Concurrent 60 min

HQPL Toolbox

Friday, November 14, 2025

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM ET

Location: Convention Center, 319

Grade Level: Pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary, Professionals

Erica S. Baer-Woods (she/her/hers)

Director of Student Achievement & Gifted Learning; Coordinator Division, Region 4 Representative, Ohio Association for Gifted Children
Midwest Regional Educational Service Center
Sidney, Ohio, United States
Becca M. Fredmonsky (she/her/hers)

Coordinator of Gifted Services/ OAGC Coordinator Division Past Chair
Orange City Schools/ Ohio Association for Gifted Children
Pepper Pike, Ohio, United States

Short Description: Join the OAGC Coordinator Division for the Ongoing HQPL (High-Quality Professional Learning) Toolbox! Centered on Ohio's eight gifted competencies, as well WTCGC global principles, we journey from theory to practice and highlight research-based, field-proven HQPL opportunities. This resource-rich session will augment your repertoire and challenge your paradigms!

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will experience three styles of professional learning (synchronous, job-embedded; synchronous, "traditional; and asynchronous) in order to analyze, then apply said styles of PL to building/district needs.
2. Participants will gain a "toolbox" of professional resources that they can then leverage to prepare and develop high-impact gifted professional learning.
3. When presented with evaluation tools, participants will recognize, revise, and implement the tools necessary to evaluate the efficacy of the professional learning they offer within their buildings and/or districts.