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Gifted Education Resource Institute Purdue University

Gifted Education Resource Institute Purdue University. Discovery, Learning, and Engagement: An Integrated Approach. GERI Staff 3 Faculty Directors 8 Graduate Assistants 1 Administrative Professional. GERI Associates 15 Advisory Board Members 26 Associated Faculty 22 Associated Colleagues

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Gifted Education Resource Institute Purdue University

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  1. Gifted Education Resource InstitutePurdue University Discovery, Learning, and Engagement: An Integrated Approach

  2. GERI Staff 3 Faculty Directors 8 Graduate Assistants 1 Administrative Professional GERI Associates 15 Advisory Board Members 26 Associated Faculty 22 Associated Colleagues Visiting Scholars Who Are We? Sidney Moon Director Professor Associate Dean Marcia Gentry Associate Director Associate Professor Becky Mann Associate Director Assistant Professor

  3. Discovery Focus on Students • Seminar • Feldