TAG TALK
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TAG TALK is a FREE speaker series. Talks will be presented virtually, unless otherwise noted.
Title: Success in Cluster Grouping: How to Make it Work!
Program: Many schools say they cluster group for gifted services, but few say they do it successfully. Dr. Brulles will address the inherent challenges and suggest ways schools can overcome common obstacles when cluster grouping. Participants will learn how to create a fair and equitable system for serving gifted students by incorporating cluster grouping into school and district initiatives. She will discuss methods for making student placements, supporting cluster teachers, teaching in the model, monitoring success, and building community and staff support. Title: Cluster Grouping Using Building Norms Increases Diversity and Inclusion! Program: Cluster grouping has become the de facto method for serving gifted learners throughout much of the country. When used with universal screening and incorporating building norms, the model completes the process of increasing inclusion in gifted services. An effective gifted cluster model emerges from the school’s student population and involves equitable placements and teacher support. Learn methods for developing and supporting gifted cluster grouping to enfranchise all who would benefit from gifted services. |
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Dina Brulles, Ph.D., is the Gifted Masters Program Coordinator at Arizona State University and the former Director of Gifted Education at Paradise Valley USD in Arizona. Dr. Brulles served as NAGC’s Governance Secretary and the board’s School District Representative. Dina received the 2022 NAGC Anne Isaacs Award for Distinguished Service, the 2019 and the 2020 NAGC Book of the Year Award (practitioners), NAGC’s inaugural 2014 Gifted Coordinator Award, the Professional Development Network Award in 2013, and has worked with the Javits Frasier Scholarship Program since 2010. Dina’s books include A Teacher’s Guide to Flexible Grouping and Collaborative Learning; Designing Gifted Education Programs; Differentiated Lessons for All Learners; The Cluster Grouping Handbook; Teaching Gifted Kids in Today’s Classrooms; Helping All Gifted Children Learn; Understanding and Using the Naglieri General Ability Tests: A Call for Equity in Gifted Education and the Naglieri Ability Test – Verbal.
Dr. Kimberly Lansdowne is the founding Executive Director of the Herberger Young Scholars Academy, a secondary school for highly gifted students at Arizona State University. She received her doctorate at ASU in 2008 and has a lengthy career in teaching and administration at universities, colleges, and public and private schools. Kim was the 2023 Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented Lifetime Achievement Award and has served locally, nationally, and internationally in gifted education organizations.
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