The Gifted Education Conference at ECU presents an excellent professional development opportunity for educators. The conference will feature Dr. Marcia Gentry, nationally known expert in gifted education, Sneha Shah-Coltrane, DPI Gifted Education Consultant, as well as concurrent breakout sessions.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Marcia Gentry joined the faculty at Purdue in 2004 after spending 8 years as a professor in Minnesota where she began her research into student perceptions of school experiences and directed graduate programs in gifted education. She accepted the role of GERI director in January of 2008. Her research has focused on the use of cluster grouping and differentiation; the application of gifted education pedagogy to improve teaching and learning; student perceptions school, and on non-traditional services and underserved populations—areas in which she has over 50 publications. Dr. Gentry developed and studied the Total School Cluster Grouping Model and is engaged in continued research on its effects concerning student achievement and identification and on teacher practices. She is currently in the middle of a 3-year study of the effects of enrichment programming on children from low-income families. She also served on the National Association for Gifted Children's Board of Directors and is recipient of its Early Scholar Award for her contributions to the research concerning gifted child education.
A $40 conference fee includes registration, refreshments, materials and parking. Registration will be held on a first-come, first-served basis. The conference is limited to the first 200 paid registrants. On-site registration will not be available. Only completed registration forms accompanied by payment will confirm registration for the first 200 participants. To avoid being closed out of this conference, registration before September 10, 2010 is advised. Registration refunds are not available; however, substitutions are accepted.
Registration
Registration is accepted by mail or online.
The Gifted Education Conference at ECU is sponsored by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, East Carolina University. Co-directors of this event are Brian Housand, Katie O’Connor and Elizabeth Fogarty.
