Description
- The importance of pre-assessing students before accelerating them
- How to take a literature circle experience and make it meaningful
- The benefits of teaching Bloom’s Taxonomy in literature
- Ways in which depth and complexity can be developed in book studies
- The importance of “non-standard problem solving” for gifted students
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
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.
Brianna – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. I can not wait to utilize the information discussed in my classroom.
Sylvia – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
It had great ideas.
Jordan – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informational and I enjoyed the different resources given. I enjoyed listening to the speakers, as they really seemed enthusiastic about what they do.
Shannon – BEAVERCREEK CITY (verified owner) –
Good ideas. I especially like the ones on summarizing.
Katie – DAWSON-BRYANT LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course was highly engaging and will be useful in my Enrichment classes.
Stephanie – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
I love learning how to use literature circles. I have been wary of them and I will be teaching Pre-AP next year and I want to be able to try something new.
Lilia – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
I love this presentation. It gave me great ideas on how to differentiate and use depth & complexity. I teach Math so I particularly love the non-traditional problem solving strategy where GT students write or paste the word problems on the left side of their Math notebook and write how they solved it instead of writing the answer.
Guadalupe – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative and provides strategies to ensure all students are engaged in learning and critical thinking.
Christy – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
It gave good suggestions for ideas that would work for GT students in the regular classroom.
Delise – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the use of the reading circles, in addition to the word limit on the summaries. I also liked how they chose to allow the students to do the power points on books read.