Professional Development

The PV Schools Gifted Education Dept. supports teachers and administrators seeking to understand and effectively address the academic, social, and emotional needs of the District’s gifted students.  Ongoing professional development opportunities are scheduled throughout the school year through workshops, inservices, staff meeting presentations and university coursework.  These offerings cover a variety of topics related to the curriculum and instruction and affective concerns, of gifted students in the elementary, middle and high school years. 

Spring 2013 Professional Development Workshops for
teachers of the gifted:

Titles include:

• The Schoolwide Cluster Grouping Model (Online Version!)*
• Teaching Strategies for the Gifted Cluster Classroom (Online Version!)*
• Going Digital! (Online Version!)
• Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom*
• Supporting Teachers is Just a Click Away!
• Unlock the Strategies to Teaching the Nonverbal Identified Gifted Student
• Interactive and Fun: Vocabulary Activities That EngageRunning Socratic Seminars in Middle and High School Honors Classes.
• Using iPads in the Classroom, Session 1 – Session 4
• Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom
• It’s Not About More, It’s About Different! Teaching Secondary Honors Classes.
• Using Khan Academy to Differentiate Math
• Pop Culture in the Classroom? Absolutely!
• Let's Talk Assessment: The "How" and "Why" of Formative and Summative
• Assessment in a Differentiated Classroom
• Advancing Differentiation: Thinking and Learning in the 21st Century
• 4 Level Sentences, Bring Grammar Into Your Classroom In Minutes a Day!
• Reaching All Learners: Making Differentiation Work for Gifted Students
• The Schoolwide Cluster Grouping Model: An Introduction
• Inquiring Minds Want to Know!
• Using Socratic Questioning & Critical Thinking Skills in Language Arts Instruction for Gifted Students

Summer 2013 Professional Development Workshops for
teachers of the gifted: