Gifted and Talented Consortium:
Dr. Jaime Castellano, Education Pro-
gram Specialist, Arizona Office of English
Language Acquisitions Services addresses
hundreds of local educators in Chapman
Auditorium as part of the Gifted and
Talented Consortium.
Gifted and Talented Consortium
It’s like having a national conference on gifted and talented teaching in your own backyard, and on
scholarship at that. That’s what teachers and administrators who participate say about The Center for
Educational Leadership’s GT program. While local schools provide valuable in-service support, it’s the CEL
program that inspires and informs with nationally recognized, “big name” speakers in the field of gifted and
talented education.

Dr. Jean Gubbins, associate director of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented at the
University of Connecticut, was the speaker in the Fall, 2008. Dr. Gubbins presented a daylong workshop that
focused on nurturing gifts and talents among culturally and linguistically diverse students. Educators in the
audience learned about the Schoolwide Enrichment Model, a dynamic approach to identifying and serving
gifted and potentially gifted students.
Dr. Joyce E. Juntune, executive director at Texas A&M University’s Institute for Applied Creativity, was
the speaker in the Spring. Dr. Juntune’s session focused on giving teachers strategies for dealing effectively
with a variety of challenges gifted students may bring to the school setting. The audience participated in
discussions about definitions of giftedness, indicators of giftedness and best practices for gifted students.
The directors of gifted and talented programs in the San Antonio area identified Dr. George Betts,
professor of special education in the area of gifted and talented education at the University of Northern
Colorado, as Fall, 2009 speaker. The CEL Leadership’s Gifted and Talented Consortium looks forward to
his presentation on developing creativity.
Dr. Rocio Delgado, assistant professor of education at Trinity and coordinator of the G&T Consortium,
says these presentations have a direct benefit to schools. “Teachers have commented that they have learned
about different types of programs for serving students at their school,” says Delgado.
“The presentations are an opportunity for them to learn the research and hear about
how it can be applied to their classroom. For example, surveys for identifying giftedness
in underrepresented populations have been distributed by some of the speakers.
These are then taken to individual school districts and campuses.”
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