Breakout Session Listing

(Subject to change without notice)

SESSION ONE 9:00-10:30

High Schools (1): Public High Schools that work for Gifted Students
Grant: (Access program Portland) Therese Cooper
Corbett: Bob Dunton,
Bellevue: Ronna Weltman

Middle Schools
West Sylvan mathematics--
Middle Years International Baccalaureate: (Obsidian school, Redmond, Shelly Brower )
Summa: Beaverton Oregon Heidi Hanson

Younger students (1)
Self-contained classrooms: (Evergreen WA) Charlotte Aken
Self-Contained classrooms: (ACCESS Portland OR ) Dezire Clark
North Thurston (Phil Dommes)

Assessment
NWEA Using assessment to improve achievement Brenda Wilson (NWEA)
Using the ACT to guide gifted instruction (Stacy Ellmore, ACT)(morning)

SESSION TWO 11:00-12:30


High Schools (2) High School Programs that work for Gifted Students
International Baccalaureate High School Program: Woodburn OR (Lynn King)
Advanced Placement Program: Roosevelt HS Portland OR "Elisa Schorr "
Dual Credit: PSU Link/Challenge Sally Hudson

Younger students (2)
Central Kitsap WA Claudia Rengstorf,
Bend OR Bill Rhoades
Effective district programs Karen Rogers

Gifted Students in Special Curriculum Programs
Winterhaven (PPS science/math) Rudy Rudolph, principal
DaVinci (Arts)
Benson High School

Alternatives to public school (k-12)
Using distance learning as part of an MS or HS program
Home Schooling (Corin Goodwin)
Charter Schools (ORVA)

SESSION THREE 3:00-4:30


High Schools (3) Alternatives that work
 Credit by Exam-- Kara Mortimer, PPS TAG
High School completion—Jo Lynn Dow
Alternative/Private Schools (PCCS: Becky Lukens, director)

Districts that work
Creating a TAG program in Reynolds SD: Alice DeWittie
Corbett S.D. Bob Dunton
Effective District programs (Karen Rogers)

Acceleration
Early Entry to school, Kerri Cheney, Portland
Talent Searches, Michelle Stickel CTY Baltimore MD
Acceleration (student/parent) Eugene OR

Student Panel: What’s working for me
Madeline G
Dierdre M
Simon F
Ralyn C