Speed 30 min

Gifted and Navigating High School: Developing Student Agency and Self-Advocacy

Friday, November 14, 2025

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET

Location: Convention Center, 302/303

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12

Vicki Phelps (she/her/hers)

Executive Director/Head of School
Quest Academy
Saint Charles, Illinois, United States
Karah D. Lewis

Special Education Supervisor
Sumner County Schools, Tennessee
Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States

Short Description: Gifted high school students often have high academic and social expectations placed upon them while still discovering who they are as individuals. This session will address how student agency and self-advocacy can be further developed through personalized goal-setting focused on intrapersonal awareness, interpersonal skills, and application to the learning process.

Learning Objectives:

Attendees will be able to effectively guide and empower gifted high schoolers in developing personalized, strength-based goals focused on intrapersonal awareness, interpersonal skills, and application to the learning process.
Attendees will be able to recognize and actively seek out opportunities for equitable talent development through student-driven goal-setting.
Attendees will be able to provide specialized supports for underserved populations in the development of individualized goals through a variety of contexts.