FEBRUARY 23 - 24, 2015

Lexington, Kentucky

Marriott Griffin Gate

Administrators InstituteCreativity Night

Parent NightExhibits

Concurrent SessionsNetworking Opportunities

Poster Session

Curriculum Differentiation

Social-Emotional Needs

of the Gifted

and more!

Developing Divergent &

Problem-Solving Abilities

Identification of Gifted

Service Options for Gifted

Acceleration

Strategies for Teaching

Gifted Students

Effective Instructional Leadership (EILA)

Credit Available

Thomas Hébert, Ph.D. Julia Link Roberts, Ed.D. Lynette Breedlove, Ph.D. Tracy Ford Inman, Ed.D.

Jan Weaver Lanham, Ph.D.

Linda J. Sheffield, Ph.D. Jana Kirchner, Ph.D.Andrew West, Ed.D.Leah EllisRobert Paugh

35

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promoting gifted education in Kentucky

Kentucky Association for Gifted Education

(KAGE) Annual Conference 2015

CULTIVATING EXCELLENCE: GIFTED EDUCATION

IN KENTUCKY

Common Core Academic Standards

and more

Annual Conference 2015 registration and information

available at kagegifted.org/conference2015

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TUESDAY • FEBRUARY 24 • WHAT’S HAPPENING

• REGISTRATION/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST• GENERAL SESSION v Keynote Address: Thomas Hébert, Ph.D., Lessons Learned from Compassionate Kids: Nurturing Empathy and Leadership in Talented Students v KAGE Service and Advocacy Awards Recognition• EXHIBITS• BREAKOUT SESSIONS (pages 3-4)• ADMINISTRATORS INSTITUTE (page 5)• CREATIVITY NIGHT (page 4)• AN EVENING FOR PARENTS (page 5) Thomas Hébert, Ph.D., Living with Intensity - Parents Guiding Their Talented Children to Self-Understand

• REGISTRATION/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST• KAGE BUSINESS MEETING• GENERAL SESSION v KAGE Distinguished Student Award Recognition v Keynote Address • EXHIBITS• CONCURRENT SESSIONS (page 6)• GRADUATE & UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT POSTER EXHIBIT & SESSION

MONDAY • FEBRUARY 23 • WHAT’S HAPPENING

Looking for a funding source to tap to attend the 35th Annual KAGE Conference?

Consider the following sources. Check the KAGE website, kagegifted.org, for more information about each one: Title 1, Part A---Improving Basic Programs Title II, Part A---Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund Title II, Part B---Mathematics and Science Partnerships Title II, Part D---Educational Technology Title V---Innovative Programs

EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP (EILA) CREDIT AVAILABLE.

Gifted students are a diverse group with varying needs. The strengths that make them gifted are also what define their needs. They require a school culture which cultivates growth and development by providing extra supports based on the students’ needs and which communicates its value of the achievement and the creative productivity of exceptional performers. The Kentucky Association for Gifted Education’s Annual Conference provides proven effective instructional strategies, best practices, and new information to increase an educator’s skill at meeting gifted students’ needs and at providing personally rigorous complex curriculum that affords continuous progress for students. Join us for two full days of sessions where you can enhance your professional expertise in order to better meet the unique learning needs of gifted children.

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35

years

of

promoting gifted education in Kentucky

Kentucky Association for Gifted Education

(KAGE) Annual Conference 2015

CULTIVATING EXCELLENCE: GIFTED EDUCATION

IN KENTUCKY

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DESIGNING INSTRUCTION THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF HIGH ABILITY STUDENTS—INTEGRATING HIGH-LEVEL QUESTIONING, ACCELERATION, AND STANDARDS-BASED INSTRUCTION EVERY DAYThe needs of high ability students and the implications of standards-based curricula extend throughout the school day, making it essential that educators’ implementation of differentiation strategies is on-going. Participants will practice and develop high-level questions, will build differentiated standards-based lessons, and will examine existing resources with an eye to simple changes that will make them appropriate to the standards. Bring topics/content to be taught and leave with differentiated resources.Jan Lanham, Ph.D., is Chair of the Kentucky Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented, and Past-President of KAGE. Dr. Lanham has a vast background in gifted education and does extensive professional development across the state.

