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Concurrent 45 min

Building Constellations: Growing Professional Learning by Creating Smart Partnerships

Saturday, November 15, 2025
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM ET
Location: Convention Center, 301
Grade Level: Pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Professionals
Short Description: The needs of gifted education have become so wide that a single pre-service set of coursework is no longer sufficient to provide enough support. By creating partnerships between districts, state agencies, higher education, and community agencies, New Mexico serves as a case study for how to engage in aligned professional learning to support both gifted specialists and general education teachers.

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will understand the importance of a multi-agency approach to creating effective professional learning opportunities for gifted educators.
  • Participants will be able to see how alignment with pre-service and in-service professional learning leads to improved outcomes for gifted students.
  • Participants will gain strategies for beginning to create partnerships among various entities to provide aligned professional learning in order to improve outcomes for gifted educators and students.