Dr. 伯蒂Kingore
教授和教育创新者
出生在阿伯丁的一个农场, 南达科塔州, 伯蒂Kingore is the youngest of four daughters born to first-generation Americans Leslie and Lydia Wilhelm. Bertie’s early years were spent in 南达科塔州 before the family moved to Kansas so her father could start a car repair business when she was ten years old.
伯蒂毕业于威奇托的威奇托西高中, Kansas and went on to enroll in Wichita State University where she earned her B.A. degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in education as a 阅读 specialist. 在威奇托州立大学的时候, Bertie met Richard Kingore (who impressed her with his convertible Corvette) and the couple married in 1966. Bertie then went on to graduate from the University of North Texas in 1980 with a Ph.D. 在教育.
Dr. Kingore taught in public and independent schools in Kansas and Texas and also served as an adjunct professor at the University of North Texas. 1980年，博士. Kingore arrived at Hardin-Simmons University as a faculty member in the Irvin School of Education. She was named the Shelton Professor of Education for Graduate Studies, a post she held until 1998. 在HSU任职期间，Dr. Kingore was also the founding director for the Threshold Program for Advanced or Gifted Youth, 为5至16岁的青少年服务. 在HSU期间，Dr. Kingore was awarded the Cullen Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching.
As a leading authority in the field of Gifted and Talented Education, Dr. Kingore left HSU to pursue an international consultancy and to educate teachers on the effectiveness of her ready-to-use research-based applications. As an award-winning author of twenty-seven books and numerous articles in professional journals, Dr. 伯蒂Kingore has been at the forefront of her field and her series of books offering instructional methods for adding rigor and engagement for gifted learners has served as the benchmark for the educational field of Gifted and Talented.
1985年，北德克萨斯大学(University of North Texas)授予约翰. 金戈尔任命她为杰出校友. 1992年. Kingore was named as the inaugural recipient of the Texas Gifted Educator of the Year award by the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented and in 2011 was awarded that group’s President’s Award. In 2005 伯蒂Kingore was honored with the Legacy Award for authorship of the Educator Book of the Year and she was the recipient of the National Teachers’ Choice Award in 2014.
As a national leader in the field of Gifted and Talented Education, Dr. Kingore has served as the President of the Texas Association for Gifted and Talented. She has been the past chairman for the Parent and 社区 Division of the National Association for Gifted Children, 国际阅读协会计划的前任主席, 通过艺术阅读卓越, and as the Texas Education Agency Chair for the Texas Reading Initiative Task Force for Primary Gifted Children.
伯蒂Kingore is an acclaimed speaker at international, national, and state conferences. She was the 2011 keynote speaker for the Texas Association of the Gifted and Talented and has twice been the keynote speaker for the National Association for Gifted Children. Dr. Kingore has been a presenter at seven world conferences in differentiation, 阅读, 以及资优教育.
Dr. Kingore states that the greatest influences on her life have been her parents, 她的丈夫, her three sons and by the good fortune of having been born in the United States. Her service to others is evident as she volunteers her time and expertise to improve impoverished schools throughout the nation and through her active campaign work for the Lakota Sioux schools.
表彰她对教育领域的贡献, for her untiring and innovative efforts researching and implementing educational strategies, and for her service to others through the furtherance of understanding the educational needs of the gifted and talented student, PG电子游戏非常荣幸地表彰. 伯蒂W. 金戈尔入选大学领袖堂.
