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Kris Happe?  Yes, I am happy.

1/21/2015

 
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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.

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    Kris Happe
    Gifted Education expert, advocate and consultant. 

    Wife, parent, pet owner and lake life lover. 

    Favorite quote: 
    "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; it is that we are powerful beyond measure."
    ​Marianne Williamson

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