UCF ADAGE Conference: Saturday April 6, 2019 8.00a.m. to 4.00p.m. Morgridge International Reading Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando. Explore innovative research, perspectives, technology and best practices for teaching Advanced, High-Ability, Gifted and Talented learners in inclusive Schoolwide contexts UCF Faculty Advocates for Advanced and Gifted Education (ADAGE) in collaboration with Project ELEVATE Present Gifted Education Professional Development Sponsored by Project ELEVATE, a USDOE Jacob K. Javits Grant: UCF CCIE Gifted Education Program and Seminole County Public Schools.
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UCF ADAGE Conference: Saturday April 6, 2019 8.00a.m. to 4.00p.m.
Morgridge International Reading Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando.
Explore innovative research, perspectives, technology and best practices for teaching Advanced, High-Ability, Gifted and Talented learners in inclusive Schoolwide contexts
UCF Faculty Advocates for Advanced and Gifted Education (ADAGE) in collaboration with Project ELEVATE Present Gifted Education Professional Development
Sponsored by Project ELEVATE, a USDOE Jacob K. Javits Grant: UCF CCIE Gifted Education Program and Seminole County Public Schools.
8.00 a.m. Registration Opens 8.45 – 9.00a.m. Welcome and Introduction - Transforming Schools Through Gifted Education Conference Coordinator - Dr. Gillian Eriksson, Gifted Education Program Coordinator, Department of Learning Sciences and Educational Research, CCIE (ADAGE) https://ccie.ucf.edu/lser/gifted-education/ SCPS Project ELEVATE Director – Jeanette Lukens STRANDS: Presentations are clustered in themes located in the following spaces: GCM TA 130 MG1 MG2 MG3 MG4 Challenging programs
Workshops in Teaching Academy Adjacent to MIRC
STEM Affective and Counseling
Schoolwide Curriculum
Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
9.00-10.30. a.m. Global Communications Room: Keynote PRESENTER Tailoring Differentiated Curriculum as an Essential Intervention for Effective and Engaging Learning for Diverse Gifted Students
Dr. Kimberley Chandler *See biography below Senior Director of Learning and School Performance for Essex County Public Schools and an Instructor of Education at the University of Virginia, USA
10-30 – 10.45 a.m. Break (Refreshments courtesy of CCIE Dept. of Learning Sciences and Educational Research; UCF Business Services) 10.45 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 1 (45 minutes) Room TOPIC PRESENTER/S GCM CS1.GCM Leslie Mendez
Challenging Programs
Making Content Visual for High Ability English Language Learners
Project Manager for MELTS, SCPS.
MG1 STEM
CS1.MG1 The Design Process: Infusing Technology and Robotics in STEM Curriculum Content
Dr. Megan Nickels, STEM Educator, Assistant Professor, UCF School of Teacher Education, UCF PedsAcademy Director.
MG2 Affective
CS1.MG2 What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? Ways to Address Career and College Readiness with Gifted Learners
Dr. Stacy M Van Horn, UCF School Counseling Coordinator; Graduate Career Counseling Certificate Coordinator
MG3 Schoolwide Curriculum
CS1.MG3
The Educational Plan: Making Goals Matter
David Maddock, K-12 Gifted Resource Teacher, The School District of Osceola County, UCF doctoral student.
MG4 Creativity
CS1.MG4 Using Multiple Intelligences to Discover and Develop Extraordinary Talent and Ability
CS2.MG2 Student Perceptions of Gifted Underachievement
Allison Berner, UCF CCIE, Doctoral Student.
MG3 Schoolwide Curriculum
CS2.MG3 Tailoring Curriculum: Differentiating Content Standards for Gifted Learners in the General Education Classroom
Jeanette Lukens, Director Project ELEVATE, SCPS.
MG4 Creativity
CS2.MG4 What’s so Pun-ny? Bananas for creativity? Teachers’ hands are Chalk-full; we’re offering appealing strategies fusing creativity with language in meaningful ways. Attend so you can turn up the beet, provide opportunities to grow creativity, and experience activities first-hand that you will like berry much! Join us, its mint to be!
