Course Description

• This course will provide participants with a foundational understanding of gifted learners including definitions, cognitive/affective characteristics, identification practices, and social/emotional needs. In addition, participants will analyze, plan, and implement a range of evidence-based strategies to assess gifted and talented students, to differentiate instruction, content, and assignments for them (including the use of higher-order critical and creative-thinking skills), and learn how the Response to Intervention framework can be used to identify and nurture potential.
• Lead Learner (Facilitator): Michelle Oslick
• Credit(s) and Type: 7.5 Hours Relicensure | Staff Development

Target Audience

• Admin/Pro-Tech
• Certified Staff
• Classified Staff
• Open to Substitute Teachers = Not at this time
• Open to Student Teachers = Yes
• Open to Charter School Staff = Not at this time

Date, Time & Location

• Date: September 24, 2021
• Time: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
• Location: Flagstone Elementary School Library | 104 Lovington St, Castle Rock 80104 (Links to an external site.)

Course Outcomes

Here are the outcomes for the course:

• Participants will analyze and evaluate the background, history, and standards of gifted education and evaluate implications for education.
• Participants will analyze and evaluate recurrent characteristics and profiles of gifted learners and evaluate strategies to address these needs.
• Participants will analyze the unique social and emotional needs of gifted learners and evaluate strategies to address these needs.