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2024 RISE Conference
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Monday, August 5th - Secondary Schools

Tuesday, August 6th - Elementary Schools

Important Information
  • All Staff: Choose ONE Keynote and ONE Lunch

  • Required Sessions: Attend sessions that are noted as required for your role. This will be communicated from the department or area you work with (Exceptional Children, Student Services, etc.). 

  • Filtering Sessions: You can filter sessions by clicking “Filter By Type” on the left-hand side of the page on the desktop version of Sched. “All Teachers” Sessions are for all staff. “K-2 Teachers” are targeted for Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grade Teachers, 9-12 Teachers for High School teachers, etc. For example, a Kindergarten teacher can click “K-2 Teachers” and see all sessions that would apply to them. You can further filter by sub-type in each area, by hovering over the type: review session titles and descriptions for more specific information. The search feature in the top right is also helpful for finding sessions using keywords.

  • Networking and Collaboration Sessions: These sessions are provided for many content areas, grade levels, and specialty areas. Filter by the session type that best matches your role to see if a Networking and Collaboration/Job Alike session is offered. 

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Lisa Pagano

Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
AIG & TD District Lead
Charlotte, NC
Lisa Pagano currently serves as AIG & Talent Development District Lead for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools where she leads and supports elementary gifted and advanced programming and provides professional learning and coaching to over 115 schools. Before this role, she served as the district's TD Compliance Specialist where she made intentional changes to build equity and consistency with gifted identification and the screening process. She has been an AIG Teacher in a variety of elementary settings, a classroom teacher, and an Academic Facilitator at a gifted magnet school. Gifted education is a true passion of hers and she loves what she does! She recently renewed her National Board Certification in Early & Middle Childhood Reading-Language Arts and has certifications in School Leadership, Academically & Intellectually Gifted, Reading, and Elementary Education. Lisa was recently elected to the NCAGT Board of Directors. She also works as a Per Diem Consultant with Thinking Maps and has recently launched her own gifted education consulting business- bright & brilliant, LLC.


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