Overview:
Differentiating With Complexity – Gifted students thrive on complex, open-ended tasks but are often confronted with just “more work.” This training will focus on learning more about how gifted kids think, and then explore how to ramp up complexity through easy-to-run, but delightfully complex activities and models of instruction that work across all content areas. Attendees will walk away with tools that can quickly be implemented in the classroom to better differentiate for all students.
This PD meets core competencies outlined in Ohio's Operating Standards for Gifted Education.
Presenter:
A nationally known speaker,
Ian Byrd taught gifted students in Garden Grove, California where he grew up as a gifted kid himself. On his journey to become a teacher, he earned a degree in Computer Science, briefly played bass in an almost successful rock band, and married a fashion designer. Byrd writes about gifted education at Byrdseed.com to an audience of over 30,000 monthly visitors and develops videos at Byrdseed.TV. For more information , see his website -
https://www.byrdseed.com/
Target Audience:
Classroom T
eachers, Gifted Teachers, Administrators
Dates:
May 15, 2019
Time:
Registration begins at 8:00 AM. Training starts at 8:30 AM and will end at 3:30 PM. Contact hour certificates will be provided.
Location:
ESC of Lake Erie West, 2275 Collingwood Blvd., Toledo, OH 43620
Cost:
$85 for ESC of Lake Erie West member districts. $115 for nonmember districts.
Fee includes lunch and instructional materials. Registration is not complete until fees are paid. Please send check payable to ESC of Lake Erie West to ESC of Lake Erie West, Attn: Elaine Robinson, 2275 Collingwood Blvd., Toledo, OH 43620. Please indicate on check the name of the person registered for the training.
