TAGT Leadership Conference 2025

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.

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.

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.

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.

Learn how a strengths-based approach helps educators differentiate instruction efficiently without adding extra planning time. By focusing on students’ abilities—such as problem-solving and critical thinking—teachers can improve engagement, address learning challenges, and foster academic growth. This session provides practical strategies to support all learners through meaningful, strengths-based instruction.