| ABC Ottawa: hosted Dr. Karen Rogers, 13-14 Nov 09 |
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ABC Ottawa had the privilege of hosting Dr. Karen Rogers on 13 and 14 November 2009. The presentations from the Friday and Saturday sessions are now available here for download, as PowerPoint files and PDFs.
Friday November 13 - For Teachers and Professionals What Works in the Classroom for Gifted and Talented Learners? Professor Rogers will discuss practical, research-based instructional and curriculum differentiation strategies that work for gifted and talented students. Pacing, complexity, access to advanced content and skills, and affective support for learners with gifts and talents will be discussed. Professor Rogers will also share the 10 "best" strategies educators can use with gifted learners to optimize their learning. Ottawa Educator Presentation [PowerPoint] [PDF] Saturday November 14 – For Parents (An education event by ABC Ottawa for parents of bright and gifted children.) Four Strategies Parents Might Request of Schools for the Education of their Gifted Child In this session, Professor Rogers will share research-based strategies that ensure academic achievement gains and the affective support gifted learners need during their elementary and secondary educational years. The research itself to support these elements will be provided and discussed. Parents will be encouraged to share which strategies have been helpful to their children and which have not, and compare to what the research "says"! Ottawa Parent Presentation One [PowerPoint] [PDF]
What Else Can Parents Do to Nurture and Support the Gifts and Talents of their Children? Professor Rogers will outline extra-curricular and at-home opportunities parents might consider to supplement and complement what is happening at school to develop their children's gifts and talents. Parents will be encouraged to share additional experiences they have found useful and stimulating for their children.
Ottawa Parent Presentation Two [PowerPoint] [PDF]
Karen B. Rogers is Professor of Gifted Studies in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction in the College of Applied
Books: Educating the Gifted in Mainstream Schools: Stories of Change (to be released April 2010) Re-Forming Gifted Education: Matching the Program to the Child
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Professional Studies (CAPS) at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She is former Director of Research for GERRIC (Gifted Education Research, Resource and Information Centre) and Professor of Education in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia (2005-2007). She continues to hold professorial fellowships at both the University of New South Wales and the University of Wollongong which allow her to travel and collaborate there during her summers. She has written extensively on gifted cognition, research synthesis, gifted curriculum and program development, gifted instructional management and delivery, creativity, talent development, and arts education.. She is currently Associate Editor for the Journal of Advanced Academics as well. She has published over 150 articles, 30 book chapters, 65 curriculum units, 70 evaluation reports, and 4 books. She serves on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Gifted Children and is Chair of the American Educational Research Association’s Special Interest Group on Research on Giftedness and Talent. She is past president of The Association for the Gifted (TAG), a division of the Council for Exceptional Children. 
