1. TEACHING ADVANCED AND GIFTED STUDENTS More! We want more! The presentation was not enough. We want you to help us be as enthusiastic as you are and go to the level of success with our students as you do with yours! Skip Little, Ph. D., Northern Arizona University and Arizona Educational Summit Committee Learn and Earn 3 Graduate Professional Development Credits (Optional) Information available online at http://learnerslink.com/on-site-courses-for-graduate-credit/ $795.00 Sign up on September 22, 2015. Credits might be used for salary increments, permanent certification, Master’s and Doctoral programs. Westmoreland Intermediate Unit invites you to a professional development series for teachers of the gifted and regular classroom teachers. Consider: “Are your advanced and gifted students thriving?” “What does your PVAAS data tell you about the growth of your high-achieving students?” Classroom-proven strategies will be featured as you collaborate with colleagues and apply them in your classroom or school district. We will develop curricula and/or modify existing activities for you to use with your students. Be prepared to take risks, look for new possibilities, and use your imagination. We will try activities that were my students’ favorites because they offered challenge and creative production! Save these dates: September 22, November 10, 2015, & January 12, 2016 9:00 – 3:30PM Registration begins at 8:30 Cost is $175 per person for the 3 day workshop series. Westmoreland Intermediate Unit 102 Equity Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601 (724) 836-2460 To register: http://tinyurl.com/WIU7Advanced-GiftedLearners

2. TEACHING ADVANCED AND GIFTED STUDENTS Checklist for Teachers of Advanced and Gifted Students: Do you have students in your classroom who learn at an advanced level? Do some students finish their work without much effort? Do some students complain about the work being too easy? Do some give up when the work is too difficult? Do some students refuse to show their work? Do some tell you that they learned what you are teaching years ago? If you answered YES to some of these questions, this workshop series is for YOU, and perhaps your colleagues! Teachers of Gifted Students and Regular Classroom Teachers will work together in teams to talk about strategies that are effective with their students. We will learn and apply strategies that research and our teaching experiences have proven to be successful with advanced and gifted learners such as: Curriculum Compacting Differentiating the Content, Process, or Product Independent Studies Learning and Interest Centers Apprenticeships Tiered Assignments Participants will receive the book, Teaching Advanced and Gifted Students in the Regular Classroom. (McAleer, 2015) Franny McAleer has been providing staff development for teachers in the Berwick Area School District for four years, including whole staff workshops, as well as focused workshops detailing best practices with instructional strategies for gifted and honors students. Many of our teachers know that when Franny comes to do in-service, they will go home tired, but it will have been a productive day. She challenges their beliefs and has helped them raise their level of higher order thinking within their classrooms. It’s also just hard not to have a good time when Franny comes to town! Holly Morrison, Director of Curriculum, Berwick Area School District, PA