| 1. | Nature and Needs of Gifted/Talented Students-Online Training
Audience: Campus/District Administrators, Counselors, Educators, K-12 |
| Analyze the historical, legal, and conceptual understandings of gifted education. Demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and behaviors of the gifted learner. Participants will also become familiar with the social and emotional needs of ... |
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| 2. | Liaisonics
Audience: Counselors, Educators, K-12 |
| Master the skills needed for mentoring, selecting, and advising students taking online courses. This two-week course is conducted totally online with no required face-to-face meeting. |
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| 3. | Web Instructor's Certification, Online: Part I
Audience: Educators, K-12 |
| Prepares the online teacher for the experiences of teaching, evaluating, and managing students in a non-traditional classroom. The Web Instructor's Certification, Part I course is designed to provide a comprehensive mastery of skills for teaching cou... |
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| 4. | Assessing Student Needs for G/T Programs-Online Course
Audience: Campus Administrators, District Administrators, Elementary Teachers, Gifted/Talented Teachers, High School Teachers, Junior High/Middle School Teachers |
| Examine the process of nominating, screening, selection and placement of students in gifted programs. Review the state adopted guidelines for identifying the gifted learner. Learn how to assess giftedness across ALL student populations. Explore quali... |
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| 5. | Section 504 Online Course
Audience: Campus/District Administrators, Counselors, Special Education Teachers |
| Learn about requirements under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for providing programs and services for students with disabilities. Learn about the differences and similarities between Section 504, the Americans with Disabilities Act (A... |
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| 6. | TBSI Online Training Course
Audience: Educators, K-12, Special Education Teachers |
| Review national and state level legislative issues and policy papers that serve as driving forces for Positive Behavior Support (PBS) Initiatives. Examine the rationale for PBS supports in school. Learn about schoolwide, classroom and individual in... |
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| 7. | Removing the Mask: Giftedness in Poverty-Online Book Study
Audience: Administrator, Counselors, Teachers, All Levels |
| Explore issues of equality, environment, and opportunity—hidden rules of poverty as they relate to assessing giftedness in poverty through a study of Dr. Paul Slocumb and Ruby Payne's book Removing the Mask: Giftedness in Poverty. Participants... |
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| 8. | When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers-Online Book Study
Audience: Administrator, Counselors, Teachers, All Levels |
| Explore general characteristics of gifted children, emotional dimensions of giftedness, and how to create a gifted-friendly classroom through a study of Dr. Jim Delisle's book When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers. Participants will be r... |
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| 9. | Differentiation: Simplified, Realistic and Effective-Online Book Study
Audience: Administrator, Counselors, Teachers, All Levels |
| Explore teacher-useful and student-effective strategies to simplify the implementation of differentiation to increase its practice through Dr. Bertie Kingore's book Differentiation: Simplified, Realistic and Effective: How to Challenge Advanced Po... |
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| 10. | Instructional Leadership Development (ILD) On-Line Four Week Course
Audience: Campus Administrators, District Administrators, Educators, K-12, Teachers K-12 |
| Engage in an online learning environment. Acquire skills to facilitate continuous campus improvement. Topics include data-driven decision making, curriculum, instruction, assessment, developmental supervision, professional development, community part... |
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