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7:30am CST

Marketplace Open Salon Ballroom Foyer (3rd Floor) Registration Open TAGT Registration Desk (3rd Floor)

8:00am CST

Coordinator Coffee Sponsored by Knowsys Conference Room 1/2 (3rd Floor) Canva + AI and the G/T Learner Salon C/D (3rd Floor)Susan Alcala • Donna Hodge E-Portfolios: A Resume for the Next Generation Salon E (3rd Floor)Chastity Crissman • Lauren Davis Empowering Writing Skills to Impact Research [Secondary Focus] Salon A/B (3rd Floor)Jennifer Seaton Gifted Tricks, Classroom Escape Rooms & Forensic Scenes! Pearl 1 (2nd Floor)PBL Project Growing Beyond the "Yet" of Motivation Science and Mindset: Practical Techniques Pearl 2 (2nd Floor)Nicole Mattingly Using Children's Literature to Promote Ponderings Southtown 3 (2nd Floor)Johnna Rosson Procrastination, Perfectionism, and Paralysis Conference Room 20/21 (3rd Floor)Greg Reeves • Tobi McMillan Cognitive Strategies for Building Success for ALL Students with CogAT Pearl 3 (2nd Floor)Amy Chandler • Jennifer Ruth • Monica Simonds Research in Practice: How Educators are Doing More with Less Using the Total School Cluster Grouping Model Conference Room 8 (3rd Floor)Katie Hitchman • Melanie S. Meyer

9:00am CST

Connect in the Marketplace Salon Ballroom Foyer (3rd Floor)

9:15am CST

MasterMind Session: How an Adventurous Spirit Can Unlock Greatness Salon Ballroom G-M (3rd Floor)Michael Matera

10:30am CST

Connect in the Marketplace Salon Ballroom Foyer (3rd Floor) Meet-up: Small & Rural Districts Conference Room 1/2 (3rd Floor)Cecelia Boswell giftED Meet-up: TPSP Implementation & Updates Salon C/D (3rd Floor)Rubi Contreras

11:00am CST

Innovation Knows No Language Barrier Through Gifted/Talented Dual Language STEAM Pearl 1 (2nd Floor)Estephanie Ronquillo • Patricia Castano • Laila Ferris Phenomenal Phenomena: Using Discrepant Events To Trigger Inquiry In Science Pearl 3 (2nd Floor)Matt Wells Ready to Use Vocabulary Activities [Secondary Focus] Conference Room 1/2 (3rd Floor)Claire Skierski • Sheila Griffith Alternative Assessments That Rock and Roll Salon Ballroom G-M (3rd Floor) From STEM to STEAM: Unleashing Creativity and the Arts into Your Gifted Education Lessons Salon E (3rd Floor)Stephanie Higgs Supercharged Science: Integrating Depth and Complexity with the New TEKS Salon C/D (3rd Floor)Katelyn Barnhart I'm Just G/T: The Many Faces of Gifted and Talented Students Southtown 3 (2nd Floor)Ginger Canaan • Steven Hammons Does Your Curriculum Support the Whole Gifted Child? Pearl 2 (2nd Floor)Debi Torres Empowered But Exasperated: Nurturing Executive Function and Mental Health in Gifted Kids Salon A/B (3rd Floor)Erika Lucas Voices of LGBTQ and Gifted Students: What They Need from Teachers Conference Room 8 (3rd Floor)Amanda Rudolph

11:45am CST

🍴Lunch on Your Own Visit the Riverwalk or a local restaurant or use a food delivery service, the choice is yours!

