So You Found Out You're Teaching Gifted Students … Now What?
Event Details
This is a multi day event (August 26-28, 6:00 pm ET - 8:00 pm ET)
Imagine school is starting, and you’ve just discovered you have gifted students in your classroom. What do you do, and how do you do it? Like 99% of most educators, teaching the gifted student wasn’t part of your undergraduate education curricula. Before you panic, take a deep breath, then register for this mini crash course! At the end of this 6-hour workshop, you'll be much better equipped to understand the cognitive, social, and emotional needs and characteristics of these exceptional learners. And, you’ll be ready and able to address those needs in your classroom. This very practical course not only shares real-life student examples and classroom strategies, but it also gives you time to work with colleagues to create your own preassessments and differentiated lessons. Additionally, you will create a personalized case study incorporating all course components. Now … imagine school is starting, and you’re so excited and well-prepared to have gifted students in your classroom!
What Will I Receive With This Workshop?
Day 1 (August 26) focuses on characteristics, Day 2 (August 27) focuses on preassessment strategies, and Day 3 (August 28) focuses on differentiation strategies. Participants will walk away with tangible strategies from each day's learning, plus a personalized case study to guide them throughout the year.
Will it Be Recorded?
Yes, the workshop will be recorded, but we highly encourage live participation when you're able to attend. If you know you have to miss multiple sessions, we encourage you to enroll in our upcoming asynchronous course instead.
What Will We Learn?
Participants will be able to describe the cognitive, social, and emotional characteristics and needs of gifted students.
Participants will be able to defend the use of preassessments as well as construct preassessments for their classroom.
Participants will be able to defend the appropriate use of differentiation strategies as well as construct differentiated lessons for their classroom.
Participants will create a case study that encourages them to reflect on the characteristics and needs of the gifted students they teach, select preassessment strategies that fit their students’ needs, and utilize differentiation strategies to provide appropriate learning opportunities for their students.
Speaker Bios:
Lynette Breedlove, Ph.D., directs The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science at Western Kentucky University, a state-wide residential high school for gifted students interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. She has served the needs of gifted and talented students in public schools as a teacher, gifted and talented facilitator, and central office administrator. She received her in M.A. in Gifted and Talented Education from University of St. Thomas (Houston, Texas) and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University.
Tracy Ford Inman, Ed.D., has devoted her career to meeting the needs of young people, especially those who are gifted and talented. She has taught on both the high school and collegiate levels as well as in summer programs for gifted and talented youth. After decades as Associate Director of The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University, Tracy is now a private consultant. Tracy has presented on the state, national, and international levels; trained thousands of teachers in differentiation and gifted education; published articles and books including four TAGT Legacy Award winners, and worked with hundreds of parents. Her latest book is Educating the Gifted: Wisdom and Insights for Inspired Teaching.