TAGT Leadership Conference 2025: Full Schedule

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8:00am CDT

Leading for Lasting Impact: Succession Strategies for Continued G/T Excellence

Monday March 31, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am CDT

Explore succession strategies to sustain excellence in gifted education. Learn how to create exit plans, mentor future leaders, and build a resilient team culture through servant and transformative leadership. Gain practical tools to ensure lasting impact and a legacy of empowered leaders ready to continue your program’s success.

Speakers

Kristen N. Vesely, EdD

Director of Advanced Academic Services, Ector County ISD

Dr. Kristen Vesely brings 4 years of experience as a director of Advanced Academic Services and more than 16 years as a teacher and advocate for gifted education. Passionate about supporting gifted students and their unique needs, she has dedicated her career to fostering excellence... Read More →

Monday March 31, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Kalahari Salon I

11:15am CDT

Strengthening Professional Development: Building Capacity for Effective Gifted Education

Monday March 31, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT

Kalahari Salon I

Explore strategies for strengthening professional development for gifted teachers through collaborative learning, mentorship, and ongoing support. Discover practical tools and resources, such as monthly PD events, intensive conferences, and online materials that enhance teacher engagement and build a culture of continuous growth to meet the needs of gifted learners.

Speakers

Kristen N. Vesely, EdD

Director of Advanced Academic Services, Ector County ISD

Monday March 31, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Kalahari Salon I

1:30pm CDT

Leveraging Teachers as Peer Mentors

Monday March 31, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT

Kalahari Salon I

We often ask our G/T teachers to be peer mentors and thought partners for their classroom colleagues. But how are we supporting them? Discover how Richardson ISD is leveraging leadership training to empower its G/T teachers in becoming dynamic peer mentors and teacher leaders.

Speakers

Celeste Sodergren

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Connecticut

Celeste D.C. Sodergren, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Research Associate on Project EAGLE at the University of Connecticut's Renzulli Center. In addition to serving gifted and talented students as a teacher of the gifted and as a district gifted education coordinator, she has taught in... Read More →

Kelsey Karcher

Director, Advanced Learning Programs & Services, Richardson ISD

As Richardson ISD’s Director of Advanced Learning, Kelsey Karcher seeks to increase equity in G/T services and empower gifted learners, teachers, and families. She is a part-time facilitator for Region 10, annual speaker at SMU, Emerging Leaders Program mentor, 2023 TAG/T Advocate... Read More →

Monday March 31, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Kalahari Salon I

3:00pm CDT

Designing for Depth: An Intentional Approach to Meeting the Needs of Gifted and Advanced Learners

Monday March 31, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm CDT

Kalahari Salon I

Discover how to design ongoing and intentional professional learning that fosters depth in gifted and advanced programs. Apply tools like the Depth and Complexity Icons that deepen instruction and empower educators to cultivate critical thinking through focusing on the direction of depth as a meaningful way to differentiate.

Speakers

Jill Hackney

Director of Advanced Academics, Northside ISD

Jill is the Advanced Academics Director of Northside ISD. She has a great deal of experience designing and implementing meaningful professional learning for both gifted and advanced educators.

Monday March 31, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Kalahari Salon I