Thanks to Johns Hop kins Center for Talented Youth for sponsoring our Convention coffee!
Coffee in the Exhibit Hall | 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Exhibit Hall open | 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM | JW Grand Ballroom (Third Floor)
LOOK AT ME! CAN YOU SEE ME? THE COMPLEXITIES OF GIFTED BILINGUAL CHILDREN The U.S. Bureau of Census presented an increasingly obvious demographic reality: By the year 2050, nearly 50 percent of the U.S. population would be members of ethnic minorities. A group that is changing the intellectual complexion of America are advanced and bilingual children, who have historically been under-identified in the gifted education system. Esther Kogan, a long-time advocate for children, teachers and parents with a focus on early childhood, gifted education and bilingual education, discusses how the methods of identifying gifted bilingual children can vastly improve if they are developed in alignment with: 1. an understanding of what it means to be bilingual; 2. the impact of a second language in the intellectual, emotional and social needs of these children;
Esther Kogan Executive Dean of Faculty and Students, Speyer Legacy School, New York, NY 3. and, most importantly, the linguistic goal of the school (e.g. dual language or transitional program). 4. She believes that only when teachers and administrators “see” the full potential of gifted bilingual children in their classrooms that these children will have the equal opportunity to make a unique contribution to America’s intellectual future.
Friday Mini Keynotes
Wake up with C T Y
Indiana Convention Center Rooms 120-123 (Walkway to Convention Center is on the Second Floor of the JW Marriott, across from Starbucks)
ADVOCATING IN AN EVER-CHANGING EDUCATION CLIMATE: KEY FORCES AND TOOLS TO MAKE YOUR CASE The State of the States report provides a snapshot of how states regulate and support programs and services for gifted and talented learners. A panel of policy experts and pragmatists share the latest trends and tools to support advocacy efforts on behalf of gifted education. We will first ask the big-picture questions: what forces are shaping education? What are the game changers? The session will then take a practical turn, as our experts discuss new resources that inform our understanding of gifted education services in the U.S. and how well high-ability students are doing in schools today. Learn how to use the new State of the States report, “Excellence Gap” data, and survey data about how our schools are serving gifted students, to gain a fuller understanding of how gifted education is changing across the country, and how this research can best inform your advocacy strategy and better equip you with the necessary tools to advocate on behalf of gifted learners. JW Grand Ballroom 7/8/9
60th Annual Convention
Amber Northern, Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Washington, DC
Jonathan Plucker, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Tonya R. Moon University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Catherine Little, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
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