21st Century Dispositions: July 9-11, 2012
The goal of this seminar will be to introduce teachers and administrators to the infusion of specific 21st skills, knowledge and dispositions within eleven research-based gifted intelligent behaviors (GIBs). These behaviors will extend students’ understandings of how to respond when problems, issues, or challenges do not have immediate answers. Multicultural children’s literature is used to design appropriate curriculum learning experiences for developing the understandings of the eleven GIBs. Research-based rubrics from Bright IDEA will be modified to assess the growth of a student’s gifted behaviors.

Instructor: Mary “Valorie” P. Hargett served as the State Consultant for Gifted Programs and the Chief Consultant for English/Language Arts Programs prior to retirement from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. She has led major curriculum committees and serves as a national trainer on research-based curriculum models. She has served as a Coordinator for Gifted Programs in a large school district and taught English/Language Arts and Social Studies at different grade levels. She holds a BS in education (summa cum laude) from Wingate College and an MEd from the University of North Carolina.
 
Designing 21st Century Concept-based Learning Tasks: July 16-17, 2012
Teachers and curriculum directors will focus on developing conceptually designed learning and performance tasks by identifying concepts, generalizations and essential questions that are critical for implementing high end instructional strategies. Multicultural literature, fiction and non-fiction, will be used to design appropriate curriculum learning experiences, based on the new essential and common core standards and infused with high-end instructional strategies and differentiated for all students.

Instructor: Mary “Valorie” P. Hargett served as the State Consultant for Gifted Programs and the Chief Consultant for English/LA Programs prior to retirement from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. She has led major curriculum committees and serves as a national trainer on research-based curriculum models.  She has served as a Coordinator for Gifted Programs in a large school district and taught English/Language Arts and Social Studies at different grade levels.  She holds a BS in education (summa cum laude) from Wingate College and an MEd from the University of North Carolina.
 
Designing Strategies for Parents/Teachers of Bright, Talented and Black Teenagers: July 18, 2012
Children from cultural minority group backgrounds are underachieving at alarming rates; Dr. Davis willprovide resources for parents, families, educators and advocates to enable them to network with each other and share resources. She will provide strategies for improving conditions in classrooms so more students can have access to higher level instruction in all content areas and be better prepared for post-secondary educational opportunities.

Instructor: Dr. Joy Davis is the Director for the Center for Gifted Education and an Assistant Professor with the College of Education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Dr. Davis is author of Bright, Talented and Black: A Guide for Families of African American Gifted Learners, which offers many practical ideas and 'gifted education insider tips' to help nurture and ensure an appropriate education for African American gifted learners. Dr. Joy Davisholds two degrees in Gifted Education from the College of William & Mary in Williamsbury, VA.

Designing Strategies for Implementing Science and Engineering Standards: July 24-25, 2012
Classroom teachers will be introduced to high-end instructional strategies for the new engineering standards and the design process that can be used with all students, with a focus on project-based learning.
Instructor: Dr. Laura Bottomley, Director of K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs at North Carolina State University.  Dr. Bottomley received a bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from NC State in 1992. She has previously worked at AT&T Bell Labs and Duke University.  Dr. Bottomley assisted in writing the Engineering Standards for the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.