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A Stellar Success a Message President Volume 28 | Number 2 | November 2009 Newsletter of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children www.world-gifted.org The 18th Conference: A Message A Stellar Success from the President Taisir Subhi Yamin am honored to be in the position of President Iof the WCGTC and am eager to begin working with the members of the new Executive Committee towards increasing the opportunities that the World Council has to offer its members across the world. I have concluded three terms as a member of the Executive Committee. This experience has provided me with an outstanding opportunity to work with a large number of scholars and international institu- tions, and I have intentionally chosen to invest in this organization. United and reunited at the Opening Reception Gifted education is booming in different countries. It is a reflection of the growing interest in giftedness, ubsequent to the conclusion on August 7th, commendations and creativity and innovation, talent development, excel- Sreports of the conference have been received at Headquarters continu- lence in education, and expertise. Investment in ously. The essence of the consistent response is caught in remarks of the gifted education becomes a must for all nations, but following kind: such investment requires well-developed programs that concentrate on promoting productive thinking “Thanks for a great conference - best organized World Conference ever! skills, emphasize future problem solving, employ ef- CONGRATULATIONS…” fective differentiation processes, provide high-qual- “Everything was perfect.” ity provisions, administer different types of evalua- “This was my first World Conference for Gifted and Talented Children tion, and build self-confidence. and I hope to come again. Meanwhile, I will share the conference with my In order to achieve our ultimate goals, we need colleagues….Once again, thank you for the gracious and inviting way you highly qualified and competent teachers who are handled each item pertaining to the conference. It was much appreciated.” willing to serve gifted and talented children with “Just dropping a line to say thank you for a wonderful experience at high-quality programs that are designed to meet the the conference and for being patient with our application that has gone special needs of these children. To do so, we have to through ups and downs and was almost being cancelled.” invest more in educational technology. In the digital “This is a perfect moment for thanking you also for the unparalleled de- world, we are moving towards mobile teaching sign, structure, and management of the 18th World Conference.” and virtual learning environments. Investment in continued on page 3 continued on page 3 Page Executive Administrator’s Message The dual responsibilities of operating Headquarters and orga- ence responsibilities. All in nizing the Biennial Conference created a blurring of the lines all, that has made for a hectic between the two roles, as each had an impact on the other couple of months. during the past year. The ever-increasing conference work and I am most pleased to announce harrowing deadlines forced me to concede that it would not be that Education Dean, Dr. Ken possible to create a May newsletter. Even now, the post-confer- McCluskey and Phil Baker, Director of the ACCESS Program ence activity has made it difficult to devote the hours at the University of Winnipeg, have, once again, gener- needed to produce the current edition. ously supported the office of the World Council Amidst the flurry of proposal submis- Headquarters and are funding the part-time sions for the conference in January, I was position of office assistant in the person of occupied with the preparations for the Reaching Gift ed and Talented Children: Morna Christian, whom many of you had Presidential and Executive Committee Global Initiatives occasion to meet at the Conference. She elections. We had an unprecedented Edited by Eleoussa Polyzoi and Cathrine Froese Klassen comes to us with a wide range of skills, percentage of members voting in the having worked as a church and college World Council two elections, which was conducted for Gift ed and executive secretary, a legal secretary, electronically for the first time. Not Talented Children and a university registrar. Her assis- www.world-gift ed.org only did this method require careful tance is invaluable. scrutiny of voter eligibility, but also I was also furnished with a new com- a verification of all e-mail addresses. Selected papers from the puter in April, thanks to Dean McClus- 2007 WCGTC World Conference Every bounced e-mail was followed-up, held at the University of Warwick, England key. This also meant that my assistant’s and no one was disenfranchised. For A publication of Th e World Council for Gift ed and Talented Children, Inc. computer could be retired, making for University of Winnipeg more detailed information, please, refer Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada © 2009 Made in Canada greater efficiency at both desks. In addition, to the article