FBISD Gifted and Talented - Gifted and Talented Professional Development Opportunities

You cannot register for these sessions at this site. Please go to the Professional Development website to register. For additional information, maps, etc., please contact your campus GT Liaison.

Documentation: Please submit copies of any certificates from GT training you have completed to the campus GT liaison who will forward them to the GT Coordinator.

* For Region IV registration information call 713-744-6326 or go to their website www.esc4.net. Region 4 is offering the initial 30 hour training, update sessions, and online courses which include three book studies. Campus liaisons have a list of Region 4 training opportunities.

**For Co-op registration go to the FBISD Professional Development website. Precise locations, maps, and additional information may be obtained from the campus GT Liaison. You may be turned away from the Co-op session if you have not registered for it on the pipeline by the deadline listed there. All workshops listed below are scheduled from 8:30-4:00 and are free of charge. Sessions with an asterisk * count toward the initial 30 hour training but can be taken for update hours.

Houston Area Cooperative on the Gifted and Talented
2009-2010 Speaker Series

DATE	SPEAKER	HOST	TOPIC/STRAND	AUDIENCE
FALL
9-12-09	Tracy Inman	Alief	Curriculum Differentiation	Teachers, K-12
9-19-09	Dr. Edward Amend	Tomball	Social/Emotional	Teachers, K-12
10-17-09	Dr. Dolly Adams	Fort Bend	TExES	Teachers, K-12
10-24-09	Dr. Joyce Juntune	Klein	Creative/Instructional Strategies	Teachers, K-12
10-31-09	Dr. Laura Mackay	Cypress Fairbanks	Nature/ Needs and Program Options	Teachers, K-12
11-14-09	Dr. Joyce Juntune	Cypress Fairbanks	Identification and Assessment	Teachers, K-12
SPRING
1-9-10	Dr. Terry Brandt	Katy	Creativity/Instructional Strategies	Teachers, K-12
1-22-10	Dr. Laura Mackay	Clear Creek	Nature/Needs and Program Options	Administrators, Counselors
1-23-10	Dr. Laura Mackay	Clear Creek	Nature/Needs	Teachers, K-12
2-27-10	Nancy Weber	Spring Branch	Curriculum Differentiation	Teachers, K-12
3-6-10	Dr. Lynette Breedlove	Spring Branch	TExES	Teachers, K-12
4-10-10	Dr. Richard Cash	Cypress Fairbanks	Update	Teachers, K-12
4-24-10	Dr. Laura MacKay	Lamar	Identification and Assessment	Teachers, K-12
5-1-10	Dr. Jim Delisle	Alvin ISD	Social/Emotional	Teachers, K-12

Below are other professional development opportunities approved for GT credit: :