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.
Amanda – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
best course yet
doris – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Angelica – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I feel that it offered informational tools based on how to score and evaluate.
Olivia – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was informative on not only the use of portfolios but also on the evaluation of students work that is being placed in the portfolio.
Avice – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Very through with excellent examples and sample work with practice time.
Victor – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Well informed information about how to use and score a portfolio
Maria M. – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
great information
Neyra – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
great info.
Annabel – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course, fully elaborates on Portfolios. Course also includes detailed examples to utilize when composing a student Portfolio.
Nathan – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
It was good if you are thinking about how to determine who should be included in a gifted program. As a teacher, this is more about an administrative perspective on how teachers can collect portfolios to evaluate gifted students, not so much about how they can be used or implemented in the classroom (though there is information on that in the training).