Gifted Association of Missouri

MFAA 2025 has started accepting applications from all high school students across Missouri! The deadline for applications is January 31, 2025. The link for applications is below:

Missouri Fine Arts Academy - Missouri State Let MFAA 2025 be a remarkable journey of self-discovery: Create art and connect with your peers and our experts to learn and grow as young artists.

Update from the Advisory Council on the Education of Gifted and Talented Children and their work in advocating for the education of gifted and talented children

Christine Nobbe, the DESE Director of Gifted Education, is talking us through her annual report on gifted education, including a focus on the MO-GLOs, the Portrait of a Gifted Learner, and the new gifted mandate in Missouri

More wonderful sessions this morning, including “Scaling Your Program to Meet High Schoolers’ Needs” with Chris Holmes & Jennifer Blank and “Neurobiology of Play” with Dr. Denise Ford

Vendors are open this morning! Check them out before your first session

Ballyhoo! It’s the speed dating of classroom activities. Each session lasts 10 minutes, and in that time you make and take something with you

Don’t forget to visit our advocacy table with GAM lobbyist & NAGC award recipient, Kyna Iman, to write advocacy letters to your legislators! She is in the 2nd floor lobby

Be sure to visit our vendors in N204!

MHS (Multi-Health Systems Inc.)
Destination Imagination - Missouri
Truman State University
Navigating Gifted
TJ Swift House ASCEND Program
PaperPie
UM Education
Beast Academy and AoPS
Discovery Education
Mizzou Academy

Congratulations to our 2024 award recipients!
🍎Heather Van Otterloo is the recipient of the Delma Johnson Outstanding Educator of Gifted Award.
🍎Christina Landburg is the recipient of the Bob Roach Scholarship for New Teachers.

Breakout Session 2: “Empowering Parents” with Lauren Maschmann, “Gifted & Exceptionally Gifted Students” with Allison Bennett & Elizabeth Brisch, and “New Teacher Workshop Take 2”

Breakout session 1 is underway! “Magic in the Middle” with Jessica LaFollette, “Nurturing the Whole Gifted Child” with Katherine Rottjakob, and “School of Rock” with E. Ariele Lee

Thank you to Dr. Denise Ford for kicking off the conference! We will all take a deep breath and spend some time in our default mode network over the next few days.

Important questions from Dr. Denise Ford in her keynote presentation. The learning is in the retrieval.
What would your answer be? Tell us below in the comments.

Our keynote speaker, Dr. Denise Ford, is here now with her 4 pillars. Up first, neuroplasticity! After learning and sleep, our brains physically change!

Welcome to GAM Conference 2024! We are at Memorial Union at University of Missouri at Columbia. Attendees have been registered, coffee is hot, and we are ready to begin!

The pre-GAM conference activities are off to a great start! Attendees are mixing and mingling at a Columbia favorite- The Heidelberg

Request, GAM-ers:
Anyone have a copy of this, digital or otherwise, they would be willing to share? We have a conference attendee who would very much appreciate it!

Registration is now closed for conference -- we are excited to announce spots are sold out!

conference is getting close! We want to start Monday by giving a shoutout to Gold Sponsor
and The Art of Problem Solving. Learn more about their unique approach at

Beast Academy | Advanced Math Curriculum for Elementary School Beast Academy is advanced math curriculum for your child at home. Choose books, online, or both to advance gifted kids in grades 1 to 5.

At the annual meeting during , we will elect a new slate of officers. Thank you for volunteering to serve!
President: Heather Tomicich
Vice-President: Amanda Sauerwein
Finance Vice-President: Shannon Fuller
Conference Vice-President: Tracy Bednarick-Humes
Membership Vice-President: Cindy Turner
Executive Secretary: Jennifer Hawkins

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As we get closer to we are excited to highlight our sponsors and vendors, and this year we are thrilled to welcome
Byrdseed TV as a Platinum sponsor! Learn more about the fantastic resources available to teachers at

The conference is a little over a month away! Find registration and Sched information here:
Registration: http://www.mogam.org/conference.html
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