District Lead Advanced Academics and Gifted Education
Douglas County Schools
Denver, Colorado, United States
Jennifer Gottschalk serves as a district Team Lead for Gifted Education in a large suburban school district in metro Denver. In her twenty-three years in gifted education, Jennifer has been a GT classroom teacher, a coach for K-12 GT teachers, a district coordinator for Gifted Education, and the Education Chair of the Colorado Gifted Education State Advisory Committee. Jennifer holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Tufts University, a master’s degree in Counseling from the University of Colorado, Denver and a master’s degree in Gifted Education from the University of Northern Colorado.
Jennifer’s work in schools includes coaching, co-teaching, and demo teaching in groups, classrooms, and sometimes with full grade levels providing support for high potential, advanced, and gifted learners. As a published writer in both fiction and nonfiction, she is passionate about developing writing talent through engaging experiences with diverse mentor texts. As chair-elect of NAGC’s LGBTQ+ network, Jennifer is equally passionate developing support networks for gifted LGBTQIA+ students, as well as their teachers and families.
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Developing Talent in Gifted Creative Writers Through the Depth & Complexity Framework
Saturday, November 15, 2025
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM ET