Presenter: Lisa Van Gemert, Gifted Guru
Core Area: Nature & Needs
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 6
Presenter: Lynette Breedlove, Ph.D.
Core Area: Social & Emotional
Grade Level: Elementary, Secondary
Hours: 1
Gifted characters in many popular books and movies are quirky, intelligent, and perfectionistic. Helping gifted students manage their intense feelings in real life, however, can be more difficult. Thankfully, there are strategies that educators and parents can use to help gifted students thrive. Discover how to support and empower gifted students with intense feelings.
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Presenter: Kristina Janeway
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1
Students thrive when they have the opportunity to dive deep into a successful project. Are the projects you assign meeting the needs of your students? In this 1-hour course, “What's Your Problem? Project Based Learning in Middle School GT ELAR,” Kristina Janeway shares the difference between giving students projects and developing a project-based learning program. Learn the best tips and tricks to develop project-based literature circles that encourage teamwork and growth.
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Presenter:Theresa Biggs M.Ed.
Core Area: Nature & Needs
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1
Intense, loner, wallflower, focused… these are just a few ways introverts are frequently described. Whether its in the classroom, at home, or on the playground, these reserved individuals often get lost in the shuffle. Although we predominantly live in an extrovert world, it is important to remember that introverted gifted students have so much to offer.
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Presenter: Birdie Chesanek
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1
This course is intended for parents of gifted students.
Negative stereotypes are often associated with those raised in generational poverty. Of all these stereotypes, one of the most damaging in education today is that students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to be gifted. Low verbal skills often mask true giftedness. It’s time to get past the stereotypes and begin uncovering giftedness in our low-SES students.
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Presenter: Lori Comallie-Caplan
Core Area: Nature and Needs
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1
This course is intended for parents of gifted students.
Nearly all gifted children will experience at least one period of depression. This can arise from their tendency toward perfectionism, creativity, idealism, and passion. These same qualities can be harnessed as strengths to direct a gifted child toward personal growth and success.
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Presenter: Debra Troxclair, Ph.D.
Core Area: Nature & Needs
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1
This course is intended for parents of gifted students.
The characteristic traits of giftedness are often misinterpreted by parents and other professionals who have little or no training or information about the nature of giftedness. Incorrect interpretations or a misdiagnosis could potentially harm the developing self-concepts of gifted children.
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Presenter: Lisa Van Gemert, Gifted Guru
Core Area: Social & Emotional
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 6
When is a hyper child not just a hyper child? If this hyper student happens to be gifted, there may be much more to their raucous behavior than a lack of self control. Learn how the unique wiring of a G/T brain enables them to soar, and requires special guidance from you.
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Presenter: Lisa Van Gemert, Gifted Guru
Core Area: Nature & Needs
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 6
Dive deep into the world of gifted students! In this six-hour course, “Identification & Assessment of the Gifted,” educators will learn the history of gifted education, characteristics of gifted students, and how to assess and identify gifted children. After taking this course, educators will have a thorough knowledge of exactly what it means to be gifted.
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Presenter: Lori Comallie-Caplan
Core Area: Differentiated Curriculum
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1
This course is intended for parents of gifted students.
Gifted students are a lot like snowflakes; no two students are alike. While one student might need very little encouragement to excel, motivating the next might feel like trying to wring sap from a tree with bare hands. There’s no sweeping answer to motivation, but there are prescriptive strategies that can help to encourage the gifted underachiever.
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Presenter: Dr. Lynette Breedlove
Core Area: Identification & Assessment, Differentiated Curriculum
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 3
Do you know if your gifted students are being challenged enough in the classroom? Teachers of gifted students need to take special care to make sure that they are creating an environment where their students can thrive. In this course, educators will gain an in-depth knowledge about gifted students and how to make their classroom a place where gifted students are equipped for success. Come and discover the definition of giftedness, differentiated strategies for gifted students, and more in this 3-hour series.
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Presenter: Andi McNair
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 3
If what we’re teaching isn’t meaningful to our students, it’s a waste of our time and theirs. This is one of Andi McNair’s core beliefs, and in this lesson she invites you to join her in exploring what matters most to our students, why it matters to them, and how we can change the way we teach in order to ensure we reach them before it’s too late.
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