HIGHLIGHTING BOOKS WITH GIFTED CHARACTERS IN YOUR CLASSROOM - A good book can transport you to a different world, make you laugh or cry, and teach you about yourself. We all benefit from reading books that feature characters like us or with similar struggles. While our society doesn’t always nurture and accept gifted people, there are many books, movies, and televisions shows that feature them. We’ll discuss specific titles that match the social emotional needs of gifted children, develop questions to prompt students’ thinking about books featuring gifted characters, and prepare you for integrating these books into your classroom. Lynette Breedlove, Ph.D., is Director of the Gatton Academy for Mathematics & Science in Kentucky. She is the Education Chair for the National Association for Gifted Children, Treasurer for CEC-TAG, and Past-President of the Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented.

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS - Access to the Library of Congress is at your fingertips! The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections. LOC’s website has primary and secondary resources and lesson plans for teachers to implement. Robert Paugh was a 2012 Library of Congress Fellow and spent two weeks exploring the gifts and artifacts that are stored in the LOC. Participants are encouraged to bring their personal devices and explore the wealth of knowledge to be shared at KAGE 2015! Hands-on activities will include sample lessons that can be used in your classroom. Robert Paugh is a Technology Integration Specialist with Bowling Green Independent Schools and has worked in education for over 20 years. He is a CIITS Certified Trainer and is a frequent presenter on integrating technology into the classroom.

MEETING THE NEEDS OF GIFTED CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE GRADES - Gifted and talented students in the middle grades have a unique set of needs and challenges. Many gifted students do well academically in elementary school, but during their middle school years, may experience underachievement, lack of motivation and development of their potential, boredom, peer pressures, and other pronounced challenges. Appropriate support and service options, differentiation strategies, and self-management & study skills are presented to assist in creating a positive, successful, and challenging experience for gifted students. Leah Ellis is a Gifted and Talented Teacher with Fayette County Schools and a KAGE Board member.

7:00 am, Registration Desk Opens7:00 am, Continental Breakfast8:00 - 9:15 am, General Session • KAGE Service and Advocacy Awards • Keynote: Thomas Hébert, Ph.D. - Lessons Learned from Compassionate Kids: Nurturing Empathy and Leadership in Talented Students8:00 am - 3:30 pm, Administrators Institute8:00 am - 4:00 pm, Visit the Exhibits9:30 am - 12:00 pm, Morning Breakout Sessions12:00 - 1:00 pm, Lunch1:00 - 3:30 pm, Afternoon Breakout Sessions6:30 - 8:00 pm, Creativity Night7:00 - 8:00 pm, An Evening for Parents

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 • CONCURRENT SESSIONS

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Monday morning sessions, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

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THOMAS HÉBERT, Ph.D., is a nationally recognized leader in gifted education. His research focuses on social and emotional development of gifted students, underachievement in high-ability students, culturally diverse gifted students, and problems faced by gifted young men. Dr. Hébert is a professor at the University of South Carolina,

teaching graduate courses in gifted and creative education, as well as qualitative research methods. His book, Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students won the Legacy Book Award from the Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented in 2011. Dr. Hébert has more than a decade of classroom experience working with K-12 gifted students and almost 20 years in higher education training graduate students and educators. He has served on the NAGC Board of Directors.

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EDUCATORS SUPPORTING THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF GIFTED STUDENTSAre you worried that young people in this wired world may be missing out on important psychosocial skills? This workshop is designed to support you as you search for ways to address the social and emotional development of your students. Following an overview of the social and emotional characteristics of gifted students, this interactive workshop presents a rich menu of curricular strategies that will assist you in creating classroom environments that are supportive of healthy psychosocial development. These strategies include non-threatening and enjoyable activities designed to create a climate of positive support, enhance self-awareness in your students, celebrate their creativity, and guide them in their search for identity as gifted and talented students. Thomas Hébert, Ph.D. (see page 3 for speaker bio)

PROJECT M3: MENTORING MATHEMATICAL MINDS: NEW CCSS-BASED CURRICULUM UNITS FOR TALENTED ELEMENTARY STUDENTS - Come explore two new field-tested curriculum units in the NAGC award-winning Mentoring Mathematical Minds series. These units increase the rigor and depth of the CCSS Number and Operations domain to meet the needs of our talented elementary students. How Big is Big? focuses on explorations with very large numbers including The Amazing Race to 100,000 Miles! In The Tenth Street Pet Sanctuary, students gain an in-depth understanding of decimal concepts and all four operations as they put them to use in running a pet shelter. Participants will take part in investigations that develop critical and creative thinkers. Student work will be shared. Linda Sheffield, Ph.D., is Regents Professor Emerita, Northern Kentucky University, Department of Mathematics. She has written numerous books and articles for both teachers and students and has conducted seminars for teachers across the U.S. and in other countries. Dr. Sheffield was chair of the Task Force on Promising Students for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).

