Lisa Yee

Author of award winning Young 

Adult literature

Millicent Min, Girl Genius

DC Superhero Girls

American Girl, Girl of the Year





Dr. Del Siegle

University of Connecticut

and Director of the 

National Center of Research on Gifted Education



AAGC Virtual Conference has ended!

Can you see yourself with AAGC Swag? Don't forget to purchase your T-shirt (long or short sleeve), sweatshirt, coffee mug, mask, and/or tote bag! Click here to order!


SESSION RECORDINGS

Thank you to the conference team, AAGC Executive Council and to you, the participants, for helping to make the first ever virtual conference a huge success! The bonus to this virtual side is that you have access to all session recordings for the next 30 days on the virtual conference platform. Click the link and enter your password to review anything you missed or to re-watch what you loved!

Reminder for the login:   https://www.virtualeventplace.com/AAGC2020

After 30 days, we will have these recordings on the AAGC website.

REMINDER: Recorded sessions with Lisa Yee will only be available until Dec 31, 2020.

If you are in need for the agenda for your Power School upload - here it is - https://alabamagifted.org/resources/Documents/AAGC%20Conference%202020_Program%20Schedule.pdf


PD CERTIFICATES are being prepared and will be sent out soon. 

Upcoming events

  • Taming Perfectionism

    • February 02, 2021
    • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM (CST)
    • Zoom
    Register

    PARENT WEBINAR SERIES, February 2, 2021, 6:30 pm CT

    Taming Perfectionism 


    Do you have students or children who struggle with perfectionism? Perhaps you do yourself. Would like practical ideas for helping overcome it? Perfectionism is an occupational hazard of giftedness, and its effects can be truly debilitating. Learn what perfectionism looks like in gifted kids, its potentially damaging effects, and then take a deep dive into the big ideas and strategies for turning this terrible master into a compliant servant. 

    Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s "Child Genius," a writer of award-winning lesson plans, numerous articles on social psychology and pedagogy, and four books, including

    the award-winning Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her websites giftedguru.com and vocabularyluau.com.

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  • Beginning to Personalize Learning with Core Practices

    • February 16, 2021
    • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (CST)
    • Zoom
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    PD WEBINAR SERIES, February 16, 2021, 6:00 pm CT

    Beginning to Personalize Learning with Core Practices

    In this interactive session learn about the Core 4 of personalized learning and how you can start implementing them in your classroom. This session helps teachers consider which of their existing instructional practices are best suited to enhance their personalized learning environment.

    Jill Thompson is an Associate Partner at Education Elements where she works with districts from around the country to solve their biggest challenges. Prior to working with Education Elements, she was the Director of Personalized Digital Learning at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS). She was responsible for leading the CMS transformation in a highly complex, large urban environment. She developed a personalized data driven model to provide professional learning, and created micro-credentialing learning paths.


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