Kris Happe? Yes, I am happy.

Today, in this space....
I am a veteran educator who has two gifted children of my own. People-parents especially, ask me all the time if I have a website, blog, resources and the like....and then came Happe Thoughts.  Love it, or leave it-either is fine.  It will find who needs it:)  
Happe Thoughts to you~ 

More about who I am, listed below.

After 25+ years in education, I have been served in the role of...

• a classroom teacher 
• a gifted education program specialist


• a staff development specialist
• a literacy coach
•  a district gifted education coordinator
• a council member for the Minnesota Department of Education's Gifted Advisory Council since 2006
• a district data and assessment coordinator
• a speaker at the National Association of Gifted Children conference 2016
• a conference presenter at the Hormel Gifted Symposium in Austin, Minnesota
• a speaker and resource for parent groups across Minnesota
• a SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of Gifted) certified parent group facilitator
• a private educational consultant, coach and Co-founder of Bright Spotting LLC, @brightspotting 

Outside of my professional life I serve in the roles of...

• a Reiki and Reconnective Healing practitioner
• a fan of gift shops in hospitals, hotel lobbies, museums, and cool stuff at rural gas stations
• ADHDer
• a yogi
• addicted traveler
• experiencer of tastebud ecstasy
• a depression dealer-wither
• a lover of old blue jeans- with rips 
• a wonderful woman.... :)

Special? 
Chronically special, according to my closest friends~
I am thrice exceptional myself, finding out at age 42 (5 years ago) that I am, in fact, gifted, I do have ADHD (no kidding) and.......(drumroll.....) DYSLEXIC.  What?!  Talk about an identity crisis.

• I speak as a student-  a child learner  and adult learner.
• I speak as parent- of two gifted and VERY different children.
• I speak as a member of the K-12 educational community.
• I speak as a voice of the gifted education community.
• I speak as a person who has discovered that learning, potential and promises are not things to make assumptions about.