Tag Archives: #NAGC25

#NAGC25: Session Reviews Wrap-Up

Wow! I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed going through all of my notes from the 2025 NAGC Annual Convention to create the 12 session reviews I’ve been posting for the past 2 weeks or so. Writing them brought everything I learned at the convention into clear focus, and this process helped me decideContinue reading “#NAGC25: Session Reviews Wrap-Up”

#NAGC25 Session Overview: Leveraging Talent Development to Identify Underrepresented Gifted Learners

This year at NAGC25, I had the privilege of presenting alongside Dr. Kimberly Beckerdite from Newport News Public Schools (VA) and Esther Gencheva from Baltimore City Public Schools (MD) on a topic that is both urgent and energizing: how intentional Talent Development practices can expand access to gifted services for students who are too oftenContinue reading “#NAGC25 Session Overview: Leveraging Talent Development to Identify Underrepresented Gifted Learners”

#NAGC25 Session Review: Excellence and Innovation in Secondary Gifted Education

Felicia Dixon, PhD (Ball State University) and Todd Kettler, PhD (Baylor University) started this session with a reminder: in our work with gifted adolescents, our role is not to teach students what to think, but how to think. To help achieve this goal, Dr. Kettler offered a bold redefinition of secondary gifted education due toContinue reading “#NAGC25 Session Review: Excellence and Innovation in Secondary Gifted Education”

#NAGC25 Session Review- Building Collaboration and Buy-In: Talent Development Services that Leverage MTSS

Presented by Susan Corwith, PhD and Eric Calvert, EdD, from the Northwestern University Center for Talent Development One of the biggest challenges in gifted education is not simply designing strong services- it’s building the shared understanding and buy-in needed to make those services work. This session offered a powerful, practical roadmap for aligning Talent DevelopmentContinue reading “#NAGC25 Session Review- Building Collaboration and Buy-In: Talent Development Services that Leverage MTSS”

NAGC25 Session Review- Thinking Outside the Bot: Leveraging AI to Develop Gifted Superpowers

This session was HANDS-DOWN one of my favorites that I attended! I learned so much (plus I’m a huge Emily Mofield fan), and I plan to take back everything all my new knowledge to my Gifted & Talent Development Resource Teachers team. At this year’s NAGC conference, Dr. Emily Mofield (Lipscomb University) and Dr. BrianContinue reading “NAGC25 Session Review- Thinking Outside the Bot: Leveraging AI to Develop Gifted Superpowers”

NAGC25 Session Review: Using Subject Acceleration to Support Talent Development

Reflections from a Session with Wendy Behrens, M.A.Ed. and Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik, Ph.D. At this year’s NAGC conference, I had the chance to attend an excellent session led by Wendy Behrens, M.A.Ed., Gifted Education Specialist for the Minnesota Department of Education, and Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik, Ph.D., Administrator of the Acceleration Institute and Research at the University ofContinue reading “NAGC25 Session Review: Using Subject Acceleration to Support Talent Development”

NAGC25 Session Review: Bite Size Arts Integration Strategies to Have Learners Wanting More

Presented by Amanda O’Neil and Bobbie Parmann, Las Vegas Charter School Gifted Educators At NAGC25, I had the chance to sit in on a session that reminded me why the arts should never sit on the sidelines of our instructional planning. Amanda O’Neil and Bobbie Parmann shared practical, bite size arts integration strategies they useContinue reading “NAGC25 Session Review: Bite Size Arts Integration Strategies to Have Learners Wanting More”

#NAGC25 Session Review: MTSS, IEPs, and AI: Oh My! Rethinking Support for Twice-Exceptional Learners

I was looking for a session to help me bring back fresh ideas about how we can better support twice-exceptional learners, and this one was a standout at #NAGC25! Dr. Claire Hughes (Cleveland State University) and Sheyanne Smith (Nebraska Department of Education) blended research, systems thinking, and real-world educator experience into a clear message: OurContinue reading “#NAGC25 Session Review: MTSS, IEPs, and AI: Oh My! Rethinking Support for Twice-Exceptional Learners”

Teacher Rating Scales: Promises and Pitfalls — A Review from #NAGC25

One of the most eye-opening sessions I attended at NAGC25 was Teacher Rating Scales: Promises and Pitfalls presented by Dr. D. Betsy McCoach (Fordham University) and Dr. Karen Rambo-Hernandez (Texas A&M University). Their research, funded through multiple U.S. Department of Education Javits Grants, dives into a tool many of us rely on in gifted identification:Continue reading “Teacher Rating Scales: Promises and Pitfalls — A Review from #NAGC25”