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• Provisional Gifted Endorsement Course

  • Start
    Monday, June 08, 2020
  •  
    8:00 AM (UTC-07:00)
  • End
    Saturday, June 13, 2020
  •  
    4:00 PM (UTC-07:00)
  • Location
    Remote Learning through the Pima County School Superintendent's Office
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  Completion of this training (45 contact hours, additional 45 hours completed independently) will qualify participant for AZ gifted provisional endorsement.  Individual districts must approve professional development hours per gifted endorsements regulations. This training will focus on best practices in gifted instruction including navigating national gifted standards, social and emotional growth, differentiated instruction, critical thinking, creative thinking and problem solving.
  
  Interactive workshops will provide participants with a knowledge base in gifted education and highly effective, research based strategies for instructing gifted students.  

  • Monday, June 8   8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m..:  Introduction to Gifted Education
  • Tuesday, June 9  8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.:  Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Students
  • Wednesday, June 10  8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.:  Differentiated Instruction  and Flexible Grouping
  • Thursday, June 11  8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Critical  and Creative Thinking, 
  • Friday, June 12   8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. -.:   Problem Solving, Inquiry and Questioning
    
  • Saturday, June 13  - 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.:  Problem Based Learning and STEM

  Audience: Certified Teachers, Instructional Coaches and Administrators interested in obtaining a provisional gifted endorsement.  

  
  

  Date:  Monday, June 8 8:00 - 4:00; Tuesday, June 9  8:00 - 4:00;  Wednesday, June 10  8:00 - 4:00; Thursday, June 11 8:00 - 4:00; Friday, June 12 8:00 - 4:00;  Saturday, June 13 8:00 - 12:00

  Cost: $400   Registration fee includes two books, and materials .
  

  
  

  Location:  Remote Learning through the  Pima County School Superintendent’s Office;  200 N. Stone Avenue  Tucson, Arizona 85701

  
  

  Facilitators: 
  

  Marianne Landrith is the Program Director of Frameworks & Foundations and GiftED for the Pima County School superintendent's Office. Marianne has taught for 35 years in regular and gifted education. She has worked as a Teacher Trainer Mentor, Peer Coach Trainer, Program Facilitator and Career Ladder Peer Evaluator. She is currently a board member of the Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented (AAGT)

  Louise Till is a  coordinator in the gifted education program in Tucson Unified School District. Louise has worked as a classroom teacher, librarian, mentor, coach and professional development facilitator. She is a gifted endorsed certified teacher who has taught kindergarten through college. She is currently a board member of the Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented (AAGT).

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• FY20 Gifted Education Consortium Provisional Gifted Endorsement Course

  • Start
    Monday, June 08, 2020
  •  
    8:00 AM (UTC-07:00)
  • End
    Saturday, June 13, 2020
  •  
    4:00 PM (UTC-07:00)
  • Location
    Remote Learning through the Pima County School Superintendent's Office
  • Spaces left
    6

  Register

  
  

  Completion of this training (45 contact hours, additional 45 hours completed independently) will qualify participant for AZ gifted provisional endorsement.  Individual districts must approve professional development hours per gifted endorsements regulations. This training will focus on best practices in gifted instruction including navigating national gifted standards, social and emotional growth, differentiated instruction, critical thinking, creative thinking and problem solving.
  
  Interactive workshops will provide participants with a knowledge base in gifted education and highly effective, research based strategies for instructing gifted students.  

  • Monday, June 8   8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m..:  Introduction to Gifted Education
  • Tuesday, June 9  8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.:  Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Students
  • Wednesday, June 10  8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.:  Differentiated Instruction  and Flexible Grouping
  • Thursday, June 11  8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Critical  and Creative Thinking, 
  • Friday, June 12   8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. -.:   Problem Solving, Inquiry and Questioning
    
  • Saturday, June 13  - 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.:  Problem Based Learning and STEM

  Audience: Certified Teachers, Instructional Coaches and Administrators interested in obtaining a provisional gifted endorsement.  

  
  

  Date:  Monday, June 8 8:00 - 4:00; Tuesday, June 9  8:00 - 4:00;  Wednesday, June 10  8:00 - 4:00; Thursday, June 11 8:00 - 4:00; Friday, June 12 8:00 - 4:00;  Saturday, June 13 8:00 - 12:00

  Location:  Remote Learning through the  Pima County School Superintendent’s Office;  200 N. Stone Avenue  Tucson, Arizona 85701

  Facilitators: 
  

  Marianne Landrith is the Program Director of Frameworks & Foundations and GiftED for the Pima County School superintendent's Office. Marianne has taught for 35 years in regular and gifted education. She has worked as a Teacher Trainer Mentor, Peer Coach Trainer, Program Facilitator and Career Ladder Peer Evaluator. She is currently a board member of the Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented (AAGT)

  Louise Till is a  coordinator in the gifted education program in Tucson Unified School District. Louise has worked as a classroom teacher, librarian, mentor, coach and professional development facilitator. She is a gifted endorsed certified teacher who has taught kindergarten through college. She is currently a board member of the Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented (AAGT).

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