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BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Santiago BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:-04 DTSTART:20200405T030000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:-03 DTSTART:20200906T040000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:-04 DTSTART:20210404T030000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:-03 DTSTART:20210905T040000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:-04 DTSTART:20220403T030000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:-03 DTSTART:20220911T040000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240409T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240409T083000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20240306T170719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T182936Z UID:8330-1712646000-1712651400@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:WCGTC Webinar - If You Build It\, They Will Come - April 2024 DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/wcgtc-webinar-if-you-build-it-they-will-come-april-2024/ LOCATION:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="World Council for Gifted and Talented Children":MAILTO:headquarters@world-gifted.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240321T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240321T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20240228T170510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T232504Z UID:8255-1711049400-1711054800@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:WCGTC Webinar - Teacher Education - March 2024 DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/wcgtc-webinar-teacher-education-march-2024/ LOCATION:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="World Council for Gifted and Talented Children":MAILTO:headquarters@world-gifted.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240208T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240208T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20240114T161221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240114T171333Z UID:8214-1707420600-1707426000@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:WCGTC Webinar - 2e Learners DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/wcgtc-webinar-2e-learners/ LOCATION:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="World Council for Gifted and Talented Children":MAILTO:headquarters@world-gifted.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20231026T083000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20231026T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20231005T143932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231005T144731Z UID:8123-1698309000-1698332400@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:Gifted Education Online Symposium 2023 - Hosted by Griffith University DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/gifted-education-online-symposium-2023-hosted-by-griffith-university/ LOCATION:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="Griffith University":MAILTO:giftededucation@griffith.edu.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230805 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230814 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20220903T212303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220903T212503Z UID:7457-1691193600-1691971199@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:2023 WCGTC World Conference DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/2023-wcgtc-world-conference/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://world-gifted.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1WCGTC23-Save-the-Date-Card-210-×-148-mm.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230517T210000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230517T223000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20230306T172144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T171150Z UID:7848-1684357200-1684362600@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:WCGTC Webinar - Multiple Facets of Creativity and Divergent Thinking DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/wcgtc-webinar-multiple-facets-of-creativity-and-divergent-thinking/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230320T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230320T183000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20230103T151619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230123T192319Z UID:7780-1679331600-1679337000@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:WCGTC Webinar – Culturally Responsive Education for the Gifted DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/wcgtc-webinar-culturally-responsive-education-for-the-gifted/ LOCATION:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="World Council for Gifted and Talented Children":MAILTO:headquarters@world-gifted.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230305 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230308 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20211122T174715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220903T211808Z UID:6870-1677974400-1678233599@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:3rd Thematic ECHA Conference on Teaching Highly Able Students DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/3rd-thematic-echa-conference-on-teaching-highly-able-students/ LOCATION:Haifa\, Israel\, Haifa\, Israel ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://world-gifted.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SAVE-THE-DATE-photo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230125T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230125T133000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20221102T154544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230122T165641Z UID:7591-1674644400-1674653400@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:WCGTC Webinar – How to Advocate for the Gifted? DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/wcgtc-webinar-how-to-advocate-for-the-gifted/ LOCATION:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="World Council for Gifted and Talented Children":MAILTO:headquarters@world-gifted.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20221129T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20221129T102000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20221102T001757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221124T015306Z UID:7555-1669708800-1669717200@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:WCGTC Webinar - Professional Learning in Gifted Education DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/wcgtc-webinar-professional-learning-in-gifted-education/ LOCATION:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="World Council for Gifted and Talented Children":MAILTO:headquarters@world-gifted.