“I WANT STUDENTS TO ‘DO INQUIRY, BUT I HAVE SO MUCH CONTENT TO TEACH.” IT’S POSSIBLE TO DO BOTH! - As teachers, our challenge is to develop students who can think critically, analyze evidence, solve problems collaboratively, and communicate findings or solutions. But how do we design lessons that imbed these skills with content that is required in state or national standards? In this session, participants will learn how to use the 5E and mystery/inquiry strategies that blend both content and skills. These strategies work well in differentiated classrooms, in pullout programs for gifted students, and in any grade level or content area. Session attendees will learn the phases of the two strategies, participate in sample science and social studies lessons to see the strategies in action, and create their own lessons to use with students. Jana Kirchner, Ph.D., and Andrew West, Ed.D., School of Teacher Education, Western Kentucky University

ASSESSMENT OF ADVANCED LEARNING - According to Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards Standard 2.4, students with gifts and talents demonstrate advanced and complex learning as a result of using multiple, appropriate, and ongoing assessments. Educators understand the critical role that assessment plays in providing appropriately challenging opportunities for continuous learning. What exactly does that mean for our advanced learners? From preassessment and formative assessment strategies to authentic product assessment, this session explores assessment from a practical viewpoint providing samples and student examples. Tracy Ford Inman, Ed.D., is Associate Director of The Center for Gifted Studies, WKU. She is co-editor of “Parenting Gifted Children,” co-author of “Assessing Differentiated Students Products” and “Strategies for Differentiating Instruction,” and is President of KAGE.

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MONDAY FEBRUARY 23 • AFTERNOON SESSIONS • PARENT NIGHT

Monday afternoon sessions, 1:00 - 3:30 pm

Parents discover early that gifted children often experience life with intensity. They find their sons and daughters more intense in their feelings, their curiosity, and their interaction with the world. By appreciating this intensity in their children, parents are able to enjoy the devel-opmental journey. In this session, the author of Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students provides an overview of the social and emotional characteristics evident in gifted children and how these qualities interact with their intensities and shape their life experiences. In addition, the session provides practical strategies for parents to nurture those qualities in their children, channel the intensities, and guide them to self-understanding.

Monday, February 23

7:00-8:00 pm EST

THERE IS NO CHARGE.

Bring a friend!

with Thomas Hébert, Ph.D.

A session designed to provide parents with information and ideas to use in parenting their gifted children.

An Evening for Parents

co-sponsored with LexKAGE

LIVING WITH INTENSITY Parents Guiding Their Talented

Children to Self-Understand

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MONDAY FEBRUARY 23 • ADMINISTRATORS INSTITUTE • CREATIVITY NIGHT

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KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION FOR GIFTED EDUCATION

ADMINISTRATORS INSTITUTE 2015

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015 Lexington, KY

Marriott Griffin Gate8:00 am - 3:30 pm

PURPOSE: If gifted students from all levels of society are to be nurtured to be college and career ready and to reach their full potential, then key decision-makers must make informed decisions rooted in research-based strategies and best practices in gifted education.

All children, including gifted children, need encouragement, and appropriate learning experiences from caring adults in order to make the most of who they are and will become.

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INTENDED FOR: Superintendents, Principals, Assistant Principals, and All Administrators Who are Key Decision-Makers in Schools, Districts, and Organizations

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KEYNOTE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM COMPASSIONATE KIDS: NURTURING EMPATHY AND LEADERSHIP IN TALENTED STUDENTS - Thomas Hébert, Ph.D. Gifted young people are often compassionate and highly empathic. These qualities evoke the altruistic motivation to improve the well being of others. This presentation highlights the experiences of several students who channeled their leadership talent, compassion, and empathy to improve the lives of others in their communities. From them we gain an understanding of the influential factors that shape these positive characteristics. We consider the implications of the lessons they have taught us and examine strategies designed to enhance compassion, empathy and leadership in the young people we teach.

