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.
CHRISTOPHER – MONROEVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
I do not learn very well by watching videos.
Stephanie – MONROEVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Useful information.
Lilly – MONROEVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
It helped explain prompts of depth and complexity for my area of expertise. I am still not sure how I will use this information in my classroom or with my GT students.
Sonia – MONROEVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Lots of background info given
Eric – MONROEVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
The handouts and videos were helpful to see them in action. Also, the samples for the completed box diagram were beneficial to see how the end product looks.
Leslie – MONROEVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Did a great job showing big idea topics, but rather it focus on content areas.
Jennifer – MONROEVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
It is some things I currently am doing in my classroom. It also offered some new ideas.
Marissa – MONROEVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
It will take time and implementation of these tools to really know if this course is useful.
Monica – MONROEVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Would like to see more ideas implemented. Sample lessons
Jamie – MONROEVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
Gives you a lot of new things to think about.