Project-Based Talent Development: A Framework for 2e, Gifted, and Profoundly Gifted Students 

Participants will gain insights into implementing strength-based, project-oriented talent development models that nurture the potential of gifted, twice-exceptional, and profoundly gifted learners while fostering intrinsic motivation, love of learning, and executive functioning growth. This session explores project-based talent development frameworks that enable students to co-design individualized projects with faculty coaches to pursue deep, inquiry-based learning in areas of passion.

Free for AAGT Members | $15 for NonMembers

1 Hour PD Available 

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Meet Your Presenters

Dylan McKenzie is an educator, administrator, and musician with over 15 years of experience designing and leading strength-based learning environments for twice-exceptional students. As Division Director of Bridges Academy Online, he oversees a fully synchronous program that integrates social-emotional learning, executive functioning, and academic rigor within a vibrant community of intellectual peers.

Mark Long is the CEO of Bridges Education Group and Head of School at Bridges Academy,  Studio City serving gifted students with learning differences, including ADHD, autism, and dysgraphia.

For more than 30 years, Bridges Academy has supported students in grades 3–12 through its on-campus programs, as well as an online high school (grades 9–12). The broader Bridges Education Group includes a world-leading 2e Center focused on research, professional learning, and consulting, as well as a graduate school offering certificate, master’s, and doctoral programs.

Prior to relocating from Sydney, Australia to the United States in late 2023, Mark served as a District Superintendent, leading 21 diverse schools from P–12. He has also held roles as a high school principal and deputy principal in gifted and selective school settings.

Mark holds a Master of Educational Leadership, a Bachelor of Education, and a Bachelor of Physical Education. He is a Fellow of the New South Wales Guild of Teachers.