This online interactive professional development class equips educators with a deeper understanding of gifted identification, with a focus on equity, accuracy, and the diverse profiles of gifted learners. Using the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Standards as a guiding framework, we'll examine how to translate them to your classroom through the use of research-based strategies. Educators will explore the complexities of asynchronous development, how it impacts student behavior, performance, and emotional needs, and will also compare and evaluate a variety of gifted service models to determine what works best for meeting the unique academic and social-emotional needs of gifted students in both inclusive and specialized settings. Suggested pre-requisite class is No Cape Required: Tools and Truths About Gifted Learners.
Successful completion of the class will result in 12 hours of recertification credit. This class can contribute towards a gifted endorsement.
Dates: September 29 - November 10
Location: Virtual and self-paced
Cost: $40
Facilitator: Amanda Chavez
Amanda Chavez is currently a STEAM middle school teacher in the Santa Cruz County Unified School District. She has 20 years experience in education which includes eight years as an elementary general education teacher, four years as a special education teacher and for the past eight years, the Gifted Coordinator and teacher in Sahuarita Unified School District. As the Gifted Coordinator Amanda created the program design and curriculum to meet the needs of the 2-5th grade identified gifted population. Along with creating lessons and curriculum for the pull-out gifted classroom, she partnered with gifted cluster teachers to support the needs of these students in their general education classrooms. As a former gifted student in the S.U.N. Program in Sunnyside Unified School District, and a parent of two gifted sons, Amanda is well informed on the academic and social/emotional needs of gifted learners, and the support needed for them to to reach their potential. Amanda is a member of the Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented and the National Association of Gifted Children.
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