Director of Gifted Education
Paradise Valley Public Schools, Arizona
Karen Brown is the Director of Gifted Services for Paradise Valley Unified Schools in Phoenix, Arizona. Previously she served as the Gifted and Accelerated Learning director at Scottsdale Unified School District. In her role she works with K-12 administrators, teachers, parents, and students to ensure that the instructional practices and materials utilized provide the appropriate challenge for all students. As a National Board certified educator she has taught as a gifted cluster teacher, a gifted specialist, a twice exceptional teacher, and the Gifted Program Mentor.
Karen teaches in the Gifted Education Masters’ Program at ASU and consults throughout the country. She was the recipient of 2018 NAGC Specialist’s and Masters’ Award, co-recipient of the 2013 NAGC Professional Network Award and the 2013 AAGT Gifted Teacher of the Year. Karen is currently the NAGC Professional Learning Network Chair. She has co-authored two books, Differentiated Lessons for Every Learner and A Teacher’s Guide to Flexible Grouping and Collaborative Learning winner of the 2019 NAGC Book of the Year Award.
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