Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University: Recent Episodes
Center for Talent Development at Northwestern
Center for Talent Development (CTD) at Northwestern University is dedicated to serving the gifted community and ensuring that gifted students receive the education, encouragement and support they need to learn and grow into confident and accomplished adults whose love for learning grows stronger each year. CTD provides research-based assessment, advanced programs and resources to enhance a child’s schooling.
Matt Easterday, Associate Professor, Northwestern University, School of Education and Social Policy, discusses how civic engagement can be used as a tool of empowerment in the face of uncertainty.
Matt Easterday, Associate Professor at Northwestern University, School of Education and Social Policy, discusses the importance of civic engagement for youth.
Professor Emma Adam, from Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy discusses how connections and community have a positive impact on one's sense of self.
Professor Emma Adam, from Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy discusses the biological impact of stress over time.
Professor Emma Adam, from Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy explains what stress is and the effects that stress has on the body.
Miriam Sherin, Professor of Learning Sciences and Associate Provost at Northwestern University, explains the correlation between student learning and teacher noticing.
Miriam Sherin, Professor of Learning Sciences and Associate Provost at Northwestern University, explains the two components of teaching noticing.
Miriam Sherin, Professor of Learning Sciences and Associate Provost at Northwestern University, discusses the importance of how and where teachers should pay attention in their classrooms.
Jonathan Guryan, Professor of Human Development and Social Policy at the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University, discusses his recent study which focuses on providing supplemental individualized tutoring opportunities to students.
CTD Director Susan Corwith on Five Things to Know About Talent Development by Center for Talent Development at Northwestern
Dr. Eric Calvert, associate director at Center for Talent Development, discusses how using a strength based approach for students can be more beneficial than a proficiency based approach.
Dr. Susan Corwith, associate director at Center for Talent Development, explains the importance of providing non-academic support for students.
Dr. Eric Calvert, associate director of the Center for Talent Development, discusses Project OCCAMS, a collaboration with public schools in Columbus, Ohio.
Dr. Susan Corwith, associate director of Center for Talent Development, explains how the talent identification process has been redefined.
Dr. Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, director of Center for Talent Development, gives an example of how centers like CTD can partner with schools districts to better serve students.
Dr. Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, director of Center for Talent Development, explains what talent development looks like in practice.
Dr. Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, director of Center for Talent Development, discuss for the field of gifted education has shifted over the years.
CTD Assessment Coordinator, Melissa Hinshaw, discusses how assessments have changed over time and how this change effects how learning is measured.
CTD Assessment Coordinator, Melissa Hinshaw, explains the differences between cognitive abilities and academic achievement assessments, and how each can be used in talent identification.
Dr. Joni Lakin from the University of Alabama, discusses how the CogAT® spatial assessment can be helpful in talent identification.
Dr. Joni Lakin of the University of Alabama, discuss how spatial skills can effect student learning.
Dr. Joni Lakin, professor of educational studies at The University of Alabama, explains what is spatial reasoning.
In this interview, Frank Worrell, Rena Subotnick, and Paula Olszewski-Kubilius discuss the role that eminence plays in talent development.
Anthony Sparks, Showrunner for Queen Sugar and Bel Air, and CTD Alum, gives advice to gifted students on how to avoid perfectionism.
Anthony Sparks, Showrunner for Queen Sugar and Bel Air, and CTD Alum, discusses his experience with adversity and how his training at CTD as a gifted student helped him pivot in his career.
Dr. Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, CTD Director, explains the relationship between specialization at an early age and eminence later in life.
Dr. Rena Subotnick explains when one should promote specialization in a specific domain for gifted students.
Dr. Rena Subotnick explains why prepardness and other psychosocial skills are critical to success for gifted students.
Dr. Frank Worrell of the American Psychological Association discusses the importance of school supporting gifted students of all backgrounds.
Dr. Rena Subotnik discusses strategies that educators can use to nurture students through transformational creativity.
CTD founder Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska discusses the importance of universities and centers in talent development.
CTD founder, Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska, speaks on the role of talent search in the development of the field of gifted education.
