Description
In this 1-hour course you will discover:
- The psychosocial skills students need in order to develop tenacity
- Strategies to help your students learn through a social-emotional framework
- The challenges students face while developing tenacity, including perfectionism and mindset
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Presenter Bio
Dr. Emily Mofield is the lead consulting teacher for gifted education for Sumner County Schools in Tennessee. Prior to this position, she taught as a gifted education language arts middle school teacher for 10 years. Emily regularly presents professional development on effective differentiation for advanced learners and ways to practically address gifted students’ unique social-emotional needs. She is a National Board Certified Teacher in Language Arts and has been recognized as the Tennessee Association for Gifted Children Teacher of the Year. She has co-authored the Vanderbilt PTY Advanced ELA curriculum series (with Tamra Stambaugh through Prufrock Press) which have won numerous NAGC curriculum awards (2012, 2015, 2016). She is actively involved in the Curriculum Studies Network with NAGC and also has authored several published manuscripts about perfectionism, overexcitabilities, social-emotional needs of gifted students, and curriculum design. Most recently, her research (with Dr. Megan Parker Peters) on mindsets, perfectionism, and underachievement was recognized with the prestigious international Hollingworth Award (NAGC, 2016).
Dr. Megan Parker Peters, is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Teacher Assessment at Lipscomb University. She is co-editor of the National Association for Gifted Children’s (NAGC) Teaching for High Potential publication and is on the board of the Tennessee Association for the Gifted. She serves as the Early Childhood Network Chair for the National Association for Gifted Children. Her current research interests include examining the impact of perfectionism on coping and underachievement, the relationships among socioemotional factors and giftedness, and the academic and external factors that predict student success. Most recently, her research (with Dr. Emily Mofield) on mindsets, perfectionism, and underachievement was recognized with the prestigious international Hollingworth Award (NAGC, 2016).
Belinda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative and interesting with plenty of ideas to approach this need in our students.
Aida – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course! I will implement these new strategies into my teaching in the near future.
Jessica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great tips
Gabriela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Helpful concepts for understanding the social-emotional aspects that affect student achievement.
Irene Gloria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed presentation.
Laura – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Christy – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
It had interesting pieces.
Martin – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas and quotes.
jaime – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
great trainin
Amie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Loved the research into tangible ideas concept. Great productive content to help with gifted students