ADDRESSING THE AFFECTIVE NEEDS OF GIFTED STUDENTS THROUGH CURRICULUM-Thomas Hébert, Ph.D. The field of gifted education recognizes the importance of addressing social and emotional development of gifted students. Is this challenge adequately addressed in Kentucky schools? The National Association for Gifted Children Program Standards state that “Gifted learners must be provided with affective curriculum in addition to differentiated guidance and counseling services.” This session will highlight the research on social and emotional development of gifted learners and present a variety of approaches educators may use to infuse affective instruction into the curriculum they are required to teach. Administrators leave this session well prepared to support their teachers in designing curriculum that enhances psychosocial development in gifted young people.

THE NITTY GRITTY OF ACCELERATING FOR GIFTED STUDENTS-Lynette Breedlove, Ph.D. Accelerating gifted students is a well researched, effective, relatively inexpensive way to meet gifted and talented students’ academic needs. We will discuss several acceleration options and processes to determine which students need them. Participants will have the opportunity to identify the array of acceleration options currently offered in their schools and explore the possibility of expanding the options.

PGES AND PPGES - IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGH ABILITY AND GIFTED/TALENTED STUDENTS-Jan Lanham, Ph.D. As teacher and administrator evaluation moves to growth-driven evaluation systems, it is vital that participants understand how domains and indicators should look if the needs of high ability/GT students are met within the instructional design and delivery. Participants will look closely at the language and exemplars with information about how instructional design and delivery MUST look in order to assure continuous progress for these students.

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Please join us Monday evening from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. for a fun evening where creativity rules! Highly creative Pendleton Creativity nightCounty G/T students under the direction of Michelle Lustenburg will present creative activities for your enjoyment and for you to take back to your classroom. The students have selected activities that they have experienced and especially enjoyed. Please come for a great evening, door prizes, and a chance to support young creative minds.

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• What Makes School a Good Place for Gifted Children? - Julia Link Roberts, Ed.D.• Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Students - Edward R. Amend, Psy.D.• Practical Ideas for Improving Writing and Critical Thinking - Nathan Levy• Early Graduation Policies - Implications for High Ability Students - Jan Lanham, Ph.D. • Google Among the KAGErs - Robert Paugh

• Service Options and Specialized Programs - Sara Coomer • Shared Inquiry: Meeting the Challenge of Enrichment for Gifted Students - Donald Whitfield & Thomas Kerschner • Differentiation of Learning Preferences: A Practical Approach - Richard Courtright, Ph.D. • Teaching Arts and Humanities through Scale Miniatures - Lesia Lennex • Empowering Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs and Innovators - Laurie Daugherty • Lift Off - Denise Zigler • Student Growth Goals for GT Teachers - Kathie Anderson & Karen West • Differentiating for Students in All Gifted Areas and Technology Go Hand in Hand - Connie Baynum,

Angie Barrandeguy, Ruth Kertis, & Penny Teague • Beyond Base Ten: A Sustainable Approach for Enhancing the Mathematical Development of Gifted/Talented

Elementary Students - Gina Poore • and more!

KDE Update with Kathie Anderson, KDE Consultant for Gifted and Talented Education This session will give an update on what is happening on news and events which pertain to gifted

education regarding monitoring, training, and End-of-Year Reporting.

CONCURRENT SESSION DESCRIPTIONS (ONE HOUR SESSIONS):Sessions on Curriculum Differentiation, Social-Emotional Needs of the Gifted, Creativity, & more!Please go to the KAGE webpage at kagegifted.org/conference2015 for more information about Tuesday’s concurrent sessions. More will be added as they become available.Session titles and presenters include:

The KAGE Conference Rate at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort is $109.00 (plus tax) for a single or a double. THE CUT-OFF DATE FOR THE CONFERENCE RATE IS FEBRUARY 8, 2015. MAKE THE CALL EARLY TO RESERVE YOUR ROOM!

