Summer Institute for Professional Development

Differentiating Instruction for Highly Capable Leaners – EDG 508/OL
Instructor: Brandi Maynard                 

Learn how to apply differentiation to your content and your grade level. Participants will focus on flexible grouping strategies and ways to efficiently organize a multi-level classroom in all subjects using extension activities, tiered assignments, and the parallel curriculum. Learn a variety of ways to design standards-based lessons that will reach all learners to maximize instructional time in all content areas.
 
1 semester credit • Tuition: $535 • Register by June 10
When: Weeks of June 17-July 12
Location: Online

EDG 508/OL or EDG 508/G is a required course for the specialty endorsement in teaching the gifted offered at Whitworth.

Differentiating Instruction for Highly Capable Learners – EDG 508/G
Instructor: Glenda Armstrong

Learn to apply differentiation to your content and your grade level. Participants will focus on flexible grouping strategies and efficient ways to organize a multi-level classroom in all subjects using extension activities, tiered assignments, and the parallel curriculum.  Learn a variety of ways to design standards-based lessons that will reach all learners to maximize instructional time in all content areas. 

1 semester credit • Tuition: $535 • Register by June 17
When: June 24-26, Monday-Wednesday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Location: Dixon Hall

EDG 508/G or EDG 508/OL is a required course for the specialty endorsement in teaching the gifted offered at Whitworth.

Teaching for Independence and Responsibility: The Affective Component in the Classroom – EDG 552/G
Instructor: Joni Domanico Brock               

Developing independence and responsibility in students is a major challenge in many classrooms today.  A student’s perceived self-concept and school achievement are correlated.  Therefore, how a student perceives him/herself is a critical factor in the equation of success.  This course examines practical and engaging strategies to attend to the affective needs of students and the environment in which they learn.  The ultimate goal is to maximize a student’s perception of his/her capabilities and increase achievement, self-reliance, independence, and responsibility.

2 semester credits • Tuition: $1,070 • Register by June 17
When: June 24-28, Monday -Thursday, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Location: Dixon Hall

This course may be used as elective credit for the specialty endorsement in teaching the gifted offered at Whitworth.

Developing Curriculum – EDG 512/G1 or 512/G2
Instructor: Carol Mahoney

Create a personalized curriculum for your next school term working with the instructor on an individualized basis.  Implement your current summer coursework by applying your information to your fall classroom assignments.  Adapt regular units and textbooks to include formative e assessment, student voice, differentiation, and culturally responsive strategies.

1 or 2 semester credits • Tuition: $535 or $1,070 • Register by June 22
When:  June 29, Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Contract-based with instructor after initial meeting
Location: Dixon Hall

This course may be used as elective credit for the specialty endorsement in teaching the gifted offered at Whitworth.

Understanding and Educating the Twice Exceptional Student – EDG 501/G
Instructor: Sandy Malone-Long

In this course participants will gain an increased awareness of students whose behavior and regularity of performance may interfere with identification, placement, and performance with gifted peers. Best Practices will be applied to identify and fully service these students. Students will be expected to complete a case study including identification and a performance plan within a school district.

1 semester credit • Tuition: $535 • Register by July 1
When:  July 8-10, Monday-Wednesday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Location: Dixon Hall

This course may be used as elective credit for the specialty endorsement in teaching the gifted offered at Whitworth.

Keys To Unlocking Autism – EDG 511/G
Instructor: Carol Kirk-Ishihara

This course will explore the various research and experience-based concepts of classroom management as they relate to creating an optimum learning environment; it will then consider what they can mean in actual practice. Today’s educators, parents, D.I.S. providers and clinicians will come away from this course with a better understanding of autism not as a disorder, but simply as a different way of thinking and engaging. Participants will practice how to adapt and apply curriculum for these special students.
 
1 semester credit • Tuition: $535 • Register by July 5
When:  July 11-12, Thursday – Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Location: Dixon Hall

Rethinking How We Teach Math – EDG 505/OL
Instructor: Luanne Williams

This course will delve into the mathematical practices in the new Common Core State Standards. These mathematical practices describe "the varieties of expertise that mathematics educators at all levels should seek to develop in their students" (CCSS p.6). Educators will discuss and review strategies for implementation of these practices,  problem-solving ideas,  games, and activities that will help infuse the standards for mathematical practices into their everyday instruction.

