WATG Annual Conference – Kalahari Resort and Conference Center

Thursday, October 10, 2013

7:30-8:30 a.m. / Pre-Conference Registration – North Atrium
7:45-8:30 a.m. / Breakfast Buffet for Pre-Conference Attendees - North Hallway
8:00 a.m. –
3:30 p.m. / Teen Conference - Students Arrive, Breakfast Buffet and
Gather in Tamarind
8:30-11:30 a.m. / Pre-Conference Session I— Foundations of Gifted Ed (Grad Credit Available)
Dr. Scott Peters and Thomas Zigan, WATG Board - Aloeswood
8:30-11:30 a.m. / Pre-Conference Session II— iPads for Higher Level Thinking Skills
Sue Gorman, Distinguished Apple Educator, Racine Unified School District-Aralia
8:30-11:30 a.m. / Pre-Conference Session III— RtI and Gifted Education
Heidi Erstad, RtI Center, Kelli Kwiatkowski, Sue Lee, WATG Board - Marula
11:00-12:00 p.m. / Conference Registration, Art Exhibit, Vendor Exhibits – North Atrium
11:30-12:30 p.m. / Buffet Lunch
12:30-1:00 p.m. / Conference Opening – Suites 1-2-7-8
“Forty and Fabulous”
WATG President Deb Douglas
Tamboti / Aloeswood / Marula / Aralia / Mangrove / Guava
Session I
1:15-2:30 p.m. / Carol Greig
Think, Solve, Create – Stretching Lessons / Chrys Mursky
Smarter Balanced and High Ability Learners / Scott Hobson
Powerful Strategies to Enhance Learning of Gifted and Highly Able / Judy Rhoads
Encouraging Creativity in the Different-iated Classroom / Peggy Eserkaln
Crackin' (Up) the Creativity Code
(Part I) / Laurie Burgos
Celebrating and Cultivating Gifts and Talents in Bilingual Learners
2:30-2:45 / Beverage Break - North Hallway
Tamboti / Aloeswood / Marula / Aralia / Mangrove / Guava
Session II
2:45-4:00 p.m. / Dr. Sylvia Rimm
The Pressures Gifted Kids Feel and Why Some Underachieve / Chrys Mursky
A G/T Gallery: A Compendium of G/T Grant Projects / Janet Frost
Innovative Ways to Engage Commun-ity Collabo-ration / Judy Rhoads
Different-iating Instruction to Promote Rigor, Complexity, Motivation / Peggy Eserkaln
Crackin' (Up) the Creativity Code
(Part II) / Linda McConnell
RtI Options that Work for Gifted Children
4:00-5:30 p.m. / Anniversary Celebration Reception– Suites 1-2-7-8
Networking/Cash Bar/Silent Auction/Visit Conference Exhibitors
5:30-7:30 p.m. / WATG Anniversary Celebration and Dinner, Awards Presentation
Presentation of DPI Proclamation of Gifted Education Week
Suites 1-2-7-8
7:30-8:30 p.m. / Networking and Cash Bar
Book Signing with Drs. Marcia Gentry, Sylvia Rimm, Scott Peters, Ellie Schatz
Games Night!

WATG Annual Conference – Kalahari Resort and Conference Center

Friday, October 11, 2013

7:30-8:15 a.m. / Conference Registration –North Atrium
7:45-9:00 a.m. / Breakfast Buffet, Vendor Visits, Silent Auction–Suites 1-2-7-8
8:45-10:00 a.m. / Keynote Address — Suites 1-2-7-8
“Total School Cluster Grouping”
Dr. Marcia Gentry
All Day / Vendor Exhibits (Suites 1-2-7-8) and Art Exhibit (Hallway)
Silent Auction ends promptly at 11:45 am. Pick up of items until 4pm.
Tamboti / Aloeswood / Marula / Aralia / Mangrove
Session III
10:15-11:30 a.m. / Jackie and Dal Drummer
Parent to Parent: Sharing Your Wisdom (Part I) / Dave Tuttle
Looking for Gems in all the Right Places / Ola Skyba
Teach Common Core with Style / Cindy Clark
High School in a Day / Dr. Marcia Gentry
Gifted Teachers: What Makes Them Tick
11:30 – 11:45 a.m. / Break for check - out
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. / WATG Luncheon and Annual Meeting – Suites 1-2-7-8
Tamboti / Aloeswood / Marula / Aralia / Mangrove
Session IV
1:15-2:15 p.m. / Jackie and Dal Drummer
Parent to Parent: Sharing Your Wisdom (Part II) / Karen Ailsworth
How Do We Advocate for GT Kids? / Scott Hobson
Breakfast for the Brain / Jane McMahon
Dare to Differentiate: Literature Circles / Amy Gilgenbach
Social Media 101 for Educators and Parents
2:15-2:30
p.m. / Beverage Break - Hallway
Tamboti / Aloeswood / Marula / Aralia / Mangrove
Session V
2:30-3:30 p.m. / Sue Schaar
Perfectionism 201 / Kelli Kwiatkowski
Gifted Identification Meets Response to Intervention / Pat Fuge
Innovative Games / Rebecca Vonesh
Developing Expertise: An Approach to Differentiated Instruction / Dr. Wanda Routier
The Twice Exceptional Child
3:30-4:00 p.m. / Turn in evaluation forms and recycle name tag holders –North Atrium

Thank you for attending this year’s WATG Conference! 9-8-13