Description
Iconic prompts of depth and complexity is a wonderful tool to get your students into incredibly deep content analysis, far beyond the basic “who, what, when, where, why” framework for understanding meaning. Join trainer Paige McCord for an overview of iconic prompts, and helpful examples to help you introduce the strategy to your students.
This course will help you:
- Apply depth and complexity to your classroom differentiation
- Use iconic prompts to help students organize their knowledge
- Understand the original 11 prompts of depth and complexity
- Find read-aloud books that introduce depth and complexity
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, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 3.1, 5.1, 5.2.
Presenter Bio
Dr. Paige McCord is an Adjunct Professor of Education at the USC Rossier School of Education and an Administrator for the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Conservatory of Fine Arts. She specializes in the field of gifted education, particularly curriculum and pedagogy appropriate for diverse advanced students. McCord earned a M.S. in Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership with a specialization in Teacher Education from USC. As a graduate student, she conducted research with Dr. Sandra Kaplan on the Jacob K. Javits Models of Teaching Grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education. McCord has served many different roles in the teacher preparation process including being a methods professor, a master teacher, and student-teacher supervision coordinator. She provides professional development to teachers across California in both the public and private sectors. McCord currently lives in Orange County.
Corey – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Good clear explanations of each of the prompts, along with examples and ways to implement depth and complexity in the classroom.
Michelle – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I needed a good review of these prompts because I want to start using them in the classroom. Very helpful!
Jennifer – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
good course. opportunities to interact
April – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful and gave me some new ideas on how to incorporate Depth and Complexity in the classroom.
Cristi – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent of implementation
Kristen – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellend, well layed out course.
Sharon – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Easily expains the different parts and how to use together in the simplist form in class to not take a lot of time yet get the depth and complexity in the lesson.
Taren – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great refresher.
Kimberly – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Thank you!
Lindsey – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great.