The Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented is hosting its annual giftedEd Conference in Houston, Texas on November 30-December 2. The thinkLaw team will lead two speaking sessions and is sponsoring a DE&I Network Meet-Up. In between sessions you can find us at Exhibitor Booth #5.
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM
Speaker: Clint Von Gundy
Location: Hunters Creek
The standards are an important part of preparing each student to read, write, and do math on grade-level, but they are not enough to truly prepare students for the world they will face when they leave school. Learn strategies for asking and answering better questions in class can be a simple, but powerfully transformative tool to unlock learning potential and make the “basics” more interesting and engaging.
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Speaker: Autumn A. Arnett
Location: Hunters Creek
Through the lens of antiracism, participants in this mini-workshop will identify the ways internal, interpersonal, and structural racism impact who gets to be gifted as well as who gets to teach gifted. This will be an interactive workshop that will encourage participants to look within as well as around them to identify how implicit and explicit biases shape the picture of gifted education in the United States.
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Speaker: Clint Von Gundy
Location: Hunters Creek
One of four public schools is rural. Advanced students attending these schools are among the most overlooked and underserved members of the gifted subpopulation. These students often lack the same kind of access to talent development as their urban and suburban peers. Learn about the case for strengthening gifted services in rural locales and about low-prep, low-cost instructional solutions that value their identities while expanding their possibilities.
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Location: Hunters Creek
Connect with fellow educators and learn more about the new TAGT Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access Network at this opportunity to network and build coalitions with leaders eager to increase diversity in the ranks of G/T educators.
Stop by and say hello to the thinkLaw team! Grab a t-shirt, book, or get more information on a thinkLaw partnership.
