Description
Many highly gifted children have a high potential but do not yet show a high performance in test scores or grades. Because of this, we ought not to rely only on test results and grades to identify and differentiate gifted students in our schools. So what are we to use to spot these children and provide them with the services they need and deserve to thrive? In this course, the Power of Portfolios, Tina Flatt and Sarah Eton will walk you through the steps of creating portfolios for your students that will provide the missing piece in the data puzzle to prevent gifted students from being overlooked by data driven identification. These powerful tools can revolutionize how your schools identify gifted students as well as provide concrete examples to use in ARE meetings and parent conferences.
In this course you will learn:
- The state definition of gifted
- Why potential matters as much as ability
- Why data collection is not enough for identification
- How to create a portfolio
- Which kinds of examples to include in each student portfolio (including detailed examples!)
- How to include your own notes in addition to work samples
- How to use a portfolio to help identify a gifted students
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Cecily – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
this course was very informational and helpful.
Jessica – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent information regarding portfolios to determine and recommend if a student is GT. Also gives insight on what to look for and suggestions on how to manage portfolios.
Sandra – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
great course
Pamela – TIPP CITY EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
It was good.
Stephanie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
good course.
Lynda – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Long and drawn out; Similar to collecting data for referral to Sped and data for ESL students
Monica – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
very slow
Kelly – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Good.
Elizabeth – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful information on what needs to be included in a portfolio.
Lori – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course focusing on Portfolios: Purpose, Attributes, Criteria,Checklist, Collection and Evaluation.
Lisa – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I liked the concrete examples and practice scoring exercise.
LaDonna – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I have a better idea of what should be included in a student portfolio to correctly identify gifted and talented students
CASSANDRA – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful. There were great examples given.
LORI – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I think it is important teachers are educated on what the portfolio should contain.
Erin – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
Portfolios are a great tool, but if your district does not use them in the gifted ID process it might not be the most helpful course for you.
Christy – STRATFORD ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Nancy – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
Great specifics about the how and why of doing portfolios.
Shelly – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Gives a rubric on how to assess portfolios. Well thought out.
Sandra – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very insightful, full of great information which is both helpful for GT students but I can see myself applying this to Gen-Ed students as well, as a way to see progress and for the students to reflect on their progress and great work.
Rosa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing information based on the criteria for identifying unique students.
Candice – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
It was useful information, but it started out really slow and could have used a little more pep.
Kristin – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative about how they score and what they se to score.
Sonia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information and explanation of how to create portfolios for students. Provides opportunities to score and look at student samples.
Sanjuanita – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Benita – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This course has many examples and the presenters elaborate on the topic.
Maria – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informative. I found every visual and explanation very clear.
Sharon – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This clearly shows the importance of portfolios, but you can tell the training is a bit dated.
Leslie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Joseph – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
Since I have never worked with portfolios, I found this course quite informative.
Luis – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent Course
Dora – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
nice
Consuelo – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I love the way are the portfolios explained.
Herlinda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The modules are very informative to teachers that have never being part of collecting items for a GT portfolio and what goes on in a committee to determine the scoring.
Laura – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great insight.
Teresa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
it’s great
Michelle – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Mary Jo – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great information.
Marina – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
It was a wonderful, detailed and informative course.
Jessica – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars, it really gives us information in depth the purpose of portfolios.
Rachel – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
In this time of online learning, this was a bit boring, “old school” and didn’t get to the point.
Patricia – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Thank you for an informational course.
Patricia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Five stars course!!!
RosaIsela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting and informative course
Shanna – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course this was what I needed to know. Awesome!
Elvia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
The course offered clear and important ideas about portfolios.
Scott – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Course was fine reviewing the details of using portfolios to assess if a student is G/T.
Stephanie – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
It is good.
Dalia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is excellent! Very Clear and guides you on what you should and shouldn’t include in a portfolio.
Paula – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It helped us analyze the importance of potfolios across the curriculum.
Elsa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is very thorough and informative