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Pathways to Ah-Ha Advanced [clear filter]
Saturday, February 22
 

7:45am

Learning to Learn
Gifted students’ abilities to learn HOW to learn is equally and some times more significantly important than WHAT to learn.
Strategies that illustrate how to integrate “learning to learn” into a differentiated curriculum will be demonstrated as a set of skills to be taught as a preface to or within the structure of curriculum studies.
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Sandra Kaplan

Dr. Sandra Kaplan

Professor of Clinical Education, University of Southern California
An expert in gifted education and differentiated curriculum, Kaplan teaches the methods courses for the Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential, and acts as a consultant for several state departments and school districts nationwide on the topics of education for gifted students, differentiated... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2020 7:45am - 8:45am
Mojave Learning Center
  Pathways to Ah-Ha Advanced, Challenging Curriculum: Lessons and Units of Study

10:30am

Puzzle Pieces: An Approach to Differentiation
The concept of “finding the right match” underscores this concept of differentiation. Students are provided with a set of puzzle pieces from which they can independently or with teacher assistance complete a “differentiated composition” to challenge their learning in any subject area.
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Sandra Kaplan

Dr. Sandra Kaplan

Professor of Clinical Education, University of Southern California
An expert in gifted education and differentiated curriculum, Kaplan teaches the methods courses for the Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential, and acts as a consultant for several state departments and school districts nationwide on the topics of education for gifted students, differentiated... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2020 10:30am - 11:30am
Mojave Learning Center
  Pathways to Ah-Ha Advanced, Challenging Curriculum: Lessons and Units of Study

1:00pm

The Early Years and Gifted Education
Curriculum and instructional practices specifically designed to BOTH develop the readiness of students to be recognized as gifted or advanced learners AND/OR to respond to existing potential or abilities in young children will be demonstrated and supported by data.
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Sandra Kaplan

Dr. Sandra Kaplan

Professor of Clinical Education, University of Southern California
An expert in gifted education and differentiated curriculum, Kaplan teaches the methods courses for the Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential, and acts as a consultant for several state departments and school districts nationwide on the topics of education for gifted students, differentiated... Read More →

Saturday February 22, 2020 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Mojave Learning Center
  Pathways to Ah-Ha Advanced, Challenging Curriculum: Lessons and Units of Study
 
Sunday, February 23
 

8:00am

Advanced Reading Strategies
Multiple Meanings, Central Theme, Critical and Creative Thinking, Inferences, etc. strategies will be demonstrated to compliment any type of reading resources across genre. These strategies have been specifically designed for their adaptability to SPED, English Learners and Gifted and Advanced Readers in the same classroom. The undergirding idea is: “ALL students should have access to advanced reading experiences.”
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Eugenia Mora-Flores

Dr. Eugenia Mora-Flores

Chair of the MAT and MAT TESOL Programs; Associate Professor of Clinical Education, University of Southern California
Dedicated to improving literacy and language development instruction for K-12 English Language Learners, Mora-Flores is making an impact on the next generation of teachers as an author, staff developer for large urban school districts, Chair of the Master of Arts in Teaching programs... Read More →
avatar for Dr. Sandra Kaplan

Dr. Sandra Kaplan

Professor of Clinical Education, University of Southern California
An expert in gifted education and differentiated curriculum, Kaplan teaches the methods courses for the Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential, and acts as a consultant for several state departments and school districts nationwide on the topics of education for gifted students, differentiated... Read More →

Sunday February 23, 2020 8:00am - 8:45am
Mojave Learning Center
  Pathways to Ah-Ha Advanced, Challenging Curriculum: Lessons and Units of Study

11:00am

Depth and Complexity: Situational Learning
The application of the prompts of depth and complexity as fundamental comprehension and application tools for academic, social, and emotional decision making and learning will be presented.. The relationships of the NEW and “old” prompts to various defined discipline -related historical and contemporary situations is essential to reinforcing “intellectual thinking” as a characteristic of giftedness.
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Sandra Kaplan

Dr. Sandra Kaplan

Professor of Clinical Education, University of Southern California
An expert in gifted education and differentiated curriculum, Kaplan teaches the methods courses for the Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential, and acts as a consultant for several state departments and school districts nationwide on the topics of education for gifted students, differentiated... Read More →

Sunday February 23, 2020 11:00am - 11:45am
Mojave Learning Center
  Pathways to Ah-Ha Advanced, Challenging Curriculum: Lessons and Units of Study
 

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