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221021 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221023 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20220705T173511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220705T173511Z UID:7393-1666310400-1666483199@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:2022 AAEGT Virtual Conference DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/2022-aaegt-virtual-conference/ LOCATION:Virtual END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220929 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20210506T181926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210506T181926Z UID:6309-1664064000-1664409599@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:INTERNATIONAL GROUP FOR MATHEMATICAL CREATIVITY AND GIFTEDNESS DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/international-group-for-mathematical-creativity-and-giftedness/ LOCATION:Alexis Park All Suite Resort and Conference Center\, 375 E Harmon Avenue\, Las Vegas\, NV\, 89169\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220831 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220904 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20211119T165112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220302T184104Z UID:6865-1661904000-1662249599@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:ECHA 2022 DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/echa-2022/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220707 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220711 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20211208T144235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T164043Z UID:6967-1657152000-1657497599@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:17th APCG DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/17th-apcg/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220620 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220801 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20220328T171918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220328T171918Z UID:7200-1655683200-1659311999@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:Challenge For All Summer Sessions DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/challenge-for-all-summer-sessions/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220614 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220617 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20220316T140452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220316T140452Z UID:7188-1655164800-1655423999@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:The 2022 Hormel Symposium: Live\, Interactive\, and Virtual DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/the-2022-hormel-symposium-live-interactive-and-virtual/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220521 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220530 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20211201T171321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211201T171321Z UID:6964-1653091200-1653868799@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:Gifted Awareness Week Australia 2022 DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/gifted-awareness-week-australia-2022/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220316T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220316T183000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20211105T174419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211105T174512Z UID:6795-1647450000-1647455400@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:WCGTC Webinar - Gifted Education in Latin America: Challenges and Achievements DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/wcgtc-webinar-gifted-education-in-latin-america-challenges-and-achievements/ LOCATION:Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://world-gifted.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Webinar-Spanish-Gifted-Ed-in-Latin-America.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220226 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20220203T174904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220203T174904Z UID:7034-1645747200-1645833599@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:Webinaire Psychologie du Haut Potentiel DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/webinaire-psychologie-du-haut-potentiel/ LOCATION:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="Haut Poteiel Quebec":MAILTO:info@hautpotentielquebec.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220625 DTSTAMP:20260404T135855 CREATED:20220203T174804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220203T174804Z UID:7031-1643328000-1656115199@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:Les midis-douance d'HPQ DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/les-midis-douance-dhpq/ LOCATION:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="Haut Poteiel Quebec":MAILTO:info@hautpotentielquebec.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211112 DTSTAMP:20260404T135856 CREATED:20211105T173524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211105T173524Z UID:6790-1636416000-1636675199@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:European Science Festival during the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/european-science-festival-during-the-slovenian-presidency-of-the-council-of-the-eu/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210831 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210904 DTSTAMP:20260404T135856 CREATED:20190703T205426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210307T212342Z UID:4398-1630368000-1630713599@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:ECHA 2021 - Porto DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/echa-2021-porto/ LOCATION:Virtual END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210731 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210809 DTSTAMP:20260404T135856 CREATED:20190713T185532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201218T180406Z UID:4413-1627689600-1628467199@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:24th Biennial WCGTC World Conference DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/24th-wcgtc-world-conference/ LOCATION:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="World Council for Gifted and Talented Children":MAILTO:headquarters@world-gifted.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210615 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210618 DTSTAMP:20260404T135856 CREATED:20200409T152826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210406T153001Z UID:5662-1623715200-1623974399@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:2021 Hormel Gifted and Talented Education Virtual Symposium DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/2021-hormel-foundation-gifted-and-talented-symposium/ LOCATION:Virtual END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210608 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210612 DTSTAMP:20260404T135856 CREATED:20210409T194822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210409T194912Z UID:6278-1623110400-1623455999@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:Torrance Center Summer Institute for Teachers and Practitioners DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/torrance-center-summer-institute-for-teachers-and-practitioners/ LOCATION:Virtual END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210522 