in this newsletter and to the ISBN: 978-0-9687833-8-2 the University of Winnipeg converted to report posted on our website. a new, networked printing system throughout the Dr. Eleoussa Polyzoi and I managed to fit in late eve- campus, which resulted in Headquarters acquiring a new ning and weekend hours (even long-distance CATfrom # Greece) to printer,PANTONE much 301 C to our delight. PANTONE 7457 C complete the editing of the selected papers from the 2007 Bien- All the while, the “invisible” work in the office continues and nial Conference. The publication, entitled Reaching Gifted and 133 LINESCREEN isPOSITIVE often FILMthe most time-consuming, with tasks such as filing Talented Children: Global Initiatives, was produced in CD form incomeEMULSION taxes, SIDE UP renewing web domains, executing the annual ELLIPTICAL DOT SHAPE for distribution in the conference bags at the Vancouver Confer- corporateRIGHT READING registrations, as well as re-organizing the office and ence. Since then, after compiling the addressPHONE 1-888-775-5206 list and printing the2400 records, dots per inch archiving documents, dealing with parental re- various required labels, we have mailed out the CD to all of the quests, managing our World Council library, and continuously individuals who were at the 2007 Conference and did not attend being engaged in networking and information gathering for the the 2009 Conference. grassroots operations of the business. In the meantime, I received the bid for the 2011 Conference In this issue of the newsletter, you will be able to experi- from the Korean Society for the Gifted, which was, subse- ence—or re-experience—the recent conference, meet the new quently, approved by the Executive Committee. The planning is members of the Executive Committee, become personally underway, and we look forward to the next conference that will acquainted with one of the child performers at the conference, be taking place at the new campus of Incheon University, Seoul, read about a parent’s struggle in seeking provision for her gifted th th Korea, August 8 to 12 . child, find out about upcoming conferences, and learn about Since mid-August, in addition to dealing with the residual what is happening in gifted education around the world. conference business in the aftermath, I have spent time on the Headquarters’ business that had been pre-empted by the confer- Cathrine Froese Klassen WCGTC Executive Administrator Page Message from the President continued The 18th Conference continued educational technology will enable us to improve the The many months of confer- quality of education, extend gifted programs, bridge ence preparations at Head- different cultures and civilizations, and foster creative quarters culminated in our productivity. having 30 boxes of prepared Gifted education is, indeed, the way of the future and conference products deliv- requires sufficient resources. It is our joint task to ered to Vancouver, where, on struggle to obtain the allocation of these means, both Sunday, a hand-picked group structural and financial. The WCGTC will facilitate of volunteers, including our and encourage the use of national and international Some registration volunteers (Front) Sarah Dietrich, top-level technicians, joined standards to develop, implement, foster, and evaluate Diane Minion, Kailey Ng (Back) Susan Dueck, Annette in to stuff the bags. Setting up different types of special provisions designed to meet Greene, Carrie Minion, Mikayla Greene the registration early Monday the different special needs of the gifted and talented. morning was simplified by As President, I will work with educational systems our having generated all the and will employ advanced international expertise to badge inserts and readied the facilitate building gifted programs around the world. badges in Winnipeg. On the We will work to enhance the Council’s efforts to front lines were my two office provide more pathways and horizons for research and assistants—Annette Greene practice. We will need to work hard to help influence and Morna Christian—pho- educational systems and public attitudes and beliefs tographer, Allan Appel, and about gifted education in order to reach our goal of chief technician, Ben Dueck. allocating more resources and programs for the gifted From the singing of the Ca- and talented. I strongly believe in the importance of Technicians: Sheldon Kehler, Mark Dueck, Sina nadian national anthem, “O gifted education. We are, certainly, part of a potential Shahandeh, and Ben Dueck (Chief Technician) Canada,” by eight-year-old support system for general education. Hannah McKinley Brandon, As our Conference comes to an end, I have the honor at the Opening Ceremony to and pleasure of thanking my friends and colleagues the speech delivered by her who have served the WCGTC for several years in ten-year-old sister, Shane, at their terms of office. My warmest thanks go to Den- the Closing Ceremony, the Mo Tsai for his contributions as a member of the participants of the WCGTC th Executive Committee and the President of the Coun- 18 Biennial Conference cil.
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