Contact the hotel directly and be sure to let them know you are eligible for the Kentucky Association for Gifted Education conference rate. By booking within the KAGE block of rooms you are also helping to lower the costs of the banquet pricing and meeting rooms, making it possible for KAGE to present a better conference for everyone. Contact the KAGE office if you have difficulty booking a room.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24 • CONCURRENT SESSIONS • HOTEL INFORMATION

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7:00 am, Registration Desk Opens7:30 am, Continental Breakfast 7:30 am, KAGE Business Meeting 8:00 - 9:15 am, General Session • Presentation of the KAGE Distinguished Student Award • Keynote Address8:00 am - 2:00 pm, Visit the Exhibits 9:30 am - 2:10 pm, Graduate & Undergraduate Student Poster Sessions9:30 - 3:10 pm, Concurrent Sessions Lunch on your own

Phone: 877.901.6632 Marriott Griffin Gate1800 Newtown PikeLexington, KY 40511

Contact the Marriott Griffin Gate at:

https://resweb.passkey.com/go/kagekyasngiftededucation

HOTEL INFORMATION

35

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promoting gifted education in Kentucky

Kentucky Association for Gifted Education

(KAGE) Annual Conference 2015

CULTIVATING EXCELLENCE: GIFTED EDUCATION

IN KENTUCKY

1ST ANNUAL KAGE CONFERENCE GRADUATE & UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT POSTER SESSION

Graduate and undergraduate students in education-related degree programs will present posters with a gifted education focus describing instructional/curricular development projects, theoretical position papers, research proposals, or the results of empirical research. Come learn and support future G/T educators!

MONDAY SESSIONS Mark your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices for morning, AND 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices for afternoon. See pages 3 and 4 for session descriptions.

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KAGE 35th Annual Conference February 23 - 24, 2015 Lexington, Kentucky

• Please enclose a check or P.O. number for your TOTAL registration. • IF YOU ARE NOT SURE YOUR KAGE MEMBERSHIP IS CURRENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE KAGE OFFICE.• *Please contact the KAGE office if you have any special needs - dietary or otherwise.

NO REFUNDS - SUBSTITUTES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Confirmation letters are mailed to registrants. If you have not received a confirmation letter before you leave for conference, please contact the KAGE office! We regret there can be no refunds in the event of inclement weather. KAGE reserves the right to amend or cancel events on the published program. All events and speakers are correct at time of publication. The organizers will use reasonable efforts to ensure the program goes ahead as scheduled.

$___________ Paying with: P.O. #_______________ SCHL/DIST CK#_____________ PERSONAL CK#_________Please include payment or a purchase order number. If payment is for more than one person, each person should complete a separate registration form.

Send Application along with Payment/Purchase Order to:KAGE * P. O. Box 9610 * Bowling Green, KY * 42102-9610 * fax: 270.745.6279

Credit card payment is available if registering online at kagegifted.org/conference2015.

TOTAL Conference: (Monday and Tuesday) (includes continental breakfast both days and lunch Monday*) __ $235 current KAGE member __ $265 not a member (complimentary membership included or renewing now)

MONDAY ONLY (includes continental breakfast and lunch) __ $135 current KAGE member __ $165 not a member (complimentary membership included or renewing now) __ $85 ADMINISTRATORS DAY ONLY TUESDAY ONLY (includes continental breakfast*) __ $120 current KAGE member __ $150 not a member (complimentary membership included) or renewing now

PLEASE CONTACT KAGE AT 270.745.4301 OR KAGE@WKU.EDU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. Check our website at kagegifted.org/conference2015 for Conference 2015 updates!

ONLINE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE AT KAGEGIFTED.ORG - EASY AND FAST!

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PLEASE CHECK THE PRICE THAT CORRESPONDS TO YOUR REGISTRATION.

EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP (EILA) CREDIT AVAILABLE.

Half-Day Workshops - Morning __Session M1: Lanham, Designing Instruction That Meets... __Session M2: Breedlove, Highlighting Books with... __Session M3: Paugh, Library of Congress at Your... __Session M4: Ellis, Meeting the Needs of Gifted ...

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35

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promoting gifted education in Kentucky

Kentucky Association for Gifted Education

(KAGE) Annual Conference 2015

CULTIVATING EXCELLENCE: GIFTED EDUCATION

IN KENTUCKY