Handouts & Resources 2026

 

This site has been created for Confratute presenters to share handouts, presentations, and recommended resources with participants. Please note that handouts are posted with the permissions of the presenter. Not all handouts are available for download. If you are a Confratute presenter and wish to have materials posted here, email your files to confratute@uconn.edu .

Please note that starting 2024 all documents posted on UConn websites must be disability accessible. All handouts listed below that are not linked, have not met the “Accessibility at UConn” requirements. These files will instead be emailed to interested individuals upon request. Please email us the requested handout name and we will send it to you.

Strand Handouts
Keynote Handouts
Evening Forums & Mini-Keynote Handouts
Special Topics Handouts


Strand Handouts

No.
Presenter(s)
Strand Handout(s)
1C
Cheryl Quatrano & Melinda Spataro
Implementing the SEM for Administrators, Coordinators, and School Leaders
Creating an SEM Blueprint for Your School
Curriculum Compacting Plan
Flyer: Team Traid Consulting Services
Implementing SEM: Day 1—Activity Worksheet
Implementing SEM: Day 2—Total Talent Portfolio (TTP) Activity Worksheet
School SEM Implementation Plan
SEM Implementation Survey
Team Triad Consulting Services Contact Form
Team Triad Service Packages
Traditional School/Classroom vs. SEM School/Classroom
TTP Planning Template
TTP Share Reflection
3
Rebecca Eckert
Co-teaching Strategies to Enhance Differentiation & Engagement
Co-teaching Strategies to Promote Differentiation and Engagement
5
Benjamin Lacina
Beautiful Risks: Why the Arts Matter Now More Than Ever – For You AND Your Students
Artist Statement Flow Chart
Philosophical Foundations and Lifelong Goals
10
Rebecca Eckert
Engaging Students in Enjoyable Reading with SEM-R
Challenging Talented Readers with the SEM-R
13
Jann Leppien
Designing for Depth: Using Big Ideas to Build Complex, Challenging Curriculum
Designing for Depth Handouts
17
Nicole Waicunas
Enrichment Clusters: A Practical Plan for Real-World, Student-Driven Learning
Enrichment Cluster Invitations
Enrichment Cluster Invitations for Younger Students, 6–9
21
Glenn Dewell
Newton and His Laws
Newton and His Laws Handouts
23
Matt Zakreski
If You’re So Smart, How Come You’re So Anxious?
How to Stop Moving the Goalposts: A guide to Overcoming Perfectionism in Students
Now They’re Going to Find Out that I’m a Fraud…: Managing “Impostor Syndrome” in Gifted Individuals
The Power of “Non-Zero” Thinking: Accepting Anxiety on the Way to Success
 
 
 

 


Keynote Handouts

Date
Presenter(s)
Keynote Handout(s)
July 12
Joseph Renzulli
Where Do Ideas Come from and How Can You Turn Them into Practical Assets?
SEM Research
SEM Resources
SEM Articles & Presentations
 
 
 

 


Evening Forums & Mini-Keynote Handouts

Date
Presenter(s)
Evening Forums & Mini-Keynote Handout(s)
July 14
Glenn Dewell
Science Trivia
Science Trivia Handouts
July 16
Matt Zakreski
I’m in the Business of Hope: How to Keep Believing When Things Feel Impossible
And the Children Shall Lead Us: A Guide to Interest-Based Learning
 
 
 

 


Special Topics Handouts

Date
Presenter(s)
Special Topics Handout(s)
July 13
Anies Al-Hroub
Exploring Twice- Exceptionality Through Case Studies: Gifted Learners with ADHD, Overexcitabilities, and Learning Disabilities
2e Case Studies
Vignette-Based Activity: Read, Reflect, Diagnose
Worksheet 1 – -Case Study William
Worksheet 3 – Case Studies Based on Student Profiles
Worksheet 4 – OE vs. ADHD Differentiation Chart: Four Gifted Case Profiles
July 14
Kathy Frazier
Power Tools for Your Creativity Toolbox
Please email us for copy of this handout.
July 15
Jann Leppien
Putting Students in the Driver’s Seat: Strategies for Individual or Group Investigations
Think Big, Prompt for Depth: Using AI as a Thinking Partner