1 semester credit • Tuition: $535 • Register by July 8
When:  July 15-August 9
Location: Online

This course may be used as elective credits for the specialty endorsement in teaching the gifted offered at Whitworth.

Teaching Students with Mental Health Disorders – EDG 514/G
Instructor: Nika Davenport

It’s estimated that five million American children are suffering from a mental illness that interferes with their daily life. Students with many of these types of mental illness are in your classroom. This class will discuss how you can help the student who worries all the time, has extreme mood changes that interferes with learning, who is overly aggressive or defiant, or who has social phobias.

1 semester credit • Tuition: $535 • Register by July 9
When:  July 16, 18, 23, 25, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5-9 p.m.
Location: Dixon Hall

21st-Century Tools to Motivate and Engage Learners – EDG 510/G
Instructors: Brandi Maynard
               
Digital students need teachers who are adaptable to the changing face of education and who know how to pull together the best resources to motivate their minds.  It can be difficult for educators to combine the best practices of gifted education with the best technology tools to reach 21st-century learners. Dr. Maynard has trained thousands of parents/educators all over the United States to use cutting-edge technology tools to reach the following student needs: general academic ability, specific academic aptitude, creative and artistic children, and gifted leaders.

1 semester credit • Tuition: $535 • Register by July 15
When: July 22-24, Monday-Wednesday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Location: Hawthorne Hall

This course may be used as elective credits for the specialty endorsement in teaching the gifted offered at Whitworth.

Children’s Literature – EDG 503/G
Instructors: Kaye Kamp and Beth Page

This course will focus on high-quality contemporary children’s literature and on methods of using these texts as teaching tools to support content-area instruction.  We’ll spend time looking at characteristics of high-quality books, ways to evaluate contemporary offerings, sources for finding quality literature, and issues in censorship in the schools.
 
1 semester credit • Tuition: $535 • Register by July 22
When:  July 29-30, Monday - Tuesday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Location: Dixon Hall

This course may be used as an elective toward the reading endorsement at Whitworth.

Transitioning to English Language Arts Common Core Standards – EDG 517/G
Instructor: Miranda Hein

Study strategies for transitioning to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. Explore Common Core documents and the national context of their development. This course includes an interactive overview of CCSS goals and terminology, teaching sequences, program planning and assessment.  The class will also address curriculum integration as well as adapting for highly capable students and students with special needs.

1 semester credit • Tuition: $535 • Register by July 24
When:  July 31-Aug. 2, Wednesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Location: Dixon Hall

This course may be used as elective credit for the specialty endorsement in teaching the gifted offered at Whitworth.

Make STEM Come Alive in the Classroom – EDG 509/G
Instructor: Kaye Kamp

This course for elementary- and middle-school teachers will feature a look at the natural environment in and around Spokane. Field-based activities and classroom lessons will connect science and engineering with all areas of the elementary- and middle-school curriculum. Learn about great free field trips in our area and about how to make them true learning experiences; encourage creativity within the engineering/design process; understand the life cycle of natural resources; and learn more about teaching in a way that engages not only students, but the teacher, as well. We will also explore ideas on how to provide evidence within the new TPEP criteria and integrations with the Common Core Standards.

1 semester credit • Tuition: $535 • Register by July 17
When: July 24-26; Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: Dixon Hall

Inquiry-Based Learning – EDG 515/G
Instructor: Kaye Kamp

This course will focus on using the inquiry model of teaching in social studies and STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) related subjects. Learn to take students through the inquiry process, in which they develop their understanding of the content knowledge. These methods are research-based and are proven to lead to greater cognitive retention. We will also explore ideas on how to provide evidence within the new TPEP criteria and integrations of the Common Core Standards. This course is a must for teachers who want to revive their teaching and to feel rejuvenated and excited to begin a new year.

