Description
Many highly gifted children have a high potential but do not yet show a high performance in test scores or grades. Because of this, we ought not to rely only on test results and grades to identify and differentiate gifted students in our schools. So what are we to use to spot these children and provide them with the services they need and deserve to thrive? In this course, the Power of Portfolios, Tina Flatt and Sarah Eton will walk you through the steps of creating portfolios for your students that will provide the missing piece in the data puzzle to prevent gifted students from being overlooked by data driven identification. These powerful tools can revolutionize how your schools identify gifted students as well as provide concrete examples to use in ARE meetings and parent conferences.
In this course you will learn:
- The state definition of gifted
- Why potential matters as much as ability
- Why data collection is not enough for identification
- How to create a portfolio
- Which kinds of examples to include in each student portfolio (including detailed examples!)
- How to include your own notes in addition to work samples
- How to use a portfolio to help identify a gifted students
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Presenter Bio
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Sarah Eaton has had the privilege of serving as a gifted and talented specialist in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD since 2011. She has her Bachelor of Science degree from the Ohio State University and a Masters of Education degree from Texas Woman’s University. She has taught fifth grade, kindergarten, and first grade and has served as a teacher in the special education inclusion classroom, general education class, and in a classroom with highly gifted students. She has been serving as a GT Specialist working with students, teachers, administrators, and parents to best serve gifted children. Sarah has had the opportunity to present at the Texas Association for Gifted and Talented annual conference both as a teacher and as a specialist. She is a passionate advocate for maximizing the potential of every student.
Frances – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I like that it is very detailed and it shows the sample work and the committees discussions.
Lillian – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Natalie – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
This was helpful! Portfolios are a great way to measure student achievement and this course gave a lot of helpful insight into how to do that well.
Ashley – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great elaboration on student portfolios – gave me a good idea of what I could do in my classroom.
Rachel – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Really long and kind of redundant.
Debbie – FAIRBANKS LOCAL (verified owner) –
Lots of good information on portfolios.
Judy – WESTFALL LOCAL (verified owner) –
One of the most helpful courses I have ever taken:))
Kimberly – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Margaret – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful for providing information that will be valuable for evaluation of a students potential giftedness.
Tara – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Although the course offered lots of information, it was not what I had expected. The information was not valuable to me as a teacher because the district that I work in does not identify students using the portfolio method.