• PARENT STUDENT CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 24
• IMMERSION SESSIONS WITH DR. JIM DELISLE AND DR. DONNA FORD
• KEYNOTES WITH Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen, THE ILLUSTRATOR and Karen-Jo Wargin THE AUTHOR OF THE LEGEND OF SLEEPING BEAR
• PARENT WORKSHOP WITH DR. JIM DELISLE
• KEYNOTES WITH DR. DONNA FORD AND OTHER INVITED SPEAKERS
• SMALL SESSIONS FOR STUDENTS
• SMALL SESSIONS FOR EDUCATORS

• Differentiated Instruction
• Teaching for High Potential
• Parenting for High Potential
• Social Emotional Needs
• Regular Education Connections to Gifted
• New Trends in Gifted Education
• Parent Networking
• Gender Equity
• Technology Applications
• Multicultural Gifted Education
• Advocacy

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

1:00 - 5:00 Conference Registration (Full Conference)

1:00 - 1:45 Parent/Student Conference Registration (Sunday Conference day only)

1:00 - 6:00 Visit the Vendors (Salons A, B, C, and Foyer)

1:45-2:00 Welcome

2:00 - 3:00 Student Session I

3:14 - 4:15 Student Session II

2:00 - 4:00 Parent/Educator Workshop Dialogue with Dr. Jim Delisle:

"Understanding the Intensities of the Gifted".

4:30 - 6:00 Browse the Exhibits - book signing (with Author and Illustrator of The Legend of Sleeping Bear) (Salons A, B, C, and Foyer)

4:45 - 6:00 Student Performers

6:00 - 8:00 Dinner with Keynote

8:00-9:00 Fireside chat with Dr. Jim Delisle (Dennison 4)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

7:30 - 9:00 Registration

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast

8:00 - 5:00 Vendors

9:00 - 10:20 Immersion Session with Dr. Jim Delisle and Dr. Paula Olszewski-Kublius

10:30 - 5:00 Small Sessions

10:30-11:30 Session l

11:50-12:50 Session ll

1:10 - 2:10 Session III

2:30 - 3:30 Session IV

3:50 - 4:50 Session V

11:50 - 2:00 Brown Bag Lunches (Pickup your lunches in Salon A, B, C)

5:00 Dinner and Shopping on your own

5:30 - 7:00 Consultant Meeting - Niles Room

8:00- 10:00 NEW YEARS PARTY:

Renew old acquaintances ones and make new ones. Prize giveaways including (3) $100 certificates to the mall and (1) certificate to spend at vendors, plus many more gifts and prizes and music (Food provided and a cash bar)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast

8:00 - 2:00 Vendors (Salons A, B, C)

9:00-11:20 Focus Sessions

9:00 - 10:00 Session I

10:20-11:20 Session II

11:30 - 12:00 Student Performers (Salons A, B, C, and Foyer)

12:00-2:00 Lunch with Dr. Donna Ford (Salons D, E)

2:00 See you in 200l

Make your reservations directly with the toll-free number for Marriott Hotel

(800) 228-9290. Be sure to specify the Troy Marriott in Troy, Michigan and ask for the

Michigan Alliance for Gifted Education discounted rate.

Room Rates $112.00 plus tax

Dining & Entertainment Shula's Steakhouse

Recreational Facilities

Heated Indoor Pool

Whirlpool

Dry Saunas

Health Club

Locker Rooms

Sun Deck

Area Attractions:

The Palace of Auburn Hills, home of the Detroit Pistons

Pontiac Silverdome, home of the Detroit Lions

Pine Knob Recreation Area

Cranbrook Institute of Science and Academy of Art Museum

Henry Ford Museum

Detroit Renaissance Center

Shopping :

Somerset Collection, an upscale mall located nearby mall located nearby