$20.00

Presenter: Sheila Mulbry & Nicole Shannon, Round Rock ISD
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

Do you want your gifted students to deepen their responses to the text they read? One of the most fulfilling moments in a teacher’s day is when the light comes on, a sign that the students are making a deep connection with the material being taught. Teaching students to think outside the book is one of the ways you can empower your students to experience those “aha” moments.

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

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Description

Thinking Outside the Book is an ideal course for educators looking for resources to guide students toward creating unique and complex assignments. You’ll learn to lead them to have a deeper response to quality literature, which will ultimately help their love and respect for reading.
In this one-hour course you will learn to incorporate a variety of media to differentiate responses and push your students toward thinking and creating outside the book.

Trainers Sheila Mulbry and Nicole Shannon share their personal best-practices on:

  • Using mysteries in literature
  • Developing puzzle fiction projects
  • Creating personal response papers
  • Identifying themes and vocabulary in literature
  • Writing mini-research reports

And more!

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, e, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 2.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1.

Presenter Bio

Nicole Shannon, M.Ed. has over 19 years of experience in gifted education. She currently serves as the Advanced Academics Specialist for Hutto ISD. Prior to joining her current district, Nicole served as the Coordinator of Gifted/Advanced Academic Services for Round Rock ISD for five years. She was a gifted specialist in Round Rock ISD for 10 years before taking this position. She has presented at the district, local, and state level to preservice and in-service teachers, counselors, administrators, and parents on a variety of topics in gifted education throughout her years in this field. Prior to moving to Round Rock, Nicole served as a teacher, curriculum coordinator, and school principal at private schools in Honolulu, HI, San Diego, CA, and Virginia Beach, VA. Nicole graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Learning and Development from the University of Texas at Austin and completed her M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership with a specialization in Gifted/Talented at Lamar University in Beaumont, TX. 

Sheila Mulbry currently serves as Gifted Coordinator with Lockhart ISD. She is a constant advocate for
gifted students and their special needs and has presented staff development on gifted education for the
past 20 years at local, state, and national conventions. She obtained BA degrees in Humanities (‘83) and
Elementary Education (‘90) and holds ESL and Gifted Endorsements from the State. Awards include
TAGT’s 2019 Educator of the Gifted. Sheila is currently serving as TAGT’s Board of Directors, K-12
Representative. 

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2742 reviews for Thinking Outside the Book

  1. Sharon – SAN MARCOS CISD (verified owner)

    Well-paced and offered good ideas for getting students excited about doing research.

  2. Briget – PLANO ISD (verified owner)

    Great ideas and examples of book study projects.

  3. Edna – NORTHSIDE ISD – SAN ANTONIO – REGION 20 (verified owner)

    organized

  4. Emily – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner)

    This was for elementary schools, not middle school. My district is making me take this for GT updates, but it is not relevant to my grade level, which is very common for these GT trainings. The trainings focus on elementary students, not middle school or high school. It is such a waste of time. Also, the books in this training were overwhelmingly white (authors and characters), except for the token super-smart Asian stereotype character in a couple of them, which is really bad. One presenter “bragged” that she called her students “lazy readers” because they didn’t like a really old book! Maybe she should choose modern, relevant books for her students instead. These trainings should be better. All the presenters sounded white, they recommended mostly white books – I mean, COME ON. Do better.

  5. Maria – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner)

    Very clear to understand and follow.

  6. Samuel – BOERNE ISD (verified owner)

    More geared to elementary and MS, could be more rigorous for HS application

  7. Liz – NORTHSIDE ISD – SAN ANTONIO – REGION 20 (verified owner)

    This was phenomenal for teachers of varying learning styles and classrooms.

  8. melissa – LAREDO ISD (verified owner)

    It had good information.

  9. Karina – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner)

    It provides great ideas for 3rd grade and up. Hard to implement with lower grade levels.

  10. Michael – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner)

    Excellent presentation!

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