Gifted Educator and Advocate
Central Ohio
Pataskala, Ohio, United States
Heather K. Clark-Charles has education and training from the University of Findlay, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Ashland University, and Harvard. With over 20 years of gifted teaching and leadership experience, she has supported a variety of K-12 education settings in Maryland and Ohio that include a wide range of rural, suburban and urban schools. Holding positions such as STEM Educator, Gifted Intervention Specialist, Coordinator of Gifted Services, K-12 Math Coach, Curriculum Coordinator, and Director of Teaching and Learning, she considers herself a strong and well rounded advocate for gifted students, their teachers, and families. In addition to her time in the schools, Heather has previously served as the Region 1 Representative and Vice President for the Ohio Association for Gifted Children and had the privilege of serving a term as the president of Gifted Coordinators of Central Ohio. She has published multiple gifted courses on the online platform Responsive Learning and continues to present at state and national educational conferences. An avid reader, Heather stays up to date on new research in cognitive neuroscience, UDL, twice-exceptionality, acceleration, creativity, and social emotional development for gifted students. She is privileged to be the mom of two gifted boys who continue to amaze her with their talents and unique insight into their public education experiences. She is also supported by a wonderfully brilliant partner, who most certainly played the role of “gifted yet funny troublemaker” during his school days. She also enjoys playing with her two feisty mini-dachshunds, Fritter and Violet, and a big beautiful oaf of a chocolate labrador, Winnie. In Heather’s minimal free time, she continues to dabble in all areas of the visual arts, hunter/jumper riding, baking, and pretending to have it all together.
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Saturday, November 15, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM ET