12:00pm CST

Lunch Buddies TAGT Registration Desk (3rd Floor)

1:30pm CST

Garbage In / Garbage Out: The Art & Craft of Engineering Better Prompts and Questions Salon E (3rd Floor)Brian Housand How to Increase Engagement by Limiting Choices for the G/T Learner Conference Room 20/21 (3rd Floor)Kate Wells Inspiring Self-Determination Through Invention Education Southtown 3 (2nd Floor)Jessica Fiew Climbing Bloom’s Taxonomy with Depth & Complexity Salon C/D (3rd Floor)Parker Tredick Differentiation Made Easy: Any Grade Level, Any Subject! Salon Ballroom G-M (3rd Floor)Stephanie Higgs Identifying and Serving Gifted Dual Language Students: Best Practices to Empower our Learners into Developing their Full Potential Conference Room 8 (3rd Floor)Elsa Acosta • Yoliani Saud It’s a Family Thing! Pearl 1 (2nd Floor)Deanna Lovesmith Prepping for Fallout: Building your Doomsday Bunker for a Post-Apocalyptic Gifted World Conference Room 3/4 (3rd Floor)Colin Seale Aligning the Secondary Service Model: Creating Collaboration between Advanced/Honors and AP Courses Conference Room 1/2 (3rd Floor)Theresa Pollok Puzzlerama: The Joy of Rigorous Puzzles and Games Pearl 2 (2nd Floor)Sheila Mulbry • Chris Ryan • Leslie Kerner STEM Blitz: Rapid-Fire Elevation Pearl 3 (2nd Floor)Hunter Miller • Blythe Brown Unlocking Potential: Transforming Gifted Education with Independent Study Mentorship (ISM) [Secondary Focus] Salon A/B (3rd Floor)Tiffany Sweitzer-Guzman • Maria Cisneros • Roxanne Brown

2:30pm CST

Connect in the Marketplace Salon Ballroom Foyer (3rd Floor)

3:15pm CST

Do the Math: Learning Logic, Strategy and Fun at the Bridge Table Pearl 1 (2nd Floor)Betty Starzec • Sally Sassen Get Moving with NASA Design Challenges Salon E (3rd Floor)Steven Smith Increasing Rigor and Engagement in the Classroom: Tips and Tricks to Try Tomorrow! Pearl 3 (2nd Floor)Michelle Swain Is "Deep" Deep Enough? Depth and Complexity for Gifted Students in a 3-5 ELAR classroom Pearl 2 (2nd Floor)Susan Rasmussen • Amy Dowies • Kari Christoferson Rural? Your Resources Limited? Check in here. Southtown 3 (2nd Floor)Cecelia Boswell • Katie Lewis • Celeste Sodergren That’s Giftedness,Too! Practical Ways to See and Support Non-Academic Giftedness Salon E (3rd Floor)Andi McNair National Math Stars Panel with Our 2024 Students Conference Room 8 (3rd Floor)Ilana Walder-Biesanz • National Math Stars Using SAT Concepts and Skills to Build Intellectual Flexibility Across Disciplines Conference Room 1/2 (3rd Floor)Alana Morris • Sheila Griffith • Tracy Scholz Painting Differentiation with 3 C's: Critical Thinking, Collaboration & Creativity Salon C/D (3rd Floor)Brigette Cardenas Teaching Gifted Students How to Gather Information for Research Projects Using Discipline-Based Methods Conference Room 20/21 (3rd Floor)Tricia Filippini • Susan Johnsen Who is a Gifted Multilingual Learner? Conference Room 3/4 (3rd Floor)Marcy Voss Deep in the Heart of Texas: An ESC Collaborative Experience Salon A/B (3rd Floor)ESC Region Specialists

4:15pm CST

Connect in the Marketplace Salon Ballroom Foyer (3rd Floor)

4:30pm CST

SpeedGeeking Salon Ballroom G-M (3rd Floor)Andi McNair • Brian Housand Unlocking Potential: How Your Students Can Change the World Pearl 1 (2nd Floor)Robin Johnson • Grizelle Larriviel Gifted/Talented Updated Rules and State Plan Pearl 3 (2nd Floor)Meredith Austin • Monica Brewer Success in Cluster Grouping: Making it Work Using Local Norms Salon E (3rd Floor)Kim Lansdowne • Dr. Dina Brulles