Tentative Strand Offering 2025

 

Confratute—July 13–17, 2025

Sunday 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Welcome and Keynote–Rachel McAnallen

Monday 8:45 AM – 9:15 AM: New Participants Welcome and Orientation–Sally Reis

 

MONDAY 7/14
TUESDAY 7/15
WEDNESDAY 7/16
THURSDAY 7/17
KEYNOTES: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
MINI KEYNOTES:
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Joys and Struggles of Creative ProductivityJoe Renzulli Panel with Renzulli Academy Moderated by Sally Reis
TBD–
Susannah Richard
Sifting Through the Essentials of Gifted Education for Talent Cultivation: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff–Del Siegle
TBD–
Brian Housand
STRAND BLOCK A: 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EDT.
 
  1. Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM)—Renzulli & Reis * [Monday]
    [SEM Breakout Strands meet on Tuesday and Wednesday]

    1. Elementary—Brandon
    2. Middle/High—Brigandi
    3. Implementing the SEM for Administrators, Coordinators, and School Leaders—Quatrano & Spataro
  2. Writing From Scratch: Whip Up Delicious Writing Lessons Your Students Will Eat Up!—Anderson
  3. Beyond the IEP: Implementing a Strength Based Model for 2e Learnings—Baum
  4. Co-teaching Strategies to Enhance Differentiation & Engagement—Eckert
  5. Inviting Engagement and Exploration: Supporting Inquiry in ELA and Math—Firmender, Fogarty & Little
  6. Beautiful Risks: Why the Arts Matter Now More Than Ever (And How to Integrate Them in Your Thinking)—Lacina
  7. Igniting, Delighting, and Cultivating Literacy Love Through Expository and Diverse Texts—Richards
  8. Next Steps for SEM: Going Beyond the Basics–Waicunas & De Nicola

TBD—
Catherine Little

Infusing SEM and SEL Into the Entire School Community—Cheryl Quatrano & Melinda Spataro

Putting Students in the Driver’s Seat: Strategies for Individual or Group Investigations–Jann Leppien

CLOSING KEYNOTE
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

 

Impact of Confratute-Past, Present, and Future—Moderated by Sally Reis

STRAND BLOCK B: 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT.
 
  1. Bossy Pants, Perfectionists, and Slackers, Oh My!—Anderson
  2. Making Enrichment Work: Easy and Effective Strategies for Every Classroom—Brigandi
  3. Exploring Global Education and Social Innovation: Teaching Students Global Citizenship and How to Make a Difference—Field
  4. Engaging Students in Enjoyable Reading with SEM-R—Eckert
  5. Uncovering Potential: Teachers as Mathematical Talent Scouts—Firmender
  6. Compacting and Differentiation—Fogarty
  7. From Curious to Creative: An Insider’s Guide to Rabbit Holes—Housand
  8. Moving Students Toward Deeper Thinking: Instructional Strategies for Promoting Inquiry and Critical Thinking—Leppien
  9. Mathematics: Conceptual Knowledge vs. Procedural Knowledge—McAnallen
  10. Using AI and Other Technology in the Classroom—Solomon
  11. Enrichment Clusters: A Practical Plan for Real-World, Student-Driven Learning—Waicunas
  12. Representation Matters: Addressing Missingness of Black, Brown, and Indigenous Students in Gifted and Talented Programs—Whiting

 

 

 

STRAND BLOCK C/SPECIAL TOPICS: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT.
 
  1. Adventures in Science and Math—Dewell
  2. AI Series (Creativity, Critical Thinking, Differentiation)—Housand
  3. Geometric Origami—McAnallen
  4. Social-Emotional “Boot Camp:” How to Understand and Serve the Social-Emotional Needs of Gifted Learners—Zakreski
 
EVENING FORUMS: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT.
 

 

Confratute Participants