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WATG18

Welcome to the 2018 WATG Conference!

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7:30am CDT

On-Site Pre-Conference Session Registration Registration Area

7:45am CDT

Pre-Conference Continental Breakfast Main Ballroom

8:30am CDT

Precon 1: [ADD'L FEE] Youth-Adult Partnerships that Improve Advanced Learning and EngagementLIMITED Sandstone 3Dr. Helen Beattie • Asah Whalen Precon 2: [ADD'L FEE] Four Essential Steps to Empower Student Voice (for Educators) Wilderness 4Deb Douglas Precon 3: [ADD'L FEE] Parenting Gifted: Beyond the Basics Tundra ABHeather Boorman

11:00am CDT

On-Site Conference Registration Registration Area Exhibits Main Ballroom

11:15am CDT

Thursday Lunch Main Ballroom

12:00pm CDT

Youth Performance: Jayanth Suthan Main Ballroom Youth Performance: Port Washington High School Ensemble Group Main Ballroom

12:15pm CDT

Conference Begins! Opening Remarks Main BallroomCathy Schmit

12:50pm CDT

Keynote: Nothing About Me Without Me: Student Voice and Partnership at the Center Main BallroomDr. Helen Beattie • Asah Whalen

1:50pm CDT

Parent meeting room Woodland Board Room

2:00pm CDT

Breakout 1A: Connect, Explore, Engage: Increase Student Agency Tundra ABSandy Benton • Victoria Rydberg-Nania Breakout 1B: Counseling the Gifted Adolescent Tundra CDAmy Miller • Alyssa Pon-Franklin Breakout 1C: Learning From My Twin Brother With Autism Tundra EFBera Demirbilek Breakout 1D: Start Ahead with UW Colleges Online Wilderness 1Kim Lowe • Katie Seibel Breakout 1E: Considering Creativity Wilderness 4Nicole Meier Breakout 1F: Can Gifted Ed be Contagious? Sandstone 3Christina Gomez Schmidt Breakout 1G: Enhance Your Curriculum with Creative & Critical Thinking Tools Sandstone 8-9Lynn Buckmaster • Martha Barlow

3:00pm CDT

Beverage break in the Ballroom! Main Ballroom

3:15pm CDT

Breakout 2A: Nurturing Voice and Choice (for Parents) Tundra ABDeb Douglas Breakout 2B: Personalizing the Journey to Personalization Tundra CDSheri Drolshagen Breakout 2C:Project Citizen and We the People Tundra EFJack Jarmes Breakout 2D: Rise Up and Write: Supporting Youth Advocacy Wilderness 1Bryn Orum Breakout 2E: Using Off-Level Assessment Results Effectively Wilderness 4Melissa Hinshaw Breakout 2F: Organizational Culture: "White Noise" Effect Sandstone 8-9Alonzo Kelly

4:15pm CDT

MPS Networking Sandstone 3

4:20pm CDT

Youth Performance: Nishanth Suthan Main BallroomNishanth Suthan

4:30pm CDT

Student Art Gallery GalleryStudents' Art Show Exhibitors / Networking / Unconference Main Ballroom