Saturday February 24, 2024
8.00 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.

A Glimpse into Hidden Potential

Join the UCF Advocates for Advanced and Gifted Education for this conference for teachers, specialists, graduate students and parents.

This year, this conference is sponsored through Project GLIMPSE – a USDOE Jacob K Javits Grant with UCF in collaboration with The School District of Osceola County. In addition, UCF Gifted Education has teamed up with the Florida Gifted Network to offer a special strand that focuses on raising gifted children which is of special interest to parents, counselors and support personnel. Hear from gifted education professionals, teachers, graduate students, researchers and advocates in the field as we emerge into new paradigms and thinking in gifted education.

This year we have two special strands: Please choose ONE strand for registration:

  • STRAND 1 to engage teachers in the uncovering the hidden potential of their students
  • STRAND 2 with a focus on raising gifted children, hosted by the Florida Gifted Network

Join us as we explore the hidden potential of Neurodiverse/Twice-Exceptional; Immigrant Gifted; Creative Curriculum; Affective Education and Counselling; STEAM gifted curriculum. Special panel discussions, presentations and hands-on workshops with conversations will allow for interaction and networking.

Schedule

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2023 8.00 a.m. - 3.30 p.m.

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Saturday February 25, 2023 8.00 a.m. - 3.30 p.m.

8.00 a.m.
Registration – Morgridge International Reading Center, University of Central Florida. (Advance online registration required).

8.30 a.m. – 8.45 a.m.
Introduction: GLIMPSE into Alternative, Possible Futures in Gifted Education

UCF ADAGE Program Coordinator: Dr. Gillian Eriksson, Gifted Education, UCF PI Project GLIMPSE, Learning Sciences and Educational Research.

Director, Project GLIMPSE: Dr. David Maddock, Research and Evaluation Specialist, School District of Osceola County.

8.45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
FLORIDA – Glimpses into Florida Practices and Promise: A core panel of Gifted Educators and Administrators/Gifted coordinators from local school districts will present the greatest challenges they face and the best practices, programs and creative productivity that have been developed.

9.45 a.m. – 10.00 a.m. Break

10.00 a.m. - 10.45 a.m.
Keynote 1: Dr. Joseph Renzulli

“Assessment for Learning: The Missing Element2 For Identifying High Potential In All Students.”

Eminent Leader and Pioneer in Gifted Education and Educational Psychology: Renzulli Center for Creativity, Gifted Education, and Talent Development, University of Connecticut.

10.45 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.
Keynote 2: Dr. Sally Reis

“Using Strength-Based Pedagogy to Engage and Challenge 2E Students’ Development”

Endowed and Board of Trustees Professor in Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut, Co-PI and Co-Director of Project 2e-ASD: Strategies for Gifted Students with ASD.

11.30 a.m. - 11.45 a.m. Break

11.45 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
CONCURRENT SESSION I – 5 sessions

12.30 p.m. - 1.15 p.m.  Break

Networking time and casual conversations – join in roundtables or gallery spaces during the lunch period for general discussions on with experts on: Affective Education - Counseling/School Psychology (1); Principals, Administrators and Leadership (2); Innovative Curriculum Media and Technology (3); Twice-exceptional/Neurodiverse (4); Research in Gifted Education (5).  (Bring your own lunch)

1:15 p.m. – 2.00. p.m.
CONCURRENT SESSION II – 5 sessions

2.00 p.m. -  2.15 p.m. Break

2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS III - CURRICULUM WORKSHOPS

Workshops to develop Creative Leaps in Learning that can be used with students: a selection of workshops that will focus on diverse ethnic perspectives; visual imagery and mathematics; future problem-solving; affective education strategies for inclusive curricula; performance arts.

3.30 – 4.30p.m.
Central Florida Gifted Coalition Meeting (District Specialists and Coordinators)  –  TA130.

Note:

Limited in-person capacity to ensure health and safety precautions.
*No children will be permitted with the exception of those actually presenting.
*Keynotes will also be virtual accessible online, LIVE on the day only – requires separate registration.

 

For more information: UCF Gifted Education