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October 22-23, 2010
Greenwood Inn, Calgary, Alberta
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Tracy L. Cross
holds an endowed chair, Jody and Layton Smith Professor of Psychology and
Gifted Education, and is the Executive Director of the Center for Gifted
Education at The College of William and Mary. Previously he served Ball
State University as the George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of
Gifted Education, the Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Studies
and Talent Development, and the Institute for Research on the Psychology
of the Gifted Students. For nine years is served as the Executive Director
of the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities, a
residential high school for intellectually gifted adolescents. He has
published well over 100 articles and book chapters, 30 columns, made
over 200 presentations at conferences, and has published four books. He
has edited five journals in the field of gifted studies and is the current
editor of the Journal for the Education of the Gifted. He received the
Distinguished Service Award from The Association for the Gifted and the
National Association for Gifted Children, the Early Leader and Early Scholar
Awards from NAGC and the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from the MENSA
Education and Research Foundation.
F. Richard "Rick" Olenchak
currently serves as Professor, Psychologist, and Co-Director
of the Urban Talent Research Institute at the University of Houston. Joining the faculty
at U of H in 1998, he was previously Chair of Special Education as well as Director of
Teacher Education at the University of Alabama for eleven years. Originally from
Virginia, he graduated from the University for Michigan, later earning advanced degrees
in Educational Leadership from Eastern Michigan University and in Psychology from Arizona
State University. His Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, emphasizing Giftedness and Talent
Development, was completed at the University of Connecticut. He later completed a
post-doctoral internship in Psychology at a secure medical facility for adolescents.
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Having taught grades 2 through 11, including teaching at a specialized school for gifted
students, Dr. Olenchak has served as a K-12 Director of Gifted Education in two school
districts, as well as director of two Federal grants in gifted education. In addition,
he has been principal at both elementary and middle school levels, a training specialist
for a corporation interested in developing executive talent, a research associate at a
state department of education, and has operated a private psychological consulting
practice focusing on the developmental needs of gifted and talented children.
Having been President of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), Rick has
also has served as NAGC Research Editor, in various leadership roles in NAGC Networks,
as President of the International Future Problem Solving Program (FPSP), as President
for the Association for the Education of Gifted Underachieving Students (AEGUS), and
as Chair of the Research and Development Division of the Texas Association for Gifted
and Talented (TAGT). In addition, Rick currently is a member emeritus of the Board of
Directors of SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted). Having served in
numerous roles for the nation's leading university accreditation program for educator
preparation, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), he
was appointed in late 2007 to NCATE's Executive Board. In addition, Rick is Chief
Operating Officer of Voile Enterprises, a management consulting firm that emphasizes
lifelong talent development among the world's leading corporate executives.
Publications which he has either authored or co-authored number approximately 100. Among
them are the 2009 award-winning book,
Social-Emotional Curriculum with Gifted, and
the 2005 book,
Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children
and Adults, named
ForeWord magazine's Psychology Book of the
Year in 2005. He is currently at work on a number of chapters and articles about the
social and emotional aspects of giftedness and talent development, including a
significant examination of the construct of "hope" and its implications on the holistic
development of each student.
Honors associated with gifted education include: the John Gowan Award from NAGC;
leadership awards from Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, and Texas; honorary educational
citizenship award from Mexico -- Educacion Especial de Mexico; the Lily Endowment
Teaching Fellow Award; and the Leadership Award for Students with Talents and
Disabilities from the University of Houston.
Sessions
All speakers and
their sessions do not require pre-registration into sessions, but please note
that space at the Greenwood Inn is limited, and once the conference is full,
registration will close.
