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• 2025-2026 C3 Coordinators Connect and Collaborate

  • Start
    10/15/2025
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  • End
    04/08/2026
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Virtual
  • Spaces left
    35
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    15 registrants

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  C3: Coordinators Connect and Collaborate
  

  Welcome to the 2025-2026 School Year

  If you are a Gifted Coordinator or work in a gifted program leadership role, please join the IAGC for our 4-session, Bi-Monthly Virtual Support Meetings in which we provide resources, discussions, and strategies to help teachers work with advanced learners in their classroom.

  Topic:  The Fordham Institute Pipeline Report

  Coordinators and district/school leaders are invited to join the conversation as we review research and recommendations from the recent report: Building a Wider, More Diverse Pipeline of Advanced Learners, published by the National Working Group on Advanced Education. Strategies for developing a comprehensive continuum of services for advanced learning within districts/schools will be a key area of focus.

  This topic will be covered over the course of 4 sessions, October, December 2025 and January, April 2026. 

  Coordinators of advanced academic programming are invited to join this year's C3 conversations as we address a new topic.

  Bring your questions, ideas, and solutions to share with other Gifted Coordinators across the state.

  2025-26 DATES

  Wednesday October 15 2025	12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
  Wednesday December 10	12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
  Wednesday January 28 2026	12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
  Wednesday April 8	12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Registration Fees

  Free to members

  $50 for non-members (includes all 4 sessions)

  $25 for one additional guest (non-member)

  
  

  * requires a minimum  of 10 registrations

  * no refunds (refund policy)

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• 2025 (Virtual) Sponsor/ Exhibitor Registration

  • When
    11/15/2025
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    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    NIU Conference Center 1120 E Diehl Rd, Naperville, IL 60563
  • Spaces left
    8

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  2025 CONFERENCE

  SPONSOR/ EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION

  IN-PERSON  EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED

  AVAILABLE:  Virtual Resource Showcase 

  This ticket is for VIRTUAL promotion ONLY instead of having an on-site exhibitor table. The Virtual Resource Showcase will be part of the Digital Brochure for the IAGC Community post-conference and for the IAGC Parent Night on January 22.

  Virtual Showcase Exhibitors will be provided with a slide template to create a half-page virtual promotion space. This may include Logo, Contact Info, Description; Email capture options: Downloadable Resource, Link to Pre-recorded Video, a Link to Upcoming Live Webinar, etc.

  Register for the VIRTUAL ticket by November 13

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  EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED
  

  Join the IAGC as a Sponsor and/or Exhibitor for the 30th Annual IAGC Conference.

  This year the IAGC Conference will once again be held at the NIU Naperville Center at 1120 E Diehl Rd, Naperville, IL 60563. 

  Monday October 27 & Tuesday October 28  8:00am - 4:00pm

  • 30-minute Exhibitor Breaks each day
  • ALL Exhibitors will be positioned within high-traffic, attendee transition areas
  • ALL Exhibitors will have access to an online "booth" via SCHED and will be listed in the VIRTUAL RESOURCE SHOWCASE (Upgrade available to Exhibitors)
  • Exhibitor scavenger hunt and raffle prizes for attendees to increase engagement
  • SPONSOR Bonuses:  mini-breakout option (with approval); VIP invite to Social Hour;  SCHED video promo; Keynote Introduction; Free lunch; and more!!

  Please read ALL TICKET DESCRIPTIONS on the registration page before selecting ONE. 

  Once you have selected your ticket type you will be able to add-on additional options.  

  Deadline for SPONSOR Registration is AUGUST 25, 2025

  Deadline for EXHIBITOR Registration is SEPTEMBER 15, 2025

  View ALL Sponsor / Exhibitor Packages, Rates, and Benefits

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• WINTER 2026 IAGC Gifted Education Modules: Foundations for Teaching Advanced Learners in Today's Classrooms

  • Start
    01/14/2026
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  • End
    02/18/2026
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    online
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    20

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  WINTER 2026

  Modules in Gifted Education:

  Foundations for Teaching Advanced Learners

  in Today's Classrooms

  IAGC Professional Development (virtual)

  $375/Members, $425/Non-Members, $999/ Group of THREE

  Wednesday evenings

  Jan 14 - Feb 18

  6:30pm - 8:30pm

  (6 sessions)

  Jan 14, 21, 28 Feb 4, 22, 18

  (dates and times subject to change)

  PD Project Due:  February 25, 2026

  Designed for classroom teachers and enrichment teachers who serve advanced learners in grades K-8, each module provides practical knowledge and evidence-based strategies to meet the needs of students who achieve and/or have the potential to achieve at high levels. Attendees will gain an understanding of current, equitable and inclusive approaches in the field of gifted education and explore programming/instructional models, classroom structures, and collaborations to support advanced learners. Projects and readings are designed with an eye to applicability/relevance to classroom practice. Classroom teachers, new enrichment/advanced programming teachers, and educators seeking to update their foundational skills and knowledge for developing talents of advanced learners are encouraged to participate.

  Each of three virtual modules includes 4 hours of synchronous and 6 hours of independent learning. A Certificate of Course Completion from IAGC and 30 PD hours will be provided upon completion of all three modules. Instead of Professional Development hours, participants can opt to earn two semester hours from Lindenwood University upon completing module requirements.

  Note: Assignments will be provided and submitted on the Google Classroom platform. All participants are required to have a Google Account and email to participate in this course.

  
  

  Course Overview:

  Module 1: Understanding Advanced Learners (4 hours in-class time + 6 hours independent learning)

  Part 1 - Conceptions of Giftedness (2 hour class + readings and assignments)

  Part 2 - Recognizing and Developing Gifts and Talents (2 hour class + readings and assignments)

  Module 2: Programming, Collaborations and Classroom Structures to Support Growth of Advanced Learners (4 hours in-class time + 6 hours independent learning)

  Part 1 -  Supporting Growth of Advanced Learners Through the MTSS Framework, Assessment, and Professional Learning Communities (2-hour virtual class + readings and assignments)

  Part 2 -  Classroom, Community, and Family Collaborations to Support Advanced Learners (2-hour  virtual class + readings and assignments)

  Module 3: Differentiation and Instructional Strategies for Advanced Learners (4 hours in-class time + 6 hours independent learning)
  

  Part 1 -  Key Components of Differentiated Instruction for Advanced Learners (2-hour virtual class + readings and assignments)

  Part 2 - Student-Centered Differentiation for Advanced Learners (2-hour  virtual class + readings and assignments)

  Required Text: Heacox, D. and Cash, R., Differentiation for Gifted Learners: Going Beyond the Basics (revised and updated edition). Free Spirit Publishing, 2020 (ISBN: 978-1-63198-432-7) 
  *Participants are responsible for obtaining the text as it is not included in the module registration fee.
  

  Book is available from Amazon and other book sellers.

  All classroom sessions must be attended and readings/assignments completed for module credit. 30 hours of professional development credit is available after satisfactorily completing all of the requirements/assignments.  
  

  
  

  Note:

  Course will run subject to sufficient enrollment.

  No refunds unless course is cancelled by the IAGC.

  Contact IAGC for large group (10+) discount.

  Payment due by first day of class unless otherwise arranged for group registration. 

  Contact office@iagcgifted.org to request special arrangements.

  
  

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