Symposium+Programme

=Programme: Gifted & Talented Symposium Waikato=

Thursday 29 September 2011, Claudelands Events Centre
Consultant with Cognition Education ||
 * ** Time ** |||| ** Details ** || ** Speaker/Facilitator if applicable ** ||
 * 9.00am-9.20am |||||| **Registration and refreshments** ||
 * 9.20am-9.30am |||| **Welcome, mihimihi, whakatau** || **Micheal King**, Gifted & Talented Project Manager ||
 * 9.30am-10.00am |||| **Opening presentation**
 * Tour of Gifted and Talented online || **Kate Niederer**
 * 10.00am-10.30am |||||| ** Table Topics Session One **  ||
 * ^  || Topic 1 || "Start now - planning and implementing an enrichment and extension programme using the gifts and talents of teachers in your school". || **Jacqui Fitzgerald**, Morrinsville College ||
 * ^  || Topic 2 || GATE programmes for Māori Students: Māori medium/mainstream || Discussion led by **Hurae White** & **Kylie Pugh**, Nawton Primary School ||
 * ^  || Topic 3 || Model for GATE provision - focusing on key features of high quality classroom provision for gifted students, including a discussion of first principles when planning and implementing a GATE programme || **Kate Niederer**, Consultant with Cognition Education ||
 * ^  || Topic 4 || GATE coordinator in secondary school – sharing session of our current school practice. || **Charlotte Tweedale**, Head of Advanced Learning, Waikato Diocesan School for Girls ||
 * ^  || Topic 5 || A School's Journey Towards Sustaining a Gifted and Talented Programme || **Shirley Tyson**, Deputy Principal, Hukanui School ||
 * ^  || Topic 6 || Giftedness and the National Standards - refining interpretation || **Maree Quill**, Hamilton West School ||
 * 10.30am-11.00am |||||| ** Table Topics Session Two **  ||
 * ^  |||||| Same as above ||
 * 11.00am-11.15am |||||| **Morning tea** ||
 * 11.15am-11.45am |||| **Presentation 2**
 * Are your ideas BIG enough? Enabling clusters of gifted students to explore big ideas within a regular classroom programme. || **Tracey Hopkins**, Senior Teacher, Hukanui School ||
 * 11.45am-12.15pm |||| **Presentation 3**
 * The Advanced Learning Programme – Current Practice at Waikato Diocesan School for Girls || **Charlotte Tweedale**, Head of Advanced Learning, Waikato Diocesan School for Girls ||
 * 12.45pm-1.30pm |||||| **Lunch** ||
 * 1.30pm-2.00pm |||| **Presentation 4**
 * ERO: Evaluating schools’ provision for gifted and talented students – what’s next? || **Dr Deirdre Shaw**, Senior Education Evaluator, ERO ||
 * 2.00pm-3.00pm |||| **Pulling it all together**
 * Implications for the region || **Micheal King** ||
 * 3.00pm |||||| **Closing** ||

Speaker and table presenter information

 * ** Name ** || ** Bio ** ||  ||
 * **Charlotte Tweedale** || * Charlotte is the Head of Advanced Learning at Waikato Diocesan School for Girls. In her role as Head of Advanced Learning, Charlotte has created and is responsible for provisions for gifted and talented students. She is also studying for a MEd specialising in Gifted Education at Monash University. She has a particular interest in holistic education and the disparities between gifted students and eminent adults. ||  ||
 * **Deirdre Shaw** || * Deirdre is a Senior Education Evaluator in the Evaluation Services unit of the Education Review Office. Deirdre managed and wrote ERO’s evaluation of schools’ provision for gifted and talented students published in 2008. This evaluation also included good practice case studies of seven schools.
 * Equity and children achieving their potential are strong drivers in her evaluations. Deirdre is married to a primary school teacher, and has two boys aged 10 years and 2 years. ||  ||
 * **Hurae White** || * Hurae is Deputy Principal at Nawton Primary school and has responsibility for SENCO. Hurae and Kylie will facilitate the discussion on ‘GATE programmes for Māori Students: Māori medium/mainstream.’ This session invites all those interested in having an open sharing table discussion on this topic. ||  ||
 * **Jaccqui Fitzgerald** || * Jacqui Fitzgerald is English Learning Area Leader and GATE Coordinator at Morrinsville College. She was part of the CoroGAT TDI 2005-2008 which brought together Year 10 GAT students from eight schools to offer a diverse range of co-curricula education experiences through learning retreats. At Morrinsville College, the Junior Enrichment and Extension programme has been part of the GATE provisions offering learning and personal development opportunities for gifted and talented students since 1997. ||  ||
 * **Kate Niederer** || * Kate Niederer has had over 25 years’ experience in gifted education, working with students, teachers, schools and at a Ministry level to promote and support a challenging and supportive educational environment for gifted students. She has worked with gifted children in mixed ability classrooms in New Zealand and in the UK, and understands the time constraints faced by busy classroom teachers. Her focus is on providing practical advice while promoting an understanding of the educational, social and emotional needs of gifted students. ||  ||
 * **Kylie Pugh** || * Kylie is Deputy Principal at Nawton Primary school and has responsibility for SENCO. Kylie and Hurae will facilitate the discussion on ‘GATE programmes for Māori Students: Māori medium/mainstream.’ This session invites all those interested in having an open sharing table discussion on this topic. ||  ||
 * **Shirley Tyson** || * Shirley Tyson is a Deputy Principal and leads the Gifted and Talented Programme at Hukanui Primary School in Hamilton. The school has been involved in GATE programmes for many years and is continually refining the process to enhance the learning needs of their GAT students. Between 2006 and 2009,
 * Shirley lead an EHSAS cluster of 6 schools whose goal was to enhance the Gifted and Talented Programmes within their schools. She has spoken at many conferences on programmes for Gifted and Talented students. ||  ||
 * **Tracy Hopkins** || * Tracey Hopkins has been teaching for 11 years. Prior to teaching her commercial background included international banking services and real estate marketing. She teaches a year 5 and 6 class, with clusters of GAT students identified for literacy and thinking. She has presented at TRCC and Rising Tides GAT conferences, and for EHSAS clusters. ||  ||

