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ODE Javits (I-GET-GTEd) is a FREE gifted education professional development resource for administrators, counselors, classroom teachers, parents, and school psychologists that includes:
Strategies for meeting the unique instructional, social, and emotional needs of gifted and talented students.
Strategies for differentiated instruction to help all students achieve value-added growth.
Help to meet local, state, and federal requirements for ongoing high-quality professional development.
The Renzulli Center for creativity, gifted education, and talent development at the University of Connecticut offers online professional learning opportunities.
This link is to their event list of upcoming online professional learning sessions.
Title: Co-Teaching to Make a Difference
Description: In this pre-recorded session we will share our co-teaching experiences and insights. We will explore the six co-teaching models and how to utilize them in the classroom. Participants will be given links for resources to help them successfully implement and/or enhance co-teaching in their day-to-day teaching practices.
Presenters: Jeanna Heitkamp & Brenda Rodeheffer
Targeted Audience: PreK - 8
Content Areas: Math, ELA, Social Studies, Science, Special Education, Gifted
Length: 45 Minutes (Presentation and Exploration)
Click HERE to access the resources for this session
Title: Using EdPuzzle in the Classroom Recording
Description: In this session, you will learn about EdPuzzle.com which is the perfect tool for allowing students to watch and engage with videos while the teacher gathers data throughout the lesson. It allows the students to replay the video as many times as needed to understand the material. Once students submit their answers to the questions embedded in the lesson, teachers are able to review answers to check for any misconceptions or to determine if students are ready to move on. This website can be used to teach, reteach, review or supplement classroom lessons.
Presenters: Jeremy Riley & Kathy Bergman
Targeted Audience: PreK - 8
Content Areas: Math, ELA, Social Studies, Science, Special Education, Gifted
Length: 45 Minutes (Video and exploration)
Title: Personalized Learning Overview
Description: Overview of Personalized Learning Initiative, how it relates to Ohio's Strategic Plan for Education, OTES 2.0, and Ohio's SEL Framework.
Presenter: Missy McClurg
Targeted Audience: PreK-3, 4-8, 9-12
Content Areas: Math, ELA, Social Studies, Science, Special Education, World Language, Career Tech, Vo-Ag, Music, Art, Physical/Health Education, Technology, Financial Literacy, Administration, Counselor, Social Emotional, Gifted
Length: 39 Minutes
Title: Personalized Learning: Explore, Launch, Transform
Description: Overview of Personalized Learning Initiative, how it relates to Ohio's Strategic Plan for Education, OTES 2.0, and Ohio's SEL Framework. We will discuss opportunities through Explore, Launch and Transform Cohorts and additional opportunities to support NWOH teachers and teams interested in learning more about personalized learning.
Presenter: Missy McClurg
Targeted Audience: PreK-3, 4-8, 9-12
Content Areas: Math, ELA, Social Studies, Science, Special Education, World Language, Career Tech, Vo-Ag, Music, Art, Physical/Health Education, Technology, Financial Literacy, Administration, Counselor, Social Emotional, Gifted
Length: 22 Minutes
Title: Personalized Learning: Student Choice, Assessment, and Support
Description: This session will provide examples of best practice in setting up personalized learning for your students focusing on student choice, assessment and support. We will explore how educators across Ohio and across the US are implementing personalized learning including successes and lessons learned. Participants will have a solid understanding of the components of personalized learning and how they can incorporate principles into their own plans for the 22-23 school year and beyond as we transform education in partnership with ODE and Knowledgeworks over the coming years!
Presenter: Missy McClurg
Targeted Audience: PreK-3, 4-8, 9-12
Content Areas: Math, ELA, Social Studies, Science, Special Education, Career Tech, Vo-Ag, Music, Art, Physical/Health Education, Technology, Financial Literacy, Administration, Counselor, Social Emotional, Gifted
Length: 24 Minutes
Title: Personalized Learning: Tools and Resources
Description: Participants will come away with this session with resources to implement Personalized Learning including tools and technology to help guide student choice, use of assessments and how to most effectively utilize student seat time to gain mastery of learning standards.
Presenter: Missy McClurg
Targeted Audience: PreK-3, 4-8, 9-12
Content Areas: Math, ELA, Social Studies, Science, Special Education, World Language, Career Tech, Vo-Ag, Music, Art, Physical/Health Education, Technology, Financial Literacy, Administration, Counselor, Social Emotional, Gifted
Length: 24 Minutes
Title: Making Math Different
Description: A collection of new ideas to help make math class more engaging and interactive. We will be focusing on problem solving and how to get students to focus more on their thinking of mathematics rather than simply finding answers.
Presenters: Scott Cropper
Targeted Audience: 3-12
Content Areas: Math, Gifted
Length: 60 Minutes
Title: Flipping for your Students
Description: This session will discuss the ins and outs of "flipping" your classroom instruction. We will explore the benefits of using technology to save classroom instruction time as well as how videos and online resources allow you to teach your class when they aren't even in the room. This is great for anyone who wants to create a more individualized classroom. This session will also show how "flipped" instruction allows for individualized differentiation and higher student success.
Presenters: Kayla Sullivan
Targeted Audience: PreK-12
Content Areas: Math, ELA, Social Studies, Science, Special Education, World Language, Career Tech, Vo-Ag, Music, Art, Physical/Health Education, Technology, Financial Literacy, Social Emotional, Gifted
Length: 30 Minutes
The Grid Method is a student-centered, competency-based framework, created at the classroom level and designed to fit any teacher’s style, within any curriculum, in any classroom. Most importantly, it was built to reach all students…not just some.
1 Contact Hour - .1 CEU