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The 2016 NYC Gifted & Talented Symposium & Benefit includes topics on talent development, social & emotional development and how to navigate the practical matters for parents and educators of NYCs high potential youth, from pre-k through middle school. As requested by NYC families, the keynote, Finding Nourishment for Advanced Learners in Today’s Education Desert by Johns Hopkins Center for Talent Youth’s Dr. Elaine Hansen and a Thought Leaders Conversation– The Secret Sauce: Articulating What Works in Educating High Ability Youth Citywide will focus on best practices for supporting high ability youth throughout NYC.  A Curated Exhibit Hall will feature the best and most unique programs to support the passion, interest and talent areas of our children. The Education Technology Discovery Showcase allows parents and educators to test drive innovative programs that support teachers and students in the classroom and children and their parents at home. And finally, the Michael Perelstein Discover Your Passion awardees, the third cohort of talented NYC youth with talents that include the arts, comedic performance, computer science, music and chess, will exemplify what gifted and talented education looks like in practice.
To learn more about the organizer, Parents of Accelerated Learners, NYC [PALNYC], see our site at PALWorkshopsnyc.org.

Not sure what sessions to attend? Our top picks by age range are below:
Parents of Pre-Schoolers + Kindergarteners: Thought Leaders + Keynote, Any of the Talent Development, Intro to Social & Emotional Development, Flip Side of Gifted, ABCs of Pre-K, It’s Elementary, 2E, Gifted Ed Toolkit, Diversity Topic, Secret Sauce Part 2
Rising K-5th grade, Elementary School Parents:  Thought Leaders + Keynote, Any of the Talent Development, Intro to Social & Emotional Development, Flip Side of Gifted, Dog Ate My iPad,  It’s Elementary, Navigating Middle School,  2E, Gifted Ed Toolkit, Gender Topic, Diversity Topic, What to Do When It’s Not the Right Fit, Secret Sauce Part 2, Genius: Then, Now & Tomorrow
Rising 5-8th graders, Middle School Parents:  Thought Leaders + Keynote, All of the Talent Development, Intro to Social & Emotional Development, Flip Side of Gifted, Dog Ate My iPad, Middle School Mayhem,  Navigating Middle School, Pathway to Highschool,  2E, Gifted Ed Toolkit, Gender Topic, Diversity Topic, What to Do When It’s Not the Right Fit, Secret Sauce Part 2, Genius: Then, Now & Tomorrow 
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Saturday, March 12 • 9:00am - 9:50am
PALNYC Thought Leaders Roundtable– The Secret Sauce: Articulating What Works in Educating High Ability Youth Citywide, a conversation and showcase of best practices among NYCs top schools for supporting high ability learners LIMITED

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With the constant focus on ‘best schools,’ are the schools for the gifted doing something that substantially differentiates the outcomes of their students as compared to other schools, if so, what exactly is that secret sauce and once articulated and even documented, can it be used as a model for best practices and implemented more vastly in other NYC schools.

Join us for a ilvely and thought provoking discussion 'The Secret Sauce, Articulating What Works in Educating High Ability Youth Citywide' as leaders of NYCs most reputable G&T programs share best practices and its framework for a scalable, replicable model for a new NYC standard of general education. 
 
Moderators
avatar for Elissa F Brown, PhD

Elissa F Brown, PhD

Director, Hunter College Gifted Center, Hunter College
Dr. Elissa Brown is the director of the Hunter College Center for Gifted Studies in New York City. She is the distinguished lecturer and program leader of Hunter’s Advanced Certificate Program in Gifted Education. She served one year as the Admissions director for the Hunter College... Read More →

Speakers
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Mark Berkowitz

IA Principal, NEST+m
Since arriving at NEST+m in July 2015, (IA) Principal Mark Berkowitz has worked to ensure that NEST+m is a site of deep, purposeful learning for students and teachers alike. NEST+m students blossom into practitioners: scientists, mathematicians, engineers, artists, writers, historians... Read More →
avatar for Janette Cesar

Janette Cesar

Principal, Talented & Gifted School
Janette Cesar began her career in education as a teacher in District 13 in Brooklyn. As an undergraduate student at Hunter College, Ms. Cesar took many classes in Gifted Education. This prepared her to teach mostly gifted classes during her 12 years in District 13.  Ms. Cesar was... Read More →
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Elaine Hansen, PhD

Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Dr. Elaine Tuttle Hansen, the executive director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, has devoted her career to the education of bright young minds and the pursuit of academic excellence. At CTY Hansen has led initiatives designed to foster the continued growth and evolution... Read More →
avatar for Barbara Tischler, PhD

Barbara Tischler, PhD

Head of School, Speyer School
Dr. Barbara L. Tischler is a cum laude graduate of Douglass College of Rutgers University, where she completed an honors thesis on “Parody and Transcription in the Lutheran Masses of Johann Sebastian Bach.” A Master of Music degree in Oboe from the Manhattan School of Music and... Read More →

Saturday March 12, 2016 9:00am - 9:50am EST
Auditorium [A014]
  Thought Leaders Conversation