WATG 2024 Annual Conference

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WATG 2024 Annual Conference

7:00am CDT

Registration Ballroom Hallway

8:15am CDT

Positioned for Success: Leadership for Linguistically Gifted Students Tundra EFAshley Painter • Terrie Schmoldt • Tina Springer Unlocking Algebraic Insight: The Cognitive Advantage of Mental Calculations in Mathematics Education--Exhibitor Tundra BErica Munson GT 101 for Preservice Teachers Part 1 of 2 Sandstone BallroomCathy Schmit How Much of the Teacher is in Teacher Rating Scales? Sandstone 3Scott Peters Seeking Equity in Gifted Identification: A New, Promising Approach--Exhibitor Tundra CDKim Lansdowne Inspiring Parents: Imagining and Innovating Together Tundra ADarby Puglielli • Jackie Drummer

9:25am CDT

Free, Online, Self-Paced Professional Learning on Best Practices in Gifted and Talented Student Identification Sandstone 3Scott Peters Imagine, Innovate & Inspire with Future Problem Solving--Exhibitor Tundra BMartha Barlow • Lynn Buckmaster Help! I'm a New Gifted Coordinator Part 1 of 2 Tundra CDJackie Drummer • Dr. Pamela Clinkenbeard Identifying and Nurturing the Twice Exceptional Child Tundra EFJanet Key Perfectionism is Not a Dirty Word Tundra AJenny Nilsen

10:35am CDT

The Performing Arts Perspective by Angie Mack Creative Tundra BAngie Mack Help! I'm a New Gifted Coordinator Part 2 of 2 Tundra CDJackie Drummer • Dr. Pamela Clinkenbeard Success in Cluster Grouping: How to Make it Work!--Exhibitor Sandstone 3Kim Lansdowne Imagining Empowering College Searches: Mindset and Strategies for Gifted Students Tundra EFJulie Murphy Let's Stop Pretending Giftedness Starts in Grade 3 Tundra ADr. Jenna Cramer • Mary Pape

11:35am CDT

Visit Exhibitors Sandstone Ballroom

12:00pm CDT

Lunch Sandstone Ballroom

12:30pm CDT

Keynote-Moving From Problem to Possibility: Advancing Strides in Gifted Education Sandstone BallroomApril Wells

2:00pm CDT

Expopalooza-Alverno College Sandstone 9Brad Tenin Expopalooza-Art of Problem Solving-Beast Academy Sandstone 3Grayson Maas, PhD Expopalooza-Badger Precollege Glacier CDLauren Oldenburg • Carrie Backman Expopalooza-Club SciKidz Greater Milwaukee Tundra CDTanzania Sewell Expopalooza-Destination Imagination Sandstone 8Jill North • Mary Bykowski • Anne Couling Expopalooza-International Academic Competitions Tundra BInternational Academic Competitions Expopalooza-Northwestern Center for Talent Development Tundra ATammie Stewart Expopalooza-University of Wisconsin Stevens Point School of Education Tundra EFKarla Landwer Expopalooza-WATG Grant Glacier AB GT 101 for Preservice Teachers Part 2 of 2 Sandstone BallroomCathy Schmit

3:00pm CDT

Break Ballroom Hallway

3:15pm CDT

Reducing Invisibility in Gifted Education to Foster Engagement Sandstone 3April Wells Building Communities of Practice Across Classrooms, Schools, and Even Countries Tundra ARebecca Vonesh Transformations in Creativity to (Re)Imagine, Innovate, and Inspire Tundra CDMark Schwingle Imagine, Innovate & Inspire with Dash the Robot Sandstone 9Dr. Leslie Anderson • Kelly Bluell No Limits: Inspiring GT Learners in the Virtual World--Exhibitor Tundra BJennifer Owen • Sarah Scovell Muraski Imagining a State that Champions Gifted and Talented Students Sandstone 8Dr. Pamela Clinkenbeard • Jennifer Neuman When School Isn't Enough- How To keep Kids Engaged After School, On Weekends & All Summer Long Tundra EFMary Pape • Dr. Jenna Cramer

4:15pm CDT

Cocktail Hour Sandstone Ballroom Visit Exhibitors Sandstone Ballroom

7:00am CDT

Registration Ballroom Hallway

7:45am CDT

Breakfast/Visit Exhibitors Sandstone Ballroom

8:30am CDT

Opening Remarks Sandstone Ballroom

8:45am CDT

Keynote-A Little Weird is Good Sandstone BallroomEmily Kircher Morris

10:00am CDT

Visit Exhibitors Sandstone Ballroom

10:15am CDT

Inspire Student Learning Through Strengths-Focused Grouping--Exhibitor Tundra EFKendall Forsberg Inspired by Challenges! Math Pathways Re-Imagined. Tundra CDDan Krill • Niki O'Connor Building from the Ground Up: Leveraging Community Partnerships to Grow Programming in the Five Areas of Gifted Identification Tundra BMichelle Burch • Nikki Radcliffe The Data! Identifying Exceptional Learners--Exhibitor Sandstone 9Michele Ruszkowski ¡Sí Se Puede! Understand, Recruit, and Retain Gifted Latino Students Tundra ADr. German Alonso Diaz Cardenas • Dr. Martha Aracely Lopez Navigating the High Cs of Giftedness: Cognition, Compassion, Confidence, Curiosity, and Creativity Sandstone 8Jackie Drummer Pobody's Nerfect Sandstone 3Emily Kircher Morris

11:15am CDT

Visit Exhibitors Sandstone Ballroom

11:30am CDT

Lunch/Business Meeting/Prize Drawings Sandstone Ballroom

1:00pm CDT

Active Followership: How to Lead By Following Tundra BLance Thompson Imagining Writing in the Age of AI Sandstone 3Sharon Daly Inquiry-based GT Activities for People and the Planet Tundra ASue Strutz Inspiring Mathematical Rigor in Innovative Settings Tundra EFLisa Hennessey Lost Einsteins: Unlocking Pathways to the Frontiers of STEM Sandstone 9Alexander Lochoff GT Professional Development Tools and Resources to Take Back to Your District Part 1 of 2 Tundra CDCathy Schmit Nurturing Your Child’s Passions and Lifting the Burden of Being Gifted Sandstone 8Dr. German Alonso Diaz Cardenas • Dr. Martha Aracely Lopez

2:00pm CDT

Break Ballroom Hallway

2:15pm CDT

Fostering Student Online Interactions--Exhibitor Sandstone 9Susan Freiss • Lydia Bertram • Mandi Buehl 2e Milwaukee Project Journey Sandstone 8Martha Silva-Krieger GT Professional Development Tools and Resources to Take Back to Your District Part 2 of 2 Tundra CDCathy Schmit Measuring Growth for Advanced Learners--Exhibitor Tundra EFMelissa Hinshaw Behind the Scenes: A Therapist's Insight into Practices that Work to Support the Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Students Sandstone 3Caitlyn Schmit