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.
Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Includes helpful information and examples.
Lila – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
very informative.
Hope – IRONTON CITY (verified owner) –
I thought the course used good actual class examples to teach how to best create and score portfolios.
Kristin – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Rolando – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Kerry – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Very good content on everything portfolios.
Marissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is very informative on student portfolios.
Thelma – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Rachel – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives you a rubric to score students’ work.
Chelsey – IRONTON CITY (verified owner) –
This course was very informative, interactive, and helpful.
Ana – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative on how to create student portfolios.
Christine – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course was easy to follow and very informative. I am excited about implementing in my Kindergarten classroom in the Fall.
Byron – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Very organized and concise and well presented
Nan – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
This course gave clear cut guidelines on what to expect when using and evaluating portfolios in the classroom.
Heather – RIDGEDALE LOCAL (verified owner) –
The course was easy to follow and understand. It gives you good information on setting up portfolios and what is important to consider when building or evaluating a portfolio.
Sylva – CLEBURNE ISD (verified owner) –
This is good for understanding what to put into a portfolio for a GT nominee.
Silvia – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I truly enjoyed it and feel good about the information provided. I feel confident to evaluate student portfolios.
Isela – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very easy to follow and well organized
Sharon – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting information about portfolios that some districts use. My district uses Standardized scores in combination with teacher and parent questionaires
Matthew – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This was a wonderful course in setting up portfolios for students. I will be implementing this knowledge at the start of next school year when I set up my student binders. I will also be tracking my other special pops in a similar way, just adapting the content here to apply.
FERNANDO – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s a great portfolio training.
Jody – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Informational, but dry!
Jordan – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informational and helpful in learning about how to develop portfolios for potential GT students.
Shelley – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
I think this is a very valuable course. Portfolios are good for all students, not just gifted identification.
Kayley – Pilot (verified owner) –
It was good.
Felicia – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the course was informative
Roselyn – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting to see how other schools do things.
Jason – GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY (verified owner) –
I liked this course. It gives a good explanation of the importance of portfolios and also how to implement them.
Corinne – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
This was very interesting and I will begin to use portfolios more intentionally.
kathleen – HUNTINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed getting information that would improve the way we build portfolios in my classroom.
Blanca M – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed learning about portfolios in this course. I have a much better understanding of what a portfolio should and shouldn’t be.
Jesus – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Better understanding of why portfolios are an important tool in the recommendation process.
Stacey – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
With the video, and the reflections and the quizzes and some activities, these took longer than an hour – IF you really took the time like I did and cared about the topic. I could have been done much quicker and with much less work on other trainings. Not dinging you – just telling you maybe you should change the hours offered. I enjoyed learning this and remember learning it in the original 30, but will admit I teach high school and have no idea who is in charge of this or how I would ever get a student labeled or in the accelerated programs, etc.
Katherine – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
It’s informative but not very interesting.
Mackensey – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Great information!
Alma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative.
Tara – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
This is a quality course and explains student portfolios. It explains what should go in, how they can be stored, and also how to assess the information.
Edith – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed it. It explained portfolios really well.
Veronica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
excellent
Nolan – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course to take, especially for anyone that does not know how to work with portfolios. Now, I have a better understanding.
tessie – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
I rate this course as 5 stars. I was able to understand the information and the examples were very helpful. I would like for there to be a second chance to take the quiz. Sometimes a button can be selected by mistake or a question misinterpreted and there is no way to rectify the situation.
Katelynn – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Good insight.
Ana – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was great to take this course because I have never had to collect samples for a portfolio.
Nicole – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Portfolios are a great way to show ability and growth over time and over different content areas! This course gives great information on what should be included in portfolios and how to use them in ARE committee meetings.
Sandra – NORTHSIDE ISD – SAN ANTONIO – REGION 20 (verified owner) –
Great examples of work samples to give a better understanding of what to look for.
Jonelle – Springfield City School District (verified owner) –
Very informative. Can use many ideas in future classes.
Abigail – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course and found the information to be very useful for teachers and staff participating in the GT nomination process.
Lacey – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
good
Stephanie – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I feel as though I understand how to take work for portfolios better and why they are important.
Richard – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
A very interesting course if you want to use portfolios