GES 2010Day 3

Gifted Education Seminar

Training for Regional Coordinators/TrainersJune 21, 22, 23

Holiday InnBloomington, Illinois

Day 3

Module Presentations by Participants CHECK-OUT BREAK Trainers’ Roles/Coordinators’ Roles

How To’s - Registration Process

Process Strategies Stay true to the training!

Lunch“Virtual Participation” – message boards, etc.Resource SharingQuestions? Last Words? Thanks!Mobile USB Self-Directed Study

Presentations

WHO REMEMBERS THIS TYPEOF BOARD???PERSPECTIVES

KNOWINGDIFFERENTIATIONCURRICULUM MODELS

How do you likemy knee highs?

CHECK-OUT BREAKThank

goodness for Fridays!

15 MINUTES

Presentations

WHO REMEMBERS THIS TYPEOF BOARD???PERSPECTIVES

KNOWINGDIFFERENTIATIONCURRICULUM MODELS

How do you like my knee highs?

First Day Folder and InfoYou might want to consider a first class folder:Check with your sponsor for decision on this.Possible Content:• How to find your IEIN #• How to attach a journal to an email• Contract for completion (up to sponsor)• Suggested timelines for each module• List of Expected Journal Entries• Your name, phone number, email, best time to call (no later than ___)• Email addresses for class participants• Course Syllabus, College Credit Enrollment Form, Contact Info re.

transcripts• Sponsoring Agency Contact Info

Trainers

• How do trainers get to do the GES training– Trainers listed on a website– Coordinator from ROE/ISC/CPS/IAGC contacts the

trainer– All details are worked out through the coordinator at

the ROE/ISC/CPS/IAGC– No set presenter fee– As a trainer, you cannot deliver this ISBE copyrighted

training on your own or in a district without working with the coordinator from the ROE/ISC/CPS

Trainer’s Responsibilities•Know who your coordinator is and work through the coordinator from the ROE/ISC/CPS•Know all aspects of the GES Training

•Face to Face, Interactive, and Self Directed

•Know what’s in the kit and how to use it•Know how to use the syllabus and score a participant’s electronic journal and projects•Be quickly responsive to the participants•Communicate with participants

Coordinators from ROE/ISC/CPS• Hire or appoint a trainer for the GES training in their region• Order books and USB drives• Lend the kit and notebook computer to the trainer• Finalize the participants in the database• Answer questions about the GES training• Answer questions for participants during the GES training• Make sure all trainers have up to date training manuals• Oversee details of the GES training• Check the Coordinator website for updates/changes• Advertise GES and recruit teachers and administrators• Train at least 10% of region teachers by August 31, 2010• Work with Diane Beedy to provide a mentor for 1st training

for trainers

Diane’s Tips

• Review how to “read” a journal• Review how to send the journal to the trainer• How do I install an update• Remember:

– To use the menus, you must be in the program.– To read a journal, you must be in the program or

in the electronic reader.– A participant “could” get a registration error

message and still be registered. “Continue on.”

Reality TV Troubleshooting Victoriously

When will you respond?Whatcha gonna say?

WHO YOU GONNA CALL?Kali Morgan – Tech Issues 217 893-4921Diane Beedy – 217 549-4105Linda Brissenden - 217 663-6169

Real World Example 1• Did you receive my scavenger hunt? I saved

this around 4:30 when Brandy, Jill and I met this afternoon. When I got home this evening & began to work some more, I discovered it was not there. I am hoping that it is not lost. I will wait to hear from you before I proceed on. Thanks for your help & patience. P.S. I am feeling like the typical student giving an excuse….the dog ate my homework, instead, the computer has hid my information from me.

Real World Example 2

OK, I am really frustrated right now. I did the overview last night and typed all my answers where it told me to and now I have nothing! Do I have to do it all again?