1 semester credit • Tuition: $535 • Register by July 31
When: Aug. 7-9; Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Location: Dixon Hall

Building Independent Readers: A Systematic Approach -- EDG 513/G
Instructors: Mary Haymond and Linda Lee

Inland Northwest Advanced Placement Summer Institute  – EDG 523/G or 524/G
Instructor: Sally Pfeifer

Subject-specific courses that equip K-12 teachers with content and resources to engage students in high-level learning; ensure students develop skills, habits of mind and concepts to succeed in higher education; refine and improve content instruction.  Participants develop syllabi, lesson plans, goals, objectives, content instruction to enhance their teaching.  AP offerings include Biology, Calculus AB and BC, Chemistry, English Language, English Literature, Environmental Science, European History, French, Physics, Spanish, Statistics, Studio Art, US Government and Politics, US History, World History. Pre-AP offerings include English. 

Two semester credits are available for an additional $150 • Grade is P/NC. 

To register for the institutes, go to www.spokaneschools.org/APSummerInstitute (AP Summer Institute).  Do NOT register through Whitworth.  For more information, e-mail INWAPSI@spokaneschools.org or call Sally Pfeifer at 509.354.6914.

When: July 29-Aug. 1, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Location: Lewis and Clark High School, Spokane

This course may be used as elective credit for the specialty endorsement in teaching the gifted offered at Whitworth.

Educational Insights and Wellness Revitalization 2013 – EDG 525/G and 526/G
Instructor: Rick Giampietri

This workshop is for new and experienced teachers to enhance their teaching strategies and to provide the tools to become more effective in the classroom.  Educational Insights helps teachers equip students to master the basics, prepare for college or employment, and cope in the real world.  Wellness Revitalization assists participants to acquire the knowledge and skills to maintain an active, healthy life.  Come away from both classes with a refreshed and revitalized outlook on teaching. 

EDG 525/G = 2 semester credits/EDG 526/G = 1 semester credit • Grade is P/NC • Cost: See website.

To register, go to www.educationalstrategiesworkshop.com  (Educational Insights/Wellness Revitalization).  Do NOT register through Whitworth.  For more information, e-mail giamfbwesw@msn.com or call Rick Giampietri at 509.924.9263 (home) or 509.701.5100 (cell).
 
When:  July 15-19, Monday- Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Location: Mirabeau Park Hotel, Spokane Valley

Celebration of Talent - Inland Northwest 2013
A Regional Conference for Gifted Youth, Parents & Educators
When: Saturday, June 22
Location: Whitworth University
Registration and Additional Information: Visit Prodigy Northwest’s website at www.prodigynw.org or call Deb Johnson at 509.599.4200.

Don’t miss this second annual event designed to enlighten children, parents and educators on the subject of giftedness, along with the unique challenges and benefits that it brings. Gifted students will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of fun and unique learning experiences with like-minded youth. Parents will be able to interact with other parents and professionals on the challenges and joys of raising gifted children. Educators will have the unique opportunity to participate in a forum dedicated to gifted education and will earn professional clock hours for their involvement. Keynote presentations will be made to the entire group of participants. Breakout sessions will allow participants to select topics of interest. The conference fee includes keynote presentations, breakout sessions, and beverages. Please bring a sack lunch for the keynote presentation at noon. Children must be at least four years of age to participate. Sponsored by Prodigy NW and Whitworth University.

Camp Metamorphosis 2013
Whitworth Summer Program for Gifted Children Entering Grades 4-6
When: July 8-12, Monday-Friday ,9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location: Whitworth University, Spokane
Cost: $250
Registration and Additional Information:  Visit the Whitworth Center for Gifted Education website at
www.whitworth.edu/campmetamorphosis.

This exciting non-residential program allows gifted children to learn more about their social strengths and to explore academic areas of interest. Each morning, camp participants will have the opportunity to interact in group activities, such as team-building and exploration of personal leadership, learning style and emotional intelligence. Each afternoon, participants can choose from several academic programs offered by faculty with knowledge and enthusiasm in subject areas such as animation, geometric explorations, physics, drama, chemistry, creative writing and art.  Each participant selects three enrichment programs for the entire week. Click here for a complete description of camp activities and online registration.