With over 25 years of experience in gifted education as a teacher, district leader, researcher, and university professor, I am passionate about supporting educators in meeting the needs of gifted and advanced learners. My work has included presentations at professional conferences as well as professional learning with schools and districts. Below are examples of conferences where I have presented.
2027
- Arkansas Association for Gifted Keynote Speaker
- Arizona Association for Gifted Keynote Speaker
- New Jersey Association for Gifted Keynote Speaker
2026
- Colorado Association for Gifted Children – Keynote Speaker
- Summit Educational Service Center, Fairlawn, Ohio
- TAGT Emerging Leaders Program, Speaker (Virtual)
- NAGC Teachers Summit – Featured Speaker (Virtual)
- A Taste of Confratute, University of Connecticut, Featured Speaker (Virtual)
- Singapore-Ministry of Education- Gifted Education Conference- Keynote Speaker (with Megan Parker Peters/Virtual)
- Whitworth University, Spokane, Washington, Gifted Education Institute, Keynote Speaker
- Tennessee Association for Gifted Conference, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
- National Association for Gifted Children Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2025
- College of William and Mary, National Curriculum Networking Conference– Keynote Speaker
- Nebraska Association for Gifted– Keynote Speaker
- Oklahoma Association for Gifted, Creative, and Talented– Keynote Speaker
- Educational Service Center,- Keynote Speake, Lorain County, Ohio
- Utah Association for Gifted– Keynote Speaker
- National Association for Gifted Children Teachers Summit (Virtual)
- Gift-a-Palooza Virtual Summit of Giftedness
- National Association for Gifted Chlidren Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Santa Rosa County Schools, Milton, Florida
2024
- Gifted Summit for Independent Schools, Indianapolis, Indiana- Keynote Speaker
- University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut – Confratute- Keynote Speaker
- Illinois Association for Gifted– Keynote Speaker
- South Carolina Gifted State Conference (SSCGE)– Keynote Speaker
- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
- National Association for Gifted Children, Teachers Summit (virtual)
- ASCD Presenter, Washington DC
- Ysleta Independent School District, Texas
- Texas Association for Gifted and Talented, Coaching in Gifted Education Book Study
- Elevate Summer Conference, Metropolitan School District of Washington Township, Indiana
- Tucson Unified School District, Arizona
2023
- Iowa Association for Gifted– Keynote Speaker
- Maine Association for Gifted- Keynote Speaker
- Indiana Association for Gifted– Featured Speaker
- Alabama Association for Gifted– Keynote Speaker
- Washington Association for Gifted and Talented– Keynote Speaker
- National Association for Gifted Children- Teachers Summit– Keynote Speaker (Virtual)
- National Association for Gifted Children, Orlando, Florida
- South Carolina Gifted Consortium (Region 5), Keynote Speaker
- College of William and Mary- Curriculum Network Conference– Invited Featured Speaker
- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Ysleta Independent School District, Invited Keynote Speaker, Texas
- Council of Exceptional Children, Louisville, Kentucky
- World Council for Gifted and Talented Children Conference (Virtual)