Dr. Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik, a professor and a researcher at the Acceleration Institute at the University of Iowa’s Belin-Blank Center, explains the misperception of socialization challenges In acceleration.
Dr. Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik, a professor and a researcher at the Acceleration Institute at the University of Iowa’s Belin-Blank Center, discusses the importance of experiencing challenges.
Dr. Susan Rakow describes how this is upcoming academic year will serve as a transition year for many students.
CTD Coordinator of Academic Year Advanced Enrichment Programs Kate Cichon on how to have a conversation with young learners on their return to school.
CTD Coordinator of Academic Year Advanced Enrichment Programs Kate Cichon describes the impact of the pandemic on young learners.
CTD Associate Director Rhoda Rosen explains how to develop executive functioning in young learners.
CTD Associate Director, Rhoda Rosen describes the importance of developing critical thinking skills in young learners.
CTD Online Coordinator, Susan Kasper, discusses which online learning strategies should continue after students return to the classroom.
CTD Assistant Coordinator, Ruth Doan, describes how virtual learning has created an opportunity for students and instructors to be creative.
CTD Assistant Coordinator, Suzanne Goebel, explains the importance of differentiation in online learning.
CTD Assistant Coordinator, Danielle Holtz, explains how students can demonstrate understanding in the virtual classroom.
CTD Associate Director, Eric Calvert, explains the benefits of different modes of instruction.
CTD Assistant Coordinator and Family Education Specialist, Beth Dirkes, describes the role that adults should take in guided play.
CTD Project Administrator, Andrew Bauer discusses how organic learning takes place in CTD's online community for students, Backpack.
CTD Director Paula Olszewski-Kubilius explains how the model of giftedness has shifted over time.
CTD Director Paula Olszewski-Kubilius discusses confidence building on the talent development path.
CTD Director Paula Olszewski-Kubilius explains the importance of managing the challenges that occur in the talent development journey.
Dr. Colleen Boyle, Coordinator of Curriculum and Gifted, at Bexley City Schools, discusses the importance of districts offering a range of gifted services for students of varied talents.
Dr. Colleen Boyle, Coordinator of Curriculum and Gifted, at Bexley City Schools, speaks about the importance of students learning technology tools.
Vice President for Scholarship Programs at the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Natalie Janson, speaks on the importance of students' contributions to society.
Dr. Susan Johnsen, professor emeritus of the Department of Educational Psychology at Baylor University, explains ways to practice differentiated assessments.
CTD Associate Director, Susan Corwith, explains the "Giftedness Knows No Boundaries" NAGC Campaign.
CTD Associate Director, Dr. Eric Calvert discusses the importance of developing executive functioning.
CTD Associate Director, Eric Calvert explains the importance of spending time on tasks and it's the effect on talent development.
CTD Associate Director, Eric Calvert discusses the mechanisms that are used to measure academic success.
Michael Smith, of the Rush NeuroBehavioral Center, explains study strategies for students.
Michael Smith, of the Rush NeuroBehavioral Center, explains what educators and schools can do to assist their students with their planning needs.
Michael Smith, of the Rush Neuro Behavioral Center, discusses how to assist your student with their planning and executive functioning skills.
Dr. Jean Sophie, superintendent for the Lake Bluff, IL, school district 65, explains the impact of working with CTD and its effect on the Lake Bluff school district.
Professor Del Siegle, from the University of Connecticut, gives commentary on selective achievers.
Professor Del Siegle, from the University of Connecticut, defines underachievement and explains the signs of underachievement in gifted students.
Professor Del Siegle, from the University of Connecticut, explains the Achievement Orientation Model and how it is used as a predictor of student achievement.
Professor Frank C. Worrell from the University of California, Berkeley, explains the concept of the Megamodel of Talent Development.
Professor Frank C. Worrell from the University of California, Berkeley, explains the role that parent and teachers play in student motivation.
Professor Frank C. Worrell from the University of California, Berkeley, explains the concept of intrinsic motivation and its role in talent development.
CTD Associate Director, Eric Calvert discusses the importance of accredited programing for academically talented students.
