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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
Moderators
Director, Hunter College Gifted Center, Hunter College
Speakers
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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