Closing

1. Closing Putting what you know into Practice

2. Subject to Change • Use the pipe cleaners to create a number from 1 to 10 that depicts your ability to embrace and foster change: • 1 indicates a you have a resistance to change. • 5 indicates you accept change. • 10 indicates you are a change agent.

3. What’s Your Role? • What are some things that contributed to the number you created? • Does your current situation/setting affect the number you created? • Will you return to your setting ready to: • accept changes • make changes • help others understand the need for changes related to understanding and meeting the needs of gifted learners?

4. New Perspectives • Think about the two content chunks titled Misconceptions and Definitions. • Identify which of the two content chunks made the • greater change in your thinking and understanding of gifted learners- Misconceptions or Definitions? • Be prepared to justify your answer.

5. Walkabout • Take a Walkabout with someone who selected the opposite content chunk. • Discuss the change that occurred in your thinking and or understanding as a result of the Misconceptions and Definitions content chunks and how it will impact what happens when you return to your setting.

6. Some Things to Consider • Will you be better able to accept gifted learners and understand their needs? • Will you personally make changes in how you interact with gifted learners? • Will you encourage others to learn more about the characteristics and needs of gifted learners? • Other????

7. Videos Chose 2 from the following list. Leanna Archer – African American female – middle school - developed her own company for skin and hair products Chelsea Dock – African American female - 6 years old - pianist Emily Bear – Caucasian female- 8 years old - pianist/composer Julian – African American male – 6 years old – inventor Tione Johnson – African American female – 8 years old – wants to be talk show host and singer Russian 4 year old male – Explains the Universe Adora Svitak – 10 year old female -Teaches Education Majors at Ball State via the internet  Indian 10 year old male – amazing memory presents to adults

8. Leanna Archer – African American female – middle school - developed her own company for skin and hair products

9. Chelsea Dock – African American female - 6 years old - pianist

10. Emily Bear – Caucasian female- 6 years old - pianist/composer

11. Julian – African American male – 6 years old - inventor

12. Tione Johnson – African American female – 8 years old – wants to be talk show host and singer

13. Russian 4 year old male – Explains the Universe

14. Adora Svitak – 10 year old female -Teaches Education Majors at Ball State via the internet

15. Indian 10 year old male – amazing memory presents to adults

16. Change in Perception Knowing that we have students like the ones in the videos, what responsibilities do we, as public school educators, have to meet their needs?

17. Change in Perception Knowing that students like Leanna Archer, Emily Bear, Dalton Sherman, and Severn Suzuki exist, what responsibilities do we, as public school educators, have to meet their needs?

18. Gone Through Any Changes Lately? • As you watch the following 4 minute video clip, think about the following: • Where are you are in the change spectrum? • Which visual in the clip best represents you in terms of change. • Which content chunk of the Gifted Education Seminar will best help you foster positive changes toward meeting the needs of gifted learners?

19. Making a Change • You’ve investigated • Differentiation • Environment • Content • Process • Product • Models • You’ve examined: • Perspectives • Misconceptions • Definitions • Seminal Studies • Brain Research • Knowing • Characteristics • Social/Emotional • Special Populations • Instruments and Procedures

20. Reaching the Goal Teachers will be able to create an environment to identify gifted and talented learners and address their diverse needs to facilitate at least a year’s growth and development in the teacher’s classroom.

21. Plan on it! • List at least one specific way you plan to do each of the following : • Create an environment that supports gifted learners • Identify the gifted and talented learners in your setting • Implement strategies that result in a year’s growth and development for gifted learners. • Measure the growth and development of the gifted learners in your setting.

22. Share Your Plan • Working with a partner, discuss the changes that might come about as a result of your plan. • Ask your partner for any insights that could help you implement your plan. • If possible make plans to check back with your partner during the year to see how implementation plans are working.

23. Celebrate • We celebrate your commitment to learning more about who gifted learners are and what environments best support their learning. • We celebrate your commitment to changing misconceptions about gifted learners. • We celebrate your commitment to learning new strategies that will facilitate a year’s growth and development each year for gifted learners.

24. You Make the Difference