Presentation Abstracts

 * ** Presentation Name ** || ** Abstract ** ||
 * **A Model for GATE provision**
 * (Kate Niederer)** || * Kate will talk you through the crucial components in establishing comprehensive and enduring provision for gifted and talented students and the development of a relevant school policy, via a model for GATE provision. ||
 * **Are your ideas BIG enough? Enabling clusters of gifted students to explore big ideas within a regular classroom programme**
 * (Tracy Hopkins)** || * Enduring understandings are the core of this classroom programme, resulting in motivation and challenge for GAT students as well as others to 'shine'. ||
 * **Evaluating schools’ provision for gifted and talented students – what’s next?**
 * (Deirdre Shaw)** || This presentation will share the key findings from ERO’s 2008 evaluation of schools’ provision for gifted and talented students, and pose some questions about the next steps for schools. Participants will be asked to consider:
 * what support schools and their communities need to construct culturally inclusive definitions of giftedness, and establish identification processes and programmes for gifted and talented students;
 * the features of programmes that extend, enrich, and accelerate gifted students; and
 * how the Teaching as Inquiry process can be used to review the effectiveness of programmes and the outcomes for gifted and talented students. ||
 * **GATE programmes for Māori Students: Māori medium/mainstream**
 * (****Hurae White & Kylie Pugh)** || * This is an open table topic discussion on ‘GATE programmes for Māori Students: Māori medium/mainstream.’ We would like all those present to share their thoughts, ideas, school-wide and classroom practical suggestions with others. Supporting each other is the key focus here. ||
 * **Gifted and Talented Online**
 * (Kate Niederer)** || * This presentation showcases the tools and resources available on Gifted Online for teachers, parents and students. It also highlights some of the developments planned for this website. ||
 * **Planning and implementing an enrichment and extension programme**
 * (****Jaccqui Fitzgerald)** || * All schools have teachers who can offer a range of experiences and individual interests to students. Bring teachers of "like-minds" together, who have an interest in Gifted and Talented education, and a school will have made significant progress in providing for the needs of their GAT students. This half hour will look at and discuss how you can begin this process in your school and the key principles of gifted education that a group of teachers will need to consider. Students who are part of this process also benefit from interacting with teachers in learning outside and beyond the classroom, in rich and stimulating environments. ||
 * **Setting up and sustaining a GATE programme in a large primary school**
 * (Shirley Tyson)** || * Shirley will explain the history of GATE programmes within the school and how they have made changes over time. The key issues for sustainability will be explored and opportunities for GAT students will be shared. Strategies used to reach their current level of programmes will be reflected on and discussion and questions will be welcome throughout the session. ||
 * **The Advanced Learning Programme – Current Practice at Waikato Diocesan School for Girls**
 * (Charlotte Tweedale)** || * This presentation will present current provisions for gifted and talented students at Waikato Diocesan School for Girls – an integrated secondary school in Hamilton. Dio’s Advanced Learning Programme (ALP) is both academic and pastoral in nature and caters for girls from Years 9-13 using a multi-faceted approach based on the Purdue Secondary Model for Gifted Education.
 * In this presentation, we will look at the journey that was taken to reach the implementation stages of this programme in 2011, the issues that needed to be worked through and take a ‘nuts and bolts’ approach to unpacking the programme itself.
 * The purpose of the table topic sessions is to provide structured time within the symposium that encourages open dialogue and engagement. The regional symposium is focussed on providing opportunities for professional sharing and dialogue.
 * The table topics are a selection of relevant gifted and talented topics designed for group discussion.
 * The key to table topic discussion is you, your participation in discussion and extended professionalism in gifted education. We want to provide the space and time for open, respectful and professional dialogue between passionate stakeholders. ||