CTD Associate Director, Eric Calvert discusses how summer school could be redefined to include programing for academically talented students
CTD Associate Director, Eric Calvert explains the "summer slide" and how academic programing over the summer could help.
CTD Assessment Coordinator Melissa Hinshaw discusses the major difference between the SAT® and the ACT®.
CTD Assessment Coordinator Melissa Hinshaw explains the importance of social and emotional development of gifted students in their first year of college.
CTD Assessment Coordinator, Melissa Hinshaw gives an overview of Northwestern University's Midwest Academic Talent Search assessment(NUMATS).
Educational psychologist, Ken Kiewra, discusses the importance of the talent development journey.
CTD Director Paula Olszewski-Kubilius discusses how teachers can provide opportunities in the classroom to help identify gifted children.
Educational psychologist, Ken Kiewra, discusses the effect that environment has on talent development in children.
CTD Director Paula Olszewski-Kubilius discusses the role that cultural obstacles play in regards to how some children are under identified as gifted.
CTD Director Paula Olszewski-Kubilius discusses the importance of building relationships between parents and teachers.
CTD Director Paula Olszewski-Kubilius discusses how parents act as the "first teachers" in their children's lives and what impact that has on supporting gifted children.
Aaron Cooper, Ph.D., discusses perfectionism and the signs that parents should look for in their children.
Aaron Cooper, Ph.D., discusses self esteem in children and how it has changed throughout generations.
Aaron Cooper, Ph.D., discusses the importance of self reflection in regards to the relationship that parents have with their children.
CTD Director Paula Olszewski-Kubilius discusses the importance of supporting your child through various accomplishments and obstacles and how parents play a critical role in their child's development.
Northwestern PhD student, Sadie Witkowski, explains the idea behind her graduate student focused podcast, PhDrinking. She discusses the role of graduate students in society today, and how important it is to recognize the discoveries they're making. Read more at ctd.northwester.edu/newsletters.
Dr. Elizabeth Norton, Northwestern University professor and director of Northwestern's LEARN Lab, discusses what we can be doing to help foster the success of our children. In the realm of gifted and talented, she discusses some research which has been done on children who are mathematically advanced. Read more at ctd.northwestern.edu/newsletters.
Dr. Elizabeth Norton, Northwestern University professor and director of Northwestern's LEARN Lab, discusses how brain imaging will hopefully be used in the future to identify individual students' learning abilities. Read more at ctd.northwestern.edu/newsletters.
Northwestern University Ph.D. student, Sadie Witkowski, discusses the many career paths for students interested in neuroscience and psychology. Read more at ctd.northwestern.edu/newsletters.
Sadie Witkowski on the Growing Role of the Arts in Science by Center for Talent Development at Northwestern
Molly Gosline, SEL coordinator at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL, on creating structures to support social skills & emotional intelligence, on a daily basis, within schools.
Molly Gosline, SEL coordinator at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL, discusses the student perspective on social-emotional learning (SEL) and what the data collected implies.
Molly Gosline, SEL coordinator at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL, discusses incorporating social-emotional learning (SEL) as a culture, as opposed to a program, within schools.
CTD Summer Program Coordinator, Danielle Holtz's, message to parents on the importance of social-emotional learning (SEL) skills beyond school.
CTD Summer Program Coordinator, Danielle Holtz, describes a CTD robotics course and how it relates to social-emotional learning (SEL).
CTD Summer Program Coordinator, Danielle Holtz, discusses the skills learned in schools supporting social-emotional learning.
CTD's Danielle Holtz on meeting the needs of students from a social-emotional learning (SEL) perspective, with a focus on the CASEL competencies.
Center for Talent Development Associate Director, Eric Calvert, defines the newest piece of legislation he has helped to pass, the Accelerated Placement Act.
Center for Talent Development Associate Director, Eric Calvert, discusses acceleration as an education policy, and touches on the transition from the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) to the current Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Center for Talent Development Associate Director, Eric Calvert, encourages listeners to not miss this moment to impact policies affecting gifted education and acceleration, as well as special populations in general.
Center for Talent Development director, Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, provides advice to school administrators for adopting policies around academic acceleration.
