Broadcast on January 10, 2026
Models and Frameworks for Differentiating Instruction and Developing Expertise and Talent
Tamra Stambaugh
Whitworth University
Description
How can we modify lessons that support students’ learning, talent development, and expertise? What does it mean to add depth, complexity, and abstractness as part of differentiated and advanced instruction? Frameworks and models are important tools teachers can use to create challenging learning opportunities, promote advanced thinking, and make thinking visible. Students can rely on models and frameworks to guide their own thinking and to engage in practices of the discipline. Add to your pedagogical toolkit and learn various models and frameworks that help students examine problems, relationships, and concepts in different disciplines and guide teacher questioning.
About the presenter
Tamra Stambaugh, PhD, is the Margo Long Endowed Chair in Gifted Education and a Professor at Whitworth University, where she is the Program Director of Gifted Studies and Director of the Center for Gifted Education and Equitable Instruction. Prior to her work at Whitworth, she was the Executive Director of Programs for Talented Youth and a Research Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University. She received her PhD from the College of William and Mary. Stambaugh’s research interests include the development of talent, instructional resources and frameworks that promote academic rigor, and equitable opportunities for students from low-income households and those living in rural areas. She is the co-author/editor of over 85 books, articles, curriculum units, and book chapters; many of which have received awards. Stambaugh presents her work to a wide range of audiences across the globe and she is part of the U.S. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Expert Speaker Program. She has served on the boards of leading national organizations such as AERA, NAGC, and several state gifted organizations. Stambaugh is routinely recognized for her leadership, scholarship, and service, including the Margaret the Lady Thatcher Award from the College of William and Mary School of Education and the Early Leader and Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Gifted Children.