Real World Example 3

• Hi! My program will still to allow me to register, so I try to save everything and print often. However, while I was still doing the overview, I was completing the scavenger hunt and I thought I was typing in the journal. I typed all 5 answers and waited to print. Well, I evidently typed in the wrong spot because it didn’t save. (I must have been on the blank pages that Missy is referring to.) So, I retyped all of my answers in a Word document and printed them off. I did the same thing for the online questions (reflective essay questions). Since I wasn’t sure, I just typed them on a Word Document to be safe. Has everyone else successfully registered? Have you talked to the Tech gurus, Linda?

Real World Example 4

I know there is a reader on the flash drive. Do I right click on it? If so, which of the files on the flash drive is the reader? Do I click on save alt or do I right click and copy the reader? The steps aren’t very clear to someone with little tech expertise like me.

Mentoring “Rules” & Assessment

• Option 4 Rules…

• Mentor Form Diane emailed Monday eve.• How a Mentor is Acquired• The “Plan to Diane” Process - REQUIRED• The Approval Process• The Mentee Evaluation - visits; email, phone

or in person communication

A mentee must• Have mentor and training site approved by Diane Beedy• Develop a plan in consultation with mentor to show how

following will be met:• Must present at least 6 hours• Must develop a plan to support participants• Must submit plan with mentee/mentor sign-off to Diane prior

to beginning of training• Must share/discuss evaluations of a minimum of five

participants’ journal entries and final projects• Must be evaluated by participants• Must submit reflective journal to mentor; journal should focus

on how to ensure success of participants enrolled in Option 4

A mentor must• Be an approved GES trainer• Be approved to mentor specific new trainer using Option 4 by

Diane• Conference with new trainer about Option 4 and develop plan

prior to first meeting and sign off on plan• Observe at least 6 hours of training• Review and discuss evaluation of 5 journal entries• Review new trainer’s journal• Review participant evaluations with new trainer• Conference and provide written feedback (strengths,

weaknesses, and suggestions)• Complete form certifying that new trainer has completed all.

$$$$$

New trainers do NOT receive either a stipend or reimbursement of expenses from the state gifted grant.

Mentors receive a mentoring stipend and mileage for 1-2 observation days.

Manuals

http://giftedtraineril.wikispaces.com

Other Topics

• Time breakdown of session– In manual

• Numbers on screen shots – Numbering system with new USB drives

• If participant misses a Face to Face session They can do what they missed on self directed.

• You need to make it clear how participants are to send you journal (all, pieces, etc.)

Remember!

• Your sponsor has downloaded promo clips you can show to promote the GES. Showing parts of the flash drive program is not allowed.

• Certificates can be accessed online (address is on wikispace) by participants AFTER the sponsoring agency has affirmed that the participant has completed the GES and the project satisfactorily. Some regions will provide their own directly, not online.

What Do You GES Trainers NOT Know How To Do?????

A mind stretched to a new idea never returns to its original position! Neither does a leg!

More Than One Way To…SHARON BOWMAN

TRAINER, AUTHOR AND PRESENTER

www.bowperson.com

Peer Review Journal

• When a participant selects an annotated bibliography project…there is an Editorial Review Board listed in the front of the magazine. Some magazines have really good content, but are not peer reviewed. Prufrockpress.com provides access to peer-reviewed journals.

• A list of some journals that are peer reviewed is provided on trainers’ wikispace.

More About Questions for Interview Project - one ? in each area

Knowing, Perspectives, Differentiation and Models

Interviewer should ask interviewee a Probing Question related to each of the modules in the seminar. For example, how are students identified in your building? What myths do you feel still persist? How is instruction differentiated for learners in your building?

Which of the curriculum models do you use and why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using this model?

Ask the Coordinator

What happens to the documents completed by the participants? Who keeps the documentation regarding each of the participant’s completion and grades (if taken for college credit)? What do you want? When? Is there an instructor of record in the sponsoring agency? Who is responsible for assigning grades?

Questions, Last Words?????

Thank you!

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