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Welcome to the 25th SILVER Anniversary IAGC Conference. This year’s program features presentations to support educators, administrators, school psychologists, social workers, and parents. Please see the session schedule for details, which are also organized by strand -- Acceleration, Effective Program Leadership, Evidence-based Curriculum and Instruction, Social-Emotional, and Diverse/Underserved Populations. Please also explore our Parent Saturday sessions and schedule for Saturday, February 8, 2020.

This year, we will not be using printed programs. Please explore this app to access the schedule and to learn about presenters, sponsors, and exhibitors. Also, please scroll down to see our "Information Page" for important information about the following

  • REGISTRATION
  • EXHIBITOR AREA AND HOURS
  • BREAKFAST 
  • IAGC WELCOME, AWARDS, and UPDATE Meeting - Grand Ballroom,  Thursday, 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
  • PD CREDIT AND EVALUATION INFORMATION 
  • NETWORKING AND VISITING WITH FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES  - Ballroom - Thursday, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • AWARD AND SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
  • HOTEL MAP, AREA AMENITIES & RESTAURANTS
  • WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS
  • LOST & FOUND
  • ACCESSING RESOURCES AFTER CONFERENCE
  • SPECIAL SALE-SIGNING-"MEET THE AUTHOR" - BOOKS BY PRESENTERS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS

Whether you are joining us for one, two, or all three days, we hope that you will have a meaningful and informative experience. Thank you for joining us to support and develop the talents of advanced leaners from diverse backgrounds and cultures throughout Illinois!

-The Illinois Association for Gifted Children

IAGC Board Members: Jeanine Buishas (President), Susan Corwith (President-Elect), Paula Olszewski-Kubilius (Past President), Jill Ko (Treasurer), Denise Kuchta (Secretary), Adrienne Coleman, Newenka DuMont, April Wells, Randy Lange, Kenyatta Revelle, Kevin Kusy, Pamela Shaw, Rhoda Rosen, Diane Beedy

Executive Director: Patricia Steinmeyer
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Friday, February 7 • 8:15am - 10:30am
(Double Session) Selecting and Utilizing Multicultural and Culturally Relevant Picture Books

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We live in diverse and ever-changing global society. Young advanced and gifted learners have an affective sense of global awareness. Quality picture books and informational narrative texts will be the lens by which we will support how our learners perceive themselves and other in the world in which we live. Together we will explore how noted picture book authors and illustrators create transparency in children's literature through "mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors", (Sims-Bishop, 1990). We will discuss, “funds of identity” based on the theory of “funds of knowledge” and how to select appropriate juried multicultural and culturally relevant picture books for classroom instruction. A host of books will be available to review as well as websites and curated bibliographies to support classroom and school libraries.
Speakers
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Laura Beltchenko

Consultant, Lake County ROE
Laura Beltchenko is a 34 year veteran educator. Her career in public education included classroom teacher, reading specialist, teacher and coordinator of gifted education programs as well as an associate superintendent of curriculum and instruction for a Chicago suburban school district... Read More →

Friday February 7, 2020 8:15am - 10:30am CST
Naper 3
  Evidence-Based Curriculum and Instruction, K-8