Tuition and Registration
Registration Information for 2018 Summer Gifted Institute
Enrollment is now open for all sessions of the 2018 Summer Gifted Institute and “Back to School” Demonstration. Each session is individually priced.
Individuals and groups may register online using a credit card for any of the 2018 Summer Gifted Institute events. If paying with a purchase order or check, please contact Cecilia Olmos to process your registrations.
Contact:
Cecilia Olmos
colmos@rossier.usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-8536
All sessions include complimentary continental breakfast, box lunch, and parking.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be available for purchase at $35 per CEU
About the Sessions
Session 1: A Differentiated Continuum: Lessons and Units of Study June 18 and June 19, 2018 (2-day workshop) 8:30am – 3:30pm Radisson Hotel Los Angeles Midtown at USC Workshop Fees: $395 |
The concept and utilization of a Differentiated Continuum of Curriculum and Instruction is a new and innovative technique to define a progressive series of teaching/learning experiences that respond to the introduction and implementation of challenge and academic rigor. The presentation will include Differentiated techniques and materials from simple to complex, from what can be implemented with a group of students to personalized learning for a gifted student. |
Session 2: Gifted Education in the Early Years June 20, 2018 (1-day workshop) 8:30am – 3:30pm Amy King Dundon-Berchtold University Club of USC – Scriptorium Room Workshop Fees: $195 |
This one-day workshop focuses on addressing the gifted in grades preschool through second. The themes of this one-day workshop are answering the questions of how to identify at an early age, how to integrate basic and challenging play and inquiry-based learning opportunities for young students. |
Session 3: Teacher as Collegial Coach June 21, 2018 (1-day workshop) 8:30am – 3:30pm Amy King Dundon-Berchtold University Club of USC – Scriptorium Room Workshop Fees: $195 |
This one-day workshop formulizes the often informal requests of teachers to help other teachers as they plan and teach their gifted students. This presentation will emphasize specific ways to become a specially designated or voluntary collegial coach for teachers of the gifted. |
Session 4: Advanced and Advancing Depth and Complexity June 22, 2018 (1-day workshop) 8:30am – 3:30pm Amy King Dundon-Berchtold University Club of USC – Scriptorium Room Workshop Fees: $195 |
This one-day workshop integrates prompts of depth and complexity across the disciplines by implementing a scope and sequence and interdisciplinary learning. |
Session 5: “Back to School” Demonstration School August 6, and 7 (2-day workshop) 8:30am – 3:30pm Carlthorp School, Santa Monica Workshop Fees: $395 |
This two-day back-to-school gifted institute will enable teachers to visit demonstration classrooms to observe and interact with exemplary differentiated curriculum and learning centers |
Ideal For
Participants in the program should include, but are not limited to:
- Classroom teachers
- GATE teachers
- Principals
- Special Education teachers
- Mentor teachers
- BTSA and Induction Coordinators
- Curriculum designers
- Content team leaders