Webinars
Strength in the Stretch: Using Curriculum to Build Resilient Gifted Learners (Network Webinar)
September 18, 2025 | 12:00 p.m. ET
Free to all NAGC members / $20 for Nonmembers
Jessica Potts
Start your school year with strategies that do more than challenge gifted students—they strengthen them. In partnership with the Curriculum Studies Network, the Social Emotional Development Network invites you to this one-hour webinar exploring how thoughtfully designed curriculum can nurture resilience, foster perseverance, and help gifted learners thrive through productive struggle. Discover practical ways to embed opportunities for growth, reflection, and emotional development into your daily instruction. Let’s build strength in the stretch—together.
Jessica Potts is the Curriculum Coordinator at Davidson Academy Online, a virtual school for profoundly gifted students. Her doctorate is in Secondary Education, with an emphasis on gifted education and online learning. She is a four-time recipient of the Blackboard Catalyst Award, a winner of the WCG School Global Award Initiative, and is the NAGC Curriculum Studies Chair-Elect.
Dr. Megan Parker Peters is the Associate Dean of the College of Education at Lipscomb University. She is a psychologist and Nationally Certified School Psychologist. She is the co-recipient of the 2016 Hollingworth award and 2017 recipient of the Jo Patterson Award for her contribution to gifted education. She is the co- award winner of the 2019 TAGT Legacy award.
Tara Toft has served the students and families in Sandusky City Schools since 1998. After teaching elementary grades for 15 years, she accepted the role of Coordinator for Advanced Academic Studies, overseeing gifted services for the district as well as serving as the principal for the Regional Center for Arts & Academic Studies. She is pursuing a doctorate at Ashland University.
Challenging Minds, Challenging Bans: Protecting Intellectual Freedom for Gifted Learners
September 24, 2025, 4:00 p.m. ET (live event only, no recording access)
$10 for NAGC Members / $20 for Nonmembers
Jessica Potts & Tracy Sangster
The recent rise in book bans impacts all students, but it is especially pernicious for our most gifted and promising learners. During this session, we will investigate the impact of curricular censorship on gifted students and will explore ways to push back against book bans. Join us for a dynamic discussion about keeping intellectual freedom alive.
Jessica Potts is the Curriculum Coordinator at Davidson Academy Online, a virtual school for profoundly gifted students. Her doctorate is in Secondary Education, with an emphasis on gifted education and online learning. She is a four-time recipient of the Blackboard Catalyst Award, a winner of the WGC School Global Award Initiative, and is the NAGC Curriculum Studies Chair.
Tracy Sangster earned her BA and MA in English Language and Literature from CSU Long Beach. She taught in higher ed for fifteen years before transitioning to her current position at Davidson Academy Online in 2016. She is the recipient of a Blackboard Catalyst award, an Anthology Exemplary Course award, and a Learn 21 Innovator in Instruction award.
Supporting Twice-Exceptional (2e) Learners at Home and School (PF&C Parent Webinar)
September 25, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. ET
Free & Open to All
Dr. Matt Zakreski, PsyD
Giftedness is a concept that is often complicated and misconstrued within the education community. When giftedness co-occurs with a documented learning difference (i.e., ADHD, specific learning disabilities), a concept known as twice-exceptionality (2e), then the awareness is even more scarce. This presentation will overview the definitions of giftedness and twice-exceptionality and explore how these students interact with educational and mental health systems. This presentation will provide meaningful strategies for intervening with these neurodiverse students, both inside and outside the classroom, and work with attendees to practice them for future implementation.
Dr. Matt Zakreski, PsyD is a clinical psychologist and professional speaker who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is the co-founder of The Neurodiversity Collective, co-host of the podcast “Nerding out on Neurodiversity,” and the author of "Neurodiversity Playbook: How Neurodivergent People Can Crack the Code of Living in a Neurotypical World".
Weaving Gifted and Language Strategies to Enrich Multilingual Learners' Academic Success
October 21, 2025 | 5:00 p.m. ET
$20 for NAGC Members / $30 for Nonmembers
Donna Albrecht
Explore strategies to scaffold academic enrichment for Multilingual Learners by learning how to build language alongside content. Recognizing characteristics of gifted MLs is the starting point for including high-impact practices that will amplify their learning. Participants will take ready-to-use strategies to their classrooms to strengthen background knowledge and increase academic vocabulary usage through interactive practices.
Donna Albrecht is the Coordinator of Gifted and Talented, Professor of ESL, and Director of the New Neighbors Education Center, an outreach and professional development center at IU Southeast. Donna has years of experience teaching and administering in both GT and ESL programs in the USA and internationally. She has an MA in TEFL and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership.
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