1.  Growing Gifted Learners: Through the School District and Community North Carolina AIG Coordinators’ Institute Julia Link Roberts, Ed.D. Western Kentucky University

2. Advocacy  Classroom  School  School District  State  Nation

3. Advocacy at the Classroom Level EffectiveDreaded

4. What does an effective advocate look like?

5. Educators must be advocate, too.

6. Principles of Advocacy A clear, focus message is known and shared by advocates. A well-developed plan serves as the blueprint for action. Relationships are in place with key decision-makers. Personalized communication is effective. The number of advocates matters. Plan for speedy communication Be ready to persevere.

7.  State-Level Advocacy What are the issues?

8. Collaboration Counts  1 parent = A Fruit Cake  2 parents = A Fruit Cake and a Friend  3 Parents = Troublemakers  5 Parents = Let’s Have a Meeting  10 Parents = We’d Better Listen  25 Parents = Our Dear Friends  50 Parents = A Powerful Organization

9. The Excellence Gap  What is it?

10. Mind the (Other) Gap  How will this [decision, policy] affect our brightest students?  How will this [decision, policy] help other students begin to achieve at high levels?

11. Policies  Define what educational institutions choose to do or not do about a perceived need.  Guide how resources are allocated and used.  Define the mechanisms by which opportunities for targeted students will be offered.  Should be comprehensive enough to ensure adequate impetus for program development and service delivery.  Joyce Van Tassel-Baska,

12. Policy Issues 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

13. Unlocking Emergent Talent

14. Developing the talents of intellectually and academically talented children as well as potentially talented children from low-income backgrounds

15. Excellence in Education: What does it look like…?  What would you see in a classroom that demonstrates excellence in education?  What would you see in a school that demonstrates excellence in education?  What would the data say about such a school?

16. Expectaions?  Grade Expectations: How Marks and Education Policies Shape Students’ Ambitions  Programme for International Student Assessment/OECD

17. Checklist for a Gold Standard School  Focus on Continuous Progress  Talent Development  Policies that Remove the Learning Ceiling  Ongoing Professional Development

18. Things to ponder…  What policies do you have in place to support academically gifted children?  What policies do you need to get in place to support academically gifted students?

19. Force-Field Analysis