California Association for the Gifted 58th Annual Conference has ended

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California Association for the Gifted 58th Annual Conference

7:45am PST

Skills and Traits of Successful 2e Educators. ChinoChris Wiebe Good Ideas are a Dime a Dozen, BUT.... Strategies for Designing and Implementing a Gifted Program at your School Smoketree ESharon Duncan Meeting the Needs of Gifted Students Who Have Experienced Trauma Smoketree ABJaclyn Loncteaux Developing Student Ownership: Support Students to Move Beyond Doing and Understanding School to Owning Their Learning San JacintoJane Kennedy • Robert Crowe The Gratitude Project- An Innovative Approach to Student-Led Research and Exploration of Universal Concepts AndreasValerie Del Carlo Productively Struggling to Gain Conceptual Understanding in Math VenturaAndrea Mooney • Gloria Gutierrez Brave New Worlds: The Gifted, Gaming and Social Media CatalinaMorgan Appel When Lazy Doesn’t Make Sense: How Executive Functions Impact our Gifted Learners Mesquite FCynthia Z Hansen Developing Critical Thinking and Creativity as a "Maker" Smoketree CDr. Gary Saunders II

9:00am PST

Keynote: Gifted Education and Talent Development are Synonyms OasisSenator Connie Leyva • Dr. Frank Worrell

10:30am PST

Technology and Productivity: Supporting the 2e Learner Mesquite GHDr. Jann Leppien When the IEP is Not Enough: Strength-based, Talent-focused Planning for 2e Students CatalinaDr. Susan Baum An Observation Look-For Form for Gifted Classrooms Smoketree EGina Danley Cultivating Social Emotional Learning in Gifted Students through the Lens of Global Education Smoketree ABAileen Allison-Zarea • Dr. Emily Schell • Diane Crum Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning Cultivates a Culture of Critical Thinking PuebloKelly Emanuel Power Planning: Build Lessons that Support Student Ownership of Learning AndreasJane Kennedy • Robert Crowe Engage Students in 21st Century Learning with Renzulli Learning ChinoJeanne N. Pascon Differentiation for the Middle School Student can be Educational and Fun!!! Mesquite CJo Ann Gillespie Multiple Pathways to Equitable Gifted/Talented Identification SierraWynne Wong-Cheng • Erin Yoshida-Ehrmann Spiraling Through DOK With the Prompts of Depth/Complexity & Technology Smoketree CYvette Mezzanatto • Nyree Clark • Carrie Northcott

1:00pm PST

Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn: Strategies to Empower Students San JacintoDr. Jann Leppien Questioning In The Classroom To Support Interdisciplinary Instruction AndreasJuli Petrilli Identifying ALL Gifted Learners Through Inclusive Identification Practices. PuebloRobert Dyson • Ellen Murphy Using Video Production to Drive Differentiation in a GATE Cluster Classroom Smoketree CPaul Longshore

2:15pm PST

Leading Girls to Leadership Smoketree ABCathy Nichols-Washer Maslow 2.0: The Hierarchy of Needs, Redefined CatalinaDr. Scott Barry Kaufman Multiage Learning Environments: Supporting Social, Emotional, and Academic Needs Through Design Thinking Pedagogy. Mesquite CMichael Buist • Rebecca Coplan Identification of Giftedness: Opportunities for Equity Mesquite FKaren Anderson Supporting Diversity in Gifted Education Panel Smoketree DAlicia Weyeneth • Dr. Pamela Lovett • Dr. Frank Worrell • Martha Gomez Unlocking the "GATE" for Latino Students SierraCatherine Estrada

3:30pm PST

Inquiry/PBL and the Gifted Student AndreasVanessa Heller Muggle Studies San JacintoLenae Lazzelle Robotics, Electronics, & Engineering: Helping Gifted Learners Engage, Advance Academically and Be Future-Ready! PasadenaDonna L Knoell Multiple Pathways to Equitable Gifted/Talented Identification Smoketree EWynne Wong-Cheng • Erin Yoshida-Ehrmann Balancing Developmentally Appropriate Practice with the Needs of the Highly Gifted Child in an Early Childhood Setting Mesquite FHeather Brown

8:00am PST

Cultivating Social Emotional Learning in Gifted Students through the Lens of Global Education Smoketree DAileen Allison-Zarea • Dr. Emily Schell • Diane Crum Inquiry-Based Instruction Through Texts of High Complexity Ensures Academic Rigor and Critical Thinking PuebloKelly Emanuel Strategy Mash-Up for Greater Student Impact VenturaJessie Green Identifying ALL Gifted Learners Through Inclusive Identification Practices. ChinoRobert Dyson • Ellen Murphy Using AVID Strategies to Support & Accelerate Learning for Gifted Students SierraPaul LaPorte • Traci Grove

9:30am PST

Keynote: The Beautiful Risk of Supporting Creative Learners OasisDr. Ron Beghetto

11:00am PST

Just How Frustrated Are You With Your SBAC Scores? Smoketree EGary Soto PBL: Problem-, Project-, and Passion-Based Learning with Renzulli Learning ChinoJeanne N. Pascon Intersections: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Depth and Complexity San JacintoDr. Julia Nyberg Reframing Deficit Thinking to Surplus Thinking: Changing Perceptions of Underserved Gifted SierraDr. Richard Cash

12:00pm PST

Is It Time to Rethink What a Successful School Is? We Did Just That! Smoketree EGary Soto • Jennifer Morris Strategies to Support Gifted Children Struggling with Trauma PuebloAdam Laningham M.Ed. Introducing and Implementing the Prompts of Depth and Complexity and the Content Imperatives AndreasTeresa Koontz Getting Out of the Quagmire: A Roadmap for Redirecting Underachievers and Selective Producers CatalinaDr. Richard Cash Friendship & The Gifted Child Mesquite CKim Louie