Confratute—July 12–16, 2026
Sunday 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Welcome and Keynote—What I Learned When I Stopped Talking and Started Listening to Students–Rachel McAnallen
Monday 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM: New Participants Welcome and Orientation–Sally Reis
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
The Joys and Benefits of Enrichment Pedagogy-Joe Renzulli and Sally Reis
Coming Soon–
Little
The Future Creative: The Case for 21st Century Skills–Worwood
I’m in the Business of Hope: How to Keep Believing when Things Feel Impossible–
Zakreski
The One Who Showed Up: Why What You Do This Year Will Matter More Than Ever–Whiting
- Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM)—Renzulli & Reis * [Monday]
[SEM Breakout Strands meet on Tuesday and Wednesday]- Elementary—Taylor
- Middle/High—Brandon
- Implementing the SEM for Administrators, Coordinators, and School Leaders—Quatrano & Spataro
- Writing From Scratch—Anderson
- The 2e Paradox: Meeting the Needs of Twice Exceptional Students Through a Strength-based, Talent-focused Approach—Baum
- Co-teaching Strategies to Enhance Differentiation & Engagement—Eckert
- Inviting Engagement and Exploration: Supporting Inquiry in ELA and Math—Firmender, Fogarty & Little
- Beautiful Risks: Why the Arts Matter Now More Than Ever – For You AND Your Students—Lacina
- Escalating English Language Arts for High Ability Learners—Richards
- Next Steps for SEM: Going Beyond the Basics–Waicunas
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Closing Keynote
- Bossy Pants, Perfectionists, and Slackers, Oh My!—Anderson
- How is Laughter like Peanut butter? Promoting creative thinking within the curriculum—Baum
- Engaging Students in Enjoyable Reading with SEM-R—Eckert
- Coming Soon!—Field
- Compacting and Differentiation—Fogarty
- Rabbit Holes With Purpose: Designing Curiosity That Goes Somewhere—Housand
- Designing for Depth: Using Big Ideas to Build Complex, Challenging Curriculum—Leppien
- Creative Mathematics Is Not an Oxymoron—McAnallen
- Books to Ignite, Delight, and Cultivate Lifelong Reading—Richards
- Infusing Enrichment Pedagogy into Primary and Elementary Classrooms—Taylor
- Enrichment Clusters: A Practical Plan for Real-World, Student-Driven Learning—Waicunas
- Representation Matters: Addressing Missingness of Black, Brown, and Indigenous Students in Gifted and Talented Programs—Whiting & Nyberg
CONFRATUTE ENDS THURSDAY AFTER LUNCH
- Infusing Creativity: Practical Tools and Research-Based Strategies for Educators—Delgado & Zheng
- Newton and His Laws—Dewell
- Meeting the Needs of Your Student Mathematicians (K-8)—Firmender
- The Art Geometric Modular Origami—McAnallen
- If You’re So Smart, How Come You’re So Anxious?—Zakreski
