Target Audience: Teachers of Gifted Students
Vertical Differentiation for Gifted, Advanced, and High-Potential Students outlines 25 engaging tools and strategies to stretch student thinking, promote deep learning, and provide layers of challenge in the classroom and beyond. It is essential reading for educators looking to support and extend student thinking across content areas and grade levels.
Each strategy is expertly designed to foster deep inquiry and conceptual understanding by guiding students to justify conclusions, apply critical and creative thinking, develop solutions to real-world problems, and transfer learning across contexts. Packed with both "tried and true" thinking models and new, innovative ideas with concrete examples, this resource ensures that no matter where students are in their learning journey, they’ll find themselves challenged and engaged.
Participants must provide their own book, which can be purchased through AMAZON.
(This Book Study is also eligible for graduate credit at Ashland University, follow this link to register for Ashland Credit: Vertical Differentiation : EDU 6230 C1 : Ashland Grad Credit Registration Link
Date: March 13, 2026
Location: Online via Google Classroom
Facilitator: ESC Gifted Supervisor, Jennifer Detmar
Event Fee: Gifted Consortium District Members - FREE | Non-Member Districts - $75.00
*Member Districts: Amherst, Avon, Avon Lake, Clearview, Columbia, Elyria, North Ridgeville, Oberlin, Sheffield-Sheffield Lake, Wellington
Registration Assistance: Pam Sykes - sykes@esclc.org or 440.324.5777 x1110
A 5-Session Virtual Book Study Series:
DATE SERIES: NOV 23 | DEC 14 | JAN 11 | FEB 1 | FEB 22
(must attend all dates)
Target Audience: Educators, Parents, Counselors, School Administrators, Social Workers, Wellness Coordinators, School Psychologists, and Community Partners
Join us for a 5-session virtual book study exploring Jonathan Haidt’s powerful and timely book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. This cross-disciplinary series brings together the expertise of ESC literacy and wellness teams along with guest appearances from other experts from the ESC to foster meaningful dialogue and actionable insights for educators, families, and school leaders.
Through guided discussions and collaborative reflection, participants will:
Examine the cultural and technological shifts impacting youth mental health
Explore the effects of screen time, social media, and declining independent play
Consider practical, developmentally appropriate strategies to support children and adolescents
Reflect on the roles of literacy, family engagement, digital wellness, and social emotional, physical, and mental well-being in shaping healthier childhoods
Exploring the connection of technology on student learning and development
Each one-hour Zoom session will focus on specific chapters and themes from the book, with time for discussion, shared perspectives, and application to both home and school contexts.
Participants are responsible for purchasing the book.
Date: Nov. 23, 2026
Location: Online via Google Classroom
Facilitators: Brooke Sherman, M.Ed., LPCC-S and Olivia Weisman, M.Ed., CALT
Event Fee: $50 - LC District Members* | $100 - Non-Members
*Member Districts: Amherst, Avon, Avon Lake, Clearview, Columbia, Elyria, Firelands, JVS, Keystone, Lorain, Midview, North Ridgeville, Oberlin, Sheffield-Sheffield Lake, Wellington
Ashland Grad Credit Optional: 1 hour - $195 (details given on Nov 23)
Registration Assistance: Debbie Shannon, shannon@esclc.org or 440.324.5777 x1112