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Full Schedule

  • Thursday, November 5, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM CT
    Registration
  • 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Building Thinkers: Interactive Engineering Design for K–8 Classrooms (Preregistration Required)
  • 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Designing and Leading Culturally Responsive MTSS for Gifted Learners: From Lesson Design to System-Level Change with AI Integration (Preregistration Required)
  • 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Get In the Game (Preregistration Required) Required)
  • 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Teaching Strategies and Frameworks for Advanced and Gifted Learners You Can Use Today! (Preregistration Required)
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT
    State Affiliate Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    Network Leaders Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM CT
    Leadership Development Session (Invitation Only)
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Catch Up With Your Community Networking Session
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    First-Timers Orientation
  • 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Opening Keynote Session: “Who Did This for You?" Reframing Educator Beliefs and Resetting Access to Gifted Education
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CT
    NAGC26 Exhibit Hall Grand Opening & Celebration
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    A Balanced Approach to Programming
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    A Residential Program to Foster Career Development in High-Achieving, Low-Income Students
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Adaptive Drive or Risk? Perfectionism Among Gifted Students and Their Peers
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Applying Critical Tech Concepts to Talent Development Contexts
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Around the World, Principals, Psychologists, Parents & Educators Work Best as A Team
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Art of Noticing: Cross-Field Traits That Define Advanced Visual Learners
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Artificial Intelligence in Gifted Education: Research Evidence and Implications
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Behind the Achievement: How Families Can Support Gifted Black Girls’ Well-Being
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Beyond One Building: Creating Powerful Gifted Learning Networks Across Schools
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Beyond Potential: Developing Leadership in High-Ability Learners
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Breaking the Echo Chamber: Fostering Creativity in Daily Classrooms
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Build Spatial Awareness: Integrating Arts and Mathematics to Strengthen Geometric Thinking
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Building a Framework for Supporting SEL that Honors Gifted Black Student Identity
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Building Statewide Gifted PL Capacity: How OAGC Built HQPD Guidance & Facilitator Supports
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Creating Disruptive Scientists: Radical Curiosity and Innovative Lab Design for K-8 Gifted
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Creatively Gifted + Visual-Spatial Learners = Best of Both Worlds
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Creativity for Growing Talent in the Gen Ed Classroom
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Creativity Tool Kit: Get students thinking creatively from day one
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Educator Insights on AI & Creativity: Turning Research into Classroom Practice
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Enhancing Divergent Thinking in Gifted Students through Targeted K–6 Instruction
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    From Compliance to Coherence: Coordinating Gifted Programs That Actually Work
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    From High Expectations to Healthy Support: Effects of Family Communication on Adolescents
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    From PLC Questions to Powerful Differentiation
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    From Programming to Practice: Adapting Lessons in the General Education Classroom
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    From Research to Reach: How can the TRAIN framework build capacity in gifted education?
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    From Theory to Practice: Analyzing Teacher-Designed AI Experiences for Gifted Learners
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    From What You Have Now to “WOW!” Tweaking Mathematics to Equitably Spot Potential
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Genre Bending and Creative [Writing] Practice for High-Ability Learners Across Disciplines
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Gifted Education in Qatar: A Critical Content Analysis of Educational Policies and Programs
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Gifted Education Meets Artificial Intelligence: A Pathway to Policy
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Gifted Underachievement: Causes, Consequences, and Interventions
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Giftedness as Social Identity: A Developmental Model for Stigma and Advocacy for Belonging
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Going Global with Gifted Learners: The Promise of the Seal of Biliteracy
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    High Expectations, Hidden Costs: Supporting the Social Emotional Needs of Gifted Black Girls
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Honoring Potential, Fueling Excellence: Recognition For Gifted Learners
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    How to Get What You Want Without Pissing People Off: Advocacy for Gifted Education
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Identifying and Serving Young Gifted and 2E Learners
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Igniting Creativity: Reimagining Everyday Tasks in K–8 Classrooms
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Impact of a Program on Leadership Perspectives Among Academically Advanced Youth
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Implementing the Schoolwide Enrichment Model with Ready-to-Use Curriculum
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Intersectionalities between Youth with Twice-Exceptionalities and LGBTQIA+ Identities
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Is AI a Cognitive Partner for Gifted Students in Turkey?
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Leveraging Social Stories and Narratives to Enhance Understanding of Neurodiversity
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Lifting Young Minds: Using Inquiry to Develop and Recognize Gifted Potential in K–3
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Light the Spark; Build the Bridge: Engaging Gifted Students in Challenging Tasks
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Linking Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices for Gifted Children in Early Childhood Education
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Making Meaning: What Matters Most to Gifted Readers
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Math Talk That Matters: Using Games to Grow Talent in Every Classroom
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    MTSS Interventions for Academically Advanced Students
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    MTSS: How to use Data to Create Academic Clusters and Guide Course Placement for ELA and Math
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Native American Students in Talent Development Summer Camps. A Four-Year Sentiment Analysis
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Our Magnificent Multi-Lingual Learners: Maximizing & Nurturing Talent Through Voice & PBL
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Poster 75: Developing Gifted Social Entrepreneurs
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Poster Sessions
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Purposeful Grouping & Talent Spotting in MLL Math Potential
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Rethinking Equity Measurement in Gifted Education: Toward a Multidimensional Framework
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Rethinking Gifted Education from a Global South Perspective
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Rethinking Giftedness: Identity, Belonging, and Twice-Exceptional Students
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Shared Learning, Shared Future: Place-Based Ecosystems for Talent Development
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Smart Isn’t Always Strong: Rethinking Mindset for Advanced Learners
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Stories That See Them: Building Empathy and Understanding for Twice Exceptional Learners
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Supporting Achievement Motivation: A Culturally Responsive Approach to Acceleration
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Technology as Context: How Generations Shape Gifted Identification and Development
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    The First Steps: MTSS and Talent Development for Gifted in the General Education Classroom
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    The Gifted Language Bridge: Rigorous, Accessible Learning for Multilingual Learners
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Tools for Better Futures for All
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Unequal Pathways: Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Gifted and Special Education
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Using Advanced Placement Performance to Measure Academic Achievement in Gifted Learners
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Well-being, Motivation, and Self-Perception Among Diverse Learners
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    What’s in the Brew? How Wisconsin Prepares Teachers to Work With Gifted Learners
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Why Gifted Middle Schoolers Still Need Play Infused Learning in the Classroom
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Why Students in Foster Care Remain Unidentified and Underrepresented in Gifted Programs
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Why Teachers Don’t Differentiate and What to Do About It
  • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CT
    Write the Future: Blending Creativity and Research to Support Gifted Writers
  • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CT
    Network Evening Events