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Whether you are looking to add to your teaching toolkit or working on an endorsement and/or master's degree, Whitworth University offers courses for professional development to help you meet your goals.
For more information, please contact the Whitworth Center for Gifted Education at 509.777.3226 or gifted@whitworth.edu.
Summer 2020
EDG 508: Differentiating Instruction for Highly Capable Students
This course is designed to help students learn approaches to design differentiated curriculum and instructional strategies in all content areas to meet the needs of gifted students in today’s classrooms. Differentiation by content, process, product and assessment using current research-based practices will be addressed and applied.
One semester credit, $665
Online
June 17-July 24, 2020
EDG 517: Identifying and Developing the Talents of ELL Gifted Students
English-language learners (ELLs) are often underrepresented in programs that serve gifted and talented students due to a myriad of reasons, including teacher perceptions/biases, lack of staff training, lack of communication, inappropriate assessments, and inadequate opportunities for talent development. This course examines the causes of underrepresentation of gifted ELL students in gifted programs and explores recommendations for developing the talents and potential of these students.
One semester credit, $665
Online
June 17-July 24, 2020
EDG 529: Teaching the Gifted Underachiever
In this course students will address the identification of underachieving students and the most current research and strategies to work with these students. This course will provide proven techniques to diagnose prescribe and communicate student concerns and needs to parents. Students will leave with a process to diagnose and reverse underachievement for gifted students.
One semester credit, $665
Online
June 24-July 31, 2020
Fall 2020
EDG 553: Creativity & Analytical Thinking
The major purpose of this course is to study the theoretical and practical aspects of creativity and analytical thinking. Exploring the question of what creativity is and how we develop in ourselves and in our students will be the focus of this course. The course is an overview of major definitions, theories and research related to the study of creativity and the creative individual. Strategies for adapting existing curricula to develop creative and analytical thinking abilities, the assessment of creative thinking, methods for enhancing personal creative abilities and techniques for examining the creative process will be presented.
Three semester credits
Online
Sept. 9-Dec. 19, 2020
EDG 554: Curricular Strategies & Instructional Models for High Ability Learners
The focus on this course is on the application of instructional and curricular models and strategies for designing appropriate learning experiences for the gifted and talented. Additionally the course will explore how the characteristics of gifted students, identification of student profiles, and unique education challenges must be considered when designing instructional learning experiences for these students. This course is designed for teachers, coordinators, administrations and others responsible for the education of highly capable students.
Three semester credits
Online
Sept. 9-Dec. 19, 2020