Center for Talent Development director, Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, discusses the importance of acceleration when seeking the optimal match between the pace and level of instruction, and what children know and are capable of doing.
CTD's Lindsay Wall Succari talks about the importance of reflection within service learning.
Center for Talent Development's Lindsay Wall Succari on developing the right traits in our future leaders.
Amy Meuers, National Youth Leadership Council CEO, discusses developing future leaders.
Amy Meuers, National Youth Leadership Council CEO, discusses how service helps facilitate growth and academic achievements.
CTD assistant program coordinator Michelle Wielgosz how CTD infuses creativity in math and science, helping students to embrace the beauty of the subjects and apply them in a meaningful way. Read more at www.ctd.northwestern.edu/summer-2017-talent-newsletter.
CTD associate director Dr. Rhoda Rosen discusses the characteristics of creativity in children, including intrinsic motivation and rigorous observation. Read more at www.ctd.northwestern.edu/summer-2017-talent-newsletter.
CTD associate director Rhoda Rosen discusses how definitions of creativity have changed over time. Read more at www.ctd.northwestern.edu/summer-2017-talent-newsletter.
Karen Rambo-Hernandez on how parents can foster motivation at home by encouraging them to ask questions and move from ability to effort. Read more at https://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/spring-2017-talent-newsletter.
Karen Rambo-Hernandez discusses the shift from No Child Left Behind to the Every Student Succeeds Act, and changes in the approach from teaching to proficiency to growth. Read more at https://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/spring-2017-talent-newsletter.
Teacher of the Year Karen Rambo-Hernandez discusses classroom practices and mini-opportunities to set good practices, foster persistence, and cultivate a love for learning in mathematics. Read more at https://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/spring-2017-talent-newsletter.
Jane Clarenbach, Director of Public Education for the National Association for Gifted Children, discusses why the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is a "win" for gifted education advocates. To learn more about making the most of ESSA, view CTD's Talent newsletter at www.ctd.northwestern.edu/spring-2016-talent-newsletter.
Center for Talent Development associate director Susan Corwith discusses the latest joint efforts between CTD and Roycemore School.
Headmaster Kevin Smith discusses the latest joint efforts between Roycemore School and Center for Talent Development.
The term “geek” is a word previously reserved for ridicule. Today this is changing and a new culture is taking back this label in a positive way. We recently sat down with Center for Talent Development (CTD) associate director Eric Calvert to discuss this shift and how it can affect a student’s overall talent development.
Students of color and students from low-income families are sorely underrepresented at the highest levels of achievement. In this interview, Center for Talent Development Community Outreach Manager Tammie Stewart discusses her work to combat this issue by building awareness of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholars and College Scholarship programs.
An introduction to Center for Talent Development's unique pathways approach
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Connie Cai and her parents, Mr. Zhiyong Cai and Mrs. Xiaoyan Tang, share the story of Connie's academic journey. Connie was introduced to Center for Talent Development through Northwestern University's Midwest Academic Talent Search (or NUMATS) when she was in grade 3. Through NUMATS, she found out about the Caroline D. Bradley scholarship. Now, she is entering grade 11 at Phillips Exeter Academy, one of the most prestigious high schools in the nation.
Learn more about NUMATS at www.ctd.northwestern.edu/numats.
In this interview, mother Jane Pasin and son Augustine (Gus) Pasin talk about their experiences with above-grade-level assessment, online learning and plans for the future.
Center for Talent Development associate director Rhoda Rosen, PhD, discusses the impact and benefits of Northwestern University's Midwest Academic Talent Search (NUMATS), a research-validated assessment program. Visit www.ctd.northwestern.edu/numats to learn more.
Music Credit: "Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Dr. Winkler, visiting professor and coordinator of gifted education at Cleveland State University, discusses his intriguing dissertation on the topic of overexcitabilities and gifted students.
In a recent interview, CTD director Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, PhD, discusses three ways parents can help smart kids manage fear and failure
Computer programming has a new name. It's coding, and everyone is talking about it as the new imperative in education from PreK on up. Ann Gadzikowski, CTD's Early Childhood Coordinator, discusses how advanced technology concepts be taught to preschoolers. Tune in to find out!