Directors' Meeting Archive

Gifted Education Directors' Spring Meeting:  March 7 - 8, 2019

Location:  DoubleTree Westminster, Westminster, Colorado

March 7 & 8, 2019 

• Removing the Mask - Preponderance of Evidence
• Colorado 2018 Poverty Map
• Colorado 2018 State Demographic Data - October Count
• Free and Reduced Lunch (FRL) and Ethnicity Demographics                       
• Universal Screening Terms and Conditions

Breakout Sessions

• Overcoming Obstacles: GT Pathways for English Learners
• DISCOVER Hidden Strengths: Hands on Problem Solving
• CogAT and Culturally Responsive Identification Practices
  • Presentation Powerpoint
  • CogAT Data Extract
  • CogAT Local norms (Excel)
• HOPE and Action for Change
• Primary Education Thinking Skills (P.E.T.S.)

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Gifted Education Directors' Fall Meeting:  September 13-14, 2018

Location:  Doubletree Stapleton North, Denver, Colorado

Gifted Education Directors' Fall meeting Keynote Packet (PDF)

Collegial Dialogue Protocols, Topics and Rooms

State Updates and Information (PDF)

Artistic Thinking in the Classroom: Lessons for Experiencing the Artistic Creative Process

• Think Like an Artist Appendix A: National Core Arts Standards (PDF)
• Colorado Academic Standards in Talent Areas: Supporting ID & Programming (PPT)

Breakout Sessions: Talent Identification Breakout Sessions

• Talent Development Model (small district) (PPT)
  • Handouts
• Talent Identification by Region Overview

Breakout Sessions: Best Practices in Gifted Education Breakout Sessions

• Affective Needs of Gifted Students (PDF)
• Depth & Complexity Sustainability Over Time (PPT)
• Differentiation Online Module (PDF)
• Gifted and Linguistically Diverse (PPT)
• Talent ID in Performing and Visual Arts (PDF)
• Talent Pool Programming (PDF)
• Twice Exceptional (PDF)
• Using Early Childhood Assessment Information to Support Gifted Youth (PDF)

Gifted Education Directors' Fall Meeting:  September 19 & 20, 2017

Engaging Success through Multiple Pathways

Presentation- September 19-20

Gifted Directors' Meeting:  March 2 & 3, 2017

• Keynote for March 2
• Keynote for March 3

Breakouts from March 2:

• Family Partnership in the Lives of Culturally Diverse Gifted Students
• Navigating Resources for Gifted Learners at the Secondary Level
• Revisiting Standards-aligned ALP Implementation
• Twice Exceptionality