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

September 13, 2018 Agenda

Gifted Education Directors' Fall meeting Keynote Packet (PDF)

September 14, 2018 Agenda

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

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Gifted Directors' Meeting:  March 2 & 3, 2017

Opening and Keynotes:

• Opening for both days
• 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

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Gifted Directors' Meeting: September 13 & 14, 2016

• Presentation: September 13, 2016
• Presentation: September 14, 2016
• Meeting Agenda: September 13, 2016
• Meeting Agenda: September 14, 2016
• Guest Presenter: Dorinda Carter Andrews, Ed. D.
  Understanding Culture, Power, and Difference through Critical Self-Reflection: Implications for Equity in Gifted Education
  • ​Agent-Target Profile
  • I consider
  • Project Bright Horizon
  • Understanding Culture, Power, and Difference through Critical Self-Reflection
  • Best Practices for Improving Equity for Gifted Students

• Guest Presenter: Lisa Van Gemert
  Critical Thinking: Groundwork for Depth & Complexity Success
  • ​Emoting 101
  • !Handout;
• Gifted Addendum in the UIP Online System
• Expended Adjusted Budget Fiscal Job Aid

Talent Area Identification Breakout Sessions:

• Music:
  • Music ID PowerPoint
  • Elementary Music Nomination
  • Secondary Music Nomination
  • Parent Music Nomination
  • Routes for Music ID
  • Process for Music ID
• Theater
• Visual Arts ID
• Leadership
• Psychomotor:
  • Psychomotor Presentation
  • Psychomotor Checklist
  • Elite Athlete Process
  • Elite Athlete High School Credit Options

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Gifted Education Directors' Meeting Documents - February 25 & 26, 2016

• ALP Guidance (PDF)
• Gifted Education Director's Meeting Presentation, February 26, 2016 (PDF)

Breakout Sessions: Friday, February 26, 2016

• ALP and ICAP (PDF)
• Assessment Practices
• Capstones for Gifted Education (PDF)
• Comprehensive Program Plan (PDF)
• Cultivating Hidden Potential within Talent Pools (PDF)
• English Learners and Gifted Programming-Identifying and Nuturing Promise (PDF)
• Family Engagement (PDF)
• Gifted in Music Programming (PDF)

Breakout Sessions (cont'd.): Friday, February 26, 2016

• Go Slow to Go Fast (PDF)
• Gold Supports GT Programming (PDF)
• ID Programming for Leadership (PDF)
• ID Programming Rural (PDF)
• Rural Documents (PDF)
• Student Directed ALPs in Elementary and Middle School (PDF)
• Universal Screening and MTSS (PDF)
• Visual Arts ID (PDF)

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Gifted Education Directors' Meeting Documents - September 17 & 18, 2015

• Directors' Meeting Presentation, September 17,2015 (PDF)

Gifted Education Directors' Meeting Documents - April, 2014

Dr. Richard Cash

• Differentiation for the Gifted (PDF)

Dr. Joy Lawson Davis 

• Facing Challenges of Race & Ethnicity in the Gifted Education Classroom (PDF)
• Ensuring Rigor & Building Effective Relationships in Diverse Classroom Environments (PDF)

Gifted Education Directors' Meeting Documents - September, 2013

Achieving Equity & Excellence for Culturally Diverse Gifted Learners - Dr. Joy Davis (PDF)

Root Cause

• Root Cause Presentation (PDF)
• 5 "Whys" Worksheet (PDF)