Description
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!
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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.
Angela – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas! One of my focuses this year is enrichment for higher-level students and these are very helpful.
Julie – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
great ideas!
Robert – WODEN ISD (verified owner) –
I believe this course presents a number of useful ideas for the classroom, and I plan on implementing several of them in my English I and Reading Improvement classes.
Janice – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
This course enabled me to see different ways to involve the student in their learning.
Gloria – RUNGE ISD (verified owner) –
confusing for me
Paulina – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course was beneficial in that it provided various options to introduce ways to respond to a novel. Students would definitely find these engaging.
Esmeralda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
5 stars: good and useful information to better differentiate instruction,
Shantelle – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I was good, but nothing new.
Maria – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave great ideas that teachers could implement in their lesson plans.
Lourdes – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Interesting