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.
Sheila – HUDSON CITY (verified owner) –
Great information to use with all classes!
Amy – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course. I would have liked to have seen a short video clip of the prompts being used with children.
Tracy – COLDWATER EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
I will use the iconic prompts provided in this session.
Wendy – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
This was great!
Rogelio – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Use the prompts! Two or more of these babies will take your kids from here to there in no time! Results may vary, if it is in deep and complex ways, increase dosage.
Alexia – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
This was very informative! I look forward to implementing this in my classroom.
Colleen – GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY (verified owner) –
Great introduction to depth and complexity. Very practical.
Daira – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course as it is structured as a way to explain each prompt in a way I can also teach my students.
Ann – HUDSON CITY (verified owner) –
The strategy provides good prompts for bringing depth and complexity. I could not download the content, so I had to take pictures of the slides.
Erika – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Each prompt has an example which helps me to better implement it in my class