Challenging Advanced Learners Academy
June 17-18, 2013
About
UW-Whitewater is pleased to announce the Challenging Advanced Learners Academy. This two-day standards-based intensive academy will focus on how to meet the needs of academically gifted and talented students, and how to develop the gifts and talents of diverse students, in the context of major education initiatives such as RtI, 21st Century Skills, assessment, and the Common Core Standards. Nationally-known speakers and state experts will provide keynote talks, breakout sessions, and informal interaction with participants.
The Academy is particularly appropriate for teachers, administrators, school psychologists/counselors and others interested in finding and developing PK-12 student gifts and talents. Presentations will be tied to the NAGC-CEC Teacher Preparation Standards in Gifted and Talented Education as well as to DPI teacher, administrator and pupil services standards.
The Challenging Advanced Learners Academy will be offered at cost thanks to a grant from the UW-Whitewater Education Outreach Grant Program. Optional course credit can be obtained for an additional fee.
Cost
- Commuter - $230
- Resident - $290
Registration
Non-Credit
- Complete the registration form provided on the back of this brochure and return to the address listed, OR register online: camps.uww.edu
Credit
- Students who are currently enrolled at UW-Whitewater for the Summer 2013 Session may register online using the WINS System.
- Students who are not currently enrolled at UW-Whitewater should contact the Office of Continuing Education at lenchoc@uww.edu or by calling 800-621-5376 for admission/registration instructions.
- For information on summer gifted course content: http://www.uww.edu/coe/edfound/gt/index.html
Wisconsin Presenters
Several highly experienced Wisconsin gifted education program coordinators will lead sessions that tie standards-based strategies to the real issues that confront educators every day as they try to support and challenge advanced learners. Topics include how gifted education fits into RtI, educator effectiveness and student assessment, how to use the Common Core Standards to challenge students, developing 21st Century skills, and a broad range of strategies related to identifying, teaching, nurturing and evaluating advanced learners.
National Presenters
Dr. Pamela Clinkenbeard
Pamela Clinkenbeard is Professor of Educational Foundations at the UW-Whitewater, where she teaches courses in educational psychology and research methods and directs the gifted education program. She has presented and published on several topics as applied to gifted and advanced learners, including motivation, preschool underrepresented students, neuroscience, and economic policy. She coordinated the Yale University site of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented and was secretary and a board member of the National Association for Gifted Children.
Dr. Tonya R. Moon
Tonya R. Moon, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia and a Principal Investigator for the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. Tonya works with school districts and schools nationally and internationally on using better assessment techniques for improving instruction and student learning. In addition to her research and teaching responsibilities at the University, she is the Chair of the Institutional Review Board for the Social and Behavioral Sciences, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Association for Gifted and is a Past President of the Virginia Educational Research Association.
Dr. Scott J. Peters
Scott J. Peters is Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations at the UW–Whitewater where he teaches courses related to educational measurement, research methods, and gifted and talented education, and co-directs the gifted education program. He has presented at the state, national, and international levels on topics dealing with gifted education and research methodology and currently serves on committees and as an officer of the National Association for Gifted Children and the American Educational Research Association.
Dr. Ann Robinson
Ann Robinson is Professor of Educational Psychology and Founding Director of the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a former Editor of the Gifted Child Quarterly, serves as the Past President of the National Association for Gifted Children, and has received the Early Leader, the Early Scholar and the Distinguished Service and Distinguished Scholar Awards from the association. Her areas of expertise relate to language arts instruction for gifted students, gifted education policy and standards, and the use of biography as a research method for studying the gifted.
Schedule
Monday
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
8-9 a.m. |
Registration / Welcome |
9-10:30 a.m. |
Opening Keynote |
10:30-10:45 a.m. |
Break |
10:45-12:15 p.m. |
Session 1 |
12:15-1:45 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:45-3:15 p.m. |
Session 2 |
3:15-3:30 p.m. |
Break |
3:30-5 p.m. |
Session 3 |
5-6 p.m. |
Speaker's Reception: Networking Opportunity |
Tuesday
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
8-9 a.m. |
Breakfast |
9-10:30 a.m. |
Opening Keynote |
10:30-10:45 a.m. |
Break |
10:45-12:15 p.m. |
Session 1 |
12:15-1:45 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:45-3:15 p.m. |
Session 2 |
3:15-3:30 p.m. |
Break |
3:30-5 p.m. |
Session 3 |
5-6 p.m. |
Closing Session |
2013 Details
Breakfast and lunch will be included Monday and Tuesday in academy costs and attendees can opt to commute to the academy or stay on site for an additional fee. Optional social activities will be arranged on Monday night for those staying on campus.
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