Programs, Events, and Activities
We encourage you to attend presentations throughout the school year. At these meetings you can expect:
- ELP staff will give an overview of the range of ELP services at each building and will discuss new information regarding programming changes.
- A Friends of ELP Board Member will be present to answer questions you may have about our group.
2019-20 ELP Parent Programs
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Past Programs
One of the goals of our organization is to sponsor informative programs throughout the school year. Over the past few years, we’ve covered a great number of topics of interest to families of high-ability students. If you see a topic on this list that you’d like us to re-visit, please let one of our board members know.
2017-18 School Year | ||
Navigating High School and Preparing for College (student panel) | January 4, 2018 | Watch video (via YouTube) |
Executive Functioning: Helping Gifted Students with Planning, Organization, and Time Management | March 29, 2018 | View Presentation |
2016-17 School Year | ||
Gifting the Gifted: Parenting Your Exceptional Child | Featured Nancy Schornack | View Outline |
Navigating High School and Preparing for College | January 9, 2017 | |
Growth Mindset | March 23, 2017 | |
2015-16 School Year | ||
Helping Children Cope with Anxiety | Featured Lindsey Swan | View Presentation |
Where are they now? A panel of former Johnston ELP students | Featured Justin Allen, Emily Betz, Josh Boeschen, Jennifer Glover Konfrst, Thomas Lashier, & William McDowell | |
Exceptional Educational Experiences in the JCSD | Featured Chris Bergman | |
2014-15 School Year | ||
Differentiation and the Teacher-Leader Grant in the JCSD | Featured Matt Robie & Dr. Bruce Amendt | View Robie’s Presentation View Amendt’s Presentation |
Best Practices for Parenting a High-Ability Student | Featured Mary Schmidt | View Presentation |
Sex, Gender, and Gifted Kids: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know | Featured Sally Rapp Beisser | View Presentation |
2013-14 School Year | ||
Perfectionism: The Occupational Hazards of Parenting Gifted Students | Featured Lisa Van Gemert | View Presentation |
Motivation and Underachievement: How they affect your high-ability student | Featured Kathy Paul | View Presentation |
Play Up! Using common-sense sports analogies to encourage support for high-ability learners | Featured Matt Robie | View Handout |
2012-13 School Year | ||
Guiding the Gifted Reader | Featured DeDe Small & Todd Hodgkinson | View Presentation |
Acceleration | Featured Mareen Marron | View Presentation |
What you need to know about academic testing | Featured Sue Kline | View Presentation |
2011-12 School Year | ||
Programs and Services offered by Belin-Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development | Featured Catherine Blando | |
The Importance of Play: From the voices of 506th Grade Gifted Students | Featured Sally Beisser | View Handout |
The Benefits of Being in ELP Activities | Featured Jessica & Rita Pray | |
2010-11 School Year | ||
Purposes and Methods of Reading Instruction | Featured Chris Bergman & Annie Orsini | View Presentation |
Talented and Gifted Education in Iowa: Laws, Funding and Future | Featured Mary Mascher, Clay Guthmiller, & Linda Moehring | |
Supporting the Emotional Needs of Gifted Students | Featured Sonja Mennenga |