rooms Concurrent Session 4

2:05 – 2:55 pm Session Rooms Concurrent Session 5

3:00 – 3:30 pm Gaines Foyer and Hearn Foyer Beverage Break

3:30 – 4:30 pm Grand Pavilion Plenary Session: Awards and Keynote: Dr. Joe Renzulli

4:45 – 5:45 pm Hearn Ballroom NCAGT Attendee Reception Hors d’oeuvres/Cash Bar

6:00 – 7:30 pm Grand Pavilion2e: Twice Exceptional Documentary ScreeningALL WELCOME

FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 20157:30 – 9:00 am Gaines Foyer Registration

7:30 – 8:30 am Grand Pavilion Grab ‘n Go Breakfast

8:00 am – 3:00 pm Gaines Ballroom Exhibits Open




11:45 am – 1:30 pm Grand PavilionAnnual Meeting/Awards Luncheon James Ford – 2014 NC Teacher of the Year Sneha Shah-Coltrane – “State of the State Address”

2:00 – 2:50 pm Session Rooms Concurrent Sessions 9

3:00 pm Exhibits Close


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