Patricia Barber, Gifted Compliance Educational Diagnostician, Pinellas County Schools
12.30 – 2.00 p.m. Lunch Break TA 130 Available for Networking. Bring your own lunch. 12.45 – 1.45 p.m. Lunchtime Special Event: (Bring your own lunch!) Take a trip around the world to see how teachers and schools challenge their advanced learners and interpret giftedness. Presenters who have worked in many countries share their knowledge of relevant international perspectives and topics such as immigrants, English Learners, At-Risk. Dr. Gillian Eriksson (UCF Gifted Education, UCF PI Project ELEVATE) Dr. Kimberley Chandler (Keynote); Dr. Carolyn Hopp, Dr. Alecia Blackwood (UCF): Dr. Karen Biraimah UCF) and Brianna Kurtz (SCPS); Dr. Anna Wolford (UCF). Marianne Solomon (Brevard Consultant) GCM Trekking with the Talented Around the World TP1 AFRICA
Challenging Perceptions of High Ability in Southern Africa - Changing how we view giftedness and a differentiated curriculum Dr. Gillian Eriksson, Coordinator of Institute for High Ability (UCF), Dr. Kimberley Chandler (UVA, Essex County PS, VA: Dr. Carolyn Hopp (UCF), Dr. Alecia Blackwood (Legends Academy).
TP2 ASIA Creativity, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving – Essential Skills Globally Marianne Solomon Consultant / Advisor – Creative Problem Solving & Creativity with Problem Solving Experience LLC
TP3 EUROPE
Gifted Education in Poland – Innovative Solutions Dr. Anna Wolford, UCF CCIE School of Teacher Education , Lecturer.
TP4 AMERICA
Successful Integration of Migrant Students within a Secondary Technology Magnet School in Florida Dr. Karen L. Biraimah, UCF CCIE, Coordinator Global and Comparative Education; Brianna Kurtz, SCPS Teacher, UCF doctoral student.
1.45 - 2.00p.m. Break 2.00 – 4.00p.m. TERRIFIC TALES FROM THE CLASSROOM! JOIN us for a series of discussions and sharing from Master Teachers on a range of topics presented in segments. Collect TIPS, TOOLS, TRICKS for teaching and tailoring talents TO transform the curriculum! 2.00-3.00p.m. Room TOPIC PRESENTER/S GCM
TT1.GCM Middle and Secondary Gifted Building a Gifted Elective Program (Panel and Discussions)
David Maddock, K-12 Gifted Resource Teacher, Panel of Teachers, The School District of Osceola County
TA130
TT2.130 Art Workshop Integrating Art & Design through Mathematics, Science, Language Arts and Social Studies for Gifted Students
Dr. Debra McGann, Lecturer and Art Education Program Coordinator, UCF CCIE.
MG1
TT3.MG1 EARLY CHILDHOOD Structures in the Early Childhood Classroom that Capture the Youngest HIgh-Potential Learners and Make Teaching the Exciting Profession it was Meant to be!
Alisha Kearns, Teacher, Galileo School for Gifted Learning.
3.00-4.00p.m. Room TOPIC PRESENTER/S GCM
TT5.GCM Elementary and Middle Gifted Jumping for Joy: ELEVATING Excellence through Project ELEVATE (Panel and discussions)
Gillian Eriksson, UCF PI Project ELEVATE Jeanette Lukens, Director Project ELEVATE, SCPS Jennifer Sanguiliano, UCF CCIE Graduate Research Assistant, doctoral student. Rebeca Grysko, Reading Education and Literacy,
TT2.130 Art Workshop (Continued) Integrating Art & Design through Mathematics, Science, Language Arts and Social Studies for Gifted Students
Dr. Debra McGann, Lecturer & Art Education Program Coordinator, UCF CCIE.
MG1
TT6.MG1 Elementary Developing a Program: Getting into GEARS – Gifted, Enrichment, & Academic Rigor
Suzanne Philpot, GEARS Teacher/ St. John Vianney Catholic School
Dr. Kimberley Chandler
Tailoring Differentiated Curriculum as an Essential Intervention for Effective and Engaging Learning for Diverse Gifted Students. Dr. Kimberley Chandler is the Senior Director of Learning and School Performance for Essex County Public Schools and an Instructor of Education at the University of Virginia, USA. Previously, she served as the Curriculum Director at the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, USA. She completed her master’s degree in gifted education and her Ph.D. in Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership, with an emphasis in gifted education administration, at the College of William and Mary. Dr. Chandler’s professional background includes teaching gifted
students in a variety of settings, serving as an administrator of a school district gifted program, and providing professional development training for teachers and administrators nationally and internationally. Her research interests include curriculum implementation and policy issues in gifted education and the design and evaluation of professional development programs for teachers of the gifted.
Dr. Chandler has served as the editor and contributing author of numerous curriculum materials. She co-authored (with Stambaugh) the book Effective Curriculum for Underserved Gifted Students and is the co-editor (with Adams) of the book Effective Program Models for Gifted Students From Underserved Populations. She served as the Network Representative to the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Board of Directors for six years and the editor of the CEC-TAG newsletter The Update for seven years. Her research interests include curriculum policy and implementation issues in
gifted programs, the design and evaluation of professional development programs for teachers and administrators, and the role of principals and superintendents in gifted education.