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210531 DTSTAMP:20260404T135856 CREATED:20210106T214206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210106T214206Z UID:6128-1621641600-1622419199@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:Gifted Awareness Week Australia DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/gifted-awareness-week-australia-2/ ORGANIZER;CN="Kylie Bice":MAILTO:aaegtkylie@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210326T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210326T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135856 CREATED:20210105T160434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210105T161713Z UID:6125-1616756400-1616774400@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:NCRGE Results\, Reflections\, and Recommendations March Conference DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/ncrge-results-reflections-and-recommendations-march-conference/ LOCATION:Virtual END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210328 DTSTAMP:20260404T135856 CREATED:20191031T151105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191031T151153Z UID:5053-1616630400-1616889599@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:Second ECHA Thematic Conference DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/second-echa-thematic-conference/ LOCATION:Budapest\, Hungary\, Budapest\, Hungary END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210320 DTSTAMP:20260404T135856 CREATED:20210303T141556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210303T141556Z UID:6217-1615766400-1616198399@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:Semana Chilena de la Alta Capacidad DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/semana-chilena-de-la-alta-capacidad/ LOCATION:Virtual END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210217T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210217T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T135856 CREATED:20201208T164435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201208T164435Z UID:6036-1613552400-1613563200@world-gifted.org SUMMARY:IdeaFestival Bowling Green DESCRIPTION:March 21 @ 1:00 – 2:30 PM  (Times are in Central European Time) In this webinar\, participants will first focus on opportunities to include “The Top 20 Principles from Psychology for Pre-K-12 Creative\, Talented and Gifted Students Teaching and Learning” in continuous professionalization for teachers. The webinar will then transition to a small panel conversation focused on the similarities and differences in continuous professional development globally led by three teacher educators from around the world. We will then discuss how these 20 principles can be reflected in various teacher education programs/courses and how these newly trained educators can implement this knowledge to positively affect the gifted education of their identified students.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Non-members click here to register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz \n \n \n \n Dr. Christine Deitz is the Associate Director for the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a nationally recognized educator in gifted\, creative\, and talented education. During her 26 years of public school service\, she was a College Board faculty consultant in social studies. Christine holds two National Board Teacher certifications and is also the coordinator of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Candidate Support Site at UA Little Rock. A recipient of multiple national educator and curriculum awards\, Dr. Deitz was recognized as Doctoral Student of the Year and received the A. Harry Passow Classroom Teacher Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). She is the author of numerous articles on gifted education and is the immediate-past president of the state’s advocacy association\, Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education. She currently serves on NAGC’s Board of Directors as State Representative. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons \n \n \n \n Mrs. Annemieke Weterings-Helmons M.EP is a part-time associate professor at Fontys University in the department of teacher education and educational needs. She is specialized in math education and dyscalculia\, and gifted education. From 2007-2009 she had the shared responsibility for the development and implementation of the first Dutch Master Educational Needs in Gifted Education at Fontys University. At Fontys University\, Mrs. Weterings-Helmons is currently responsible for their teacher education courses on gifted education. She is a co-developer and lecturer at Slim! Educatief’s teacher education course Specialist in Educating Twice Exceptional Learners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Erkki Lassila \n \n \n \n Erkki Lassila\, PhD\, is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Human Development and Environment at Kobe University\, where he chairs Teacher Education Research. Originally from Finland (University of Oulu)\, he has been a research student at Hokkaido University (2013–2016) and a visiting researcher at Ehime University (2020–2021). His research focuses on teachers’ work as an relational and emotional practice in different sociocultural contexts\, comparative perspectives in education and gifted education as a challenge to mainstream education\, and teacher thinking.   Dr. Lassila’s current project focuses on identifying culturally appropriate theoretical and practical models for educating Japanese teachers about Gifted Education. He is a country delegate of Japan for the Asia-Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rena Subotnik \n \n \n \n Rena F. Subotnik\, PhD\, serves as Research Associate at the Academic Talent Development Program\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Graduate School of Education. From 2001 until June 2023\, she was Senior Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. Under her leadership\, one of the Center’s missions was to generate public awareness\, advocacy\, clinical applications\, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains.   Dr. Subotnik is co-author\, with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius\, and Frank Worrell\, of the Megamodel\, appearing in publications such as Scientific American\, Scientific American Mind\, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences\, Frontiers in Psychology\, Psychological Science in the Public Interest\, and the Annual Review of Psychology\, and co-editor with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank Worrell of The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential Into Domain-Specific Talent.   Rena has been awarded grants from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention\, the National Science Foundation\, the Institute of Education Sciences\, the Camille and Henri Dreyfus Foundation\, McDonnell Foundation\, the American Psychological Foundation\, and the U.S. Department of Education to support her projects. URL:https://world-gifted.org/event/ideafestival-bowling-green/ LOCATION:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU":MAILTO:gifted@wku.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR