2024 IAGC Conference

How can we ignite curiosity and inquiry as a means to engage gifted/high-potential learners? This session will empower you with an evidence-based strategy that engages and challenges gifted learners through inquiry, advanced content, and abstract thinking. Come learn how to create ‘Mystery Box’ lessons, and have some fun along the way! (A complete social studies unit will be shared.)

When done well, Independent Research Projects provide gifted/high-potential students with meaningful learning opportunities and create additional avenues for talent development, but how can they be intentionally developed and managed? The I-LEARN Process provides step-by-step procedures to individualize the research process for gifted students, while also integrating management techniques, reflective practice, and opportunities for sustained engagement and academic growth. Come learn more about this exciting and engaging instructional approach! 

How do we guide students to “dig deeper” beyond surface-level learning? This session highlights the use of “stretch prompts” to stimulate and challenge gifted students in their learning. These strategies can be used as “vertical differentiation” to dial up instruction, assignments, and tasks to ignite inquiry and deeper learning. Learn to apply these ideas with concrete examples applied across various content areas and grade levels.

How can you add rigor to student learning in English Language Arts? How can we make sure advanced English Language Arts classes are truly advanced? What does it mean to develop expertise in Language Arts? Learn to apply easy-to-use models to develop tiered assignments, projects, and tasks to ensure gifted and advanced students are challenged.

Come learn how to create online spaces that help students understand their own talents and how those talents live in our world. Learn how to build online communities, create a culture of discourse, and connect students to both world renowned thinkers and change makers in their own communities through developing personal leadership projects.