AGATE Conference

Keynote Speakers

Rachel McAnallen
April 10th - 10:00 am-12:00pm

Gifted Education: Be Careful, It May Change You!

For over 60 years, Rachel McAnallen has taught the wonderful world of mathematics to all types of learners. Many, many students had a profound influence on her teaching and helped her understand diverse learning styles. She found using manipulatives with learners required a different classroom management style. Extremely gifted students forced McAnallen to understand mathematics at a deeper level. This keynote will be stories of kids who have helped Rachel become a lifelong learner and in turn, a better teacher.

Brian Housand
April 17th - 10:00 am-12:00pm

Opening Doors, Windows, and Walls: Redesigning Gifted Ed in Changing Times

As we have all heard, “when one door shuts, another door opens”. In the past year, there’s been a lot of shutting doors. The adage goes on to say, “but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” Join us as we go in search of the open doors for gifted education.
Let’s take stock of where we are today, and together design new blueprints for how we can adapt, grow, and think our way forward. We will examine which old doors we might keep shut, which new windows of opportunity we might open wider, and which walls and barriers we can completely knock down.

FREE Virtual Parent Session!

Friday, April 16th - 7:00 pm

Please register for the FREE parent sessions so we can send you a link to this session.

Cynthia Z. Hansen, M.Ed., ET/P, is an Educational Therapist/Professional and Twice-Exceptional Consultant facilitating the growth of gifted and creative individuals with executive function delays, A.D.H.D., dyslexia, and complex learning profiles using a strength-based, whole-child approach. Ms. Hansen developed and leads workshops with her game The Hand You Were Dealt: The G.A.T.E. Attribute Card Game©2016, promoting awareness of the strengths within cognitively diverse learner profiles.