Registration is NOW OPEN for the Day of Sharing for Teachers 2025!
Join us on October 10, 2025 for training on these areas:
Motivating Underachieving Students
Utilizing Student Interests for Planning
Providing Appropriate Feedback
Supporting the Unique Identity of Your Students
And a Special Presentation by the Mississippi Natural Science Museum
Sign In starts at 7:30 and we start promptly at 8:00 AM!
Cost: $40
CEUs available
Register Now by Clicking on the In Person Professional Development Icon Below.
Online Educator Development Program
Let the Karnes Center help you build your skills to meet the needs of your gifted,
high-ability, 2E, and neurodiverse learners.
The Karnes Center's Educator Development Program (EDP) enhances the ability of educators
to meet the needs of gifted, high-ability, twice-exceptional (2E), and other neurodiverse
learners.
Classes are being developed at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels for teachers
who have already added their gifted endorsement to a valid educator license.
A special section of classes will meet the needs of educators who are serving gifted
students in the general classroom and for those who are interested in pursuing gifted
education licensure, but do not yet have a gifted endorsement.
Self-paced foundations courses, interactive seminars, and leadership workshops make
up each level of the EDP.
Influence your world with the Karnes Ambassadors Program.
Karnes Center Ambassadors are educators who have completed a recommended path through
the EDP and who want to broaden their influence in the community.
Ambassador candidates must complete the EDP with 85% mastery or higher and interview
for an open position on the Ambassador team.
Ambassadors take two specialized classes beyond the EDP that prepare them as action
research partners with the Karnes Center.
In addition, Ambassadors will be considered first for any openings in the Karnes Center's
summer program staff, will have the opportunity to co-present with Karnes Center staff
at conferences, and may be selected as curriculum writers for Karnes Center PK-12
Programs.
Click here to learn more about the Ambassadors Program.
In-Person Professional Development
Join us in September or June for In-Person Professional Development Sessions.
DAY OF SHARING Each fall, the Karnes Center hosts the Day of Sharing for Teachers
that welcomes educators from around the state to learn from experts in the field,
have hands-on learning experiences with new resources, and network with other teachers
to find solutions to common concerns of gifted learners.
MAKING CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE GIFTED STRAND The Karnes Center proudly partners with
SRESA and the College of Education and Human Sciences to bring multiple guest speakers
to the annual Making Connections Conference. Each year, at least five break-out sessions
at MCC are focused specifically on gifted education.
Click here to access materials provided at the most recent MCC Conference.
