2019 WCGTC World Conference

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2.5.2 Establishing and Facilitating a National Gifted Awareness Week

Raising the understanding and profile of gifted education across a nation is universally at the top of the agenda for our gifted communities. Using a multi-media format, the presenters will explore the foundations and organization behind the well-established national Gifted Awareness Weeks held annually in both Australia and New Zealand. The presenters will highlight how these yearly events bring the national communities together, report on the outcomes achieved to date, and inspire colleagues worldwide to consider a national day, week or month of celebrating the gifted.

Author(s):

Melinda Gindy
president@gfsg.org.au
Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented
Australia

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Melinda Gindy is a learning support teacher with a background in music teaching. Melinda is the President of GFSG Inc., the NSW association represented on the Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented (AAEGT). Additionally, Melinda is the AAEGT Vice-President and National Facilitator of Gifted Awareness Week Australia. She served on the organising committees for the 2016 AAEGT National Gifted Conference, the 2017 NSW Gifted Awareness Forum for Educators, and the 22nd Biennial World Gifted Conference. Melinda has been an invited and sessional presenter at a number of local, state and international conferences, including 2017 World Gifted.

Deb Walker
deborah.walker@nzcge.co.nz
New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education
New Zealand

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Deb Walker is a specialist educator with many years' experience teaching and supporting gifted learners. She is currently the CEO of the New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education (NZCGE). Deb is also part of a consortium who combine to deliver Gifted Awareness Week in New Zealand, the Project Leader for the Gifted Aotearoa educators Network of Expertise, a member of the New Zealand Ministry’s ‘Guardians of the Education Conversation’ group and gifted Advisory Group and a New Zealand World Gifted and Talented Council delegate. Deb is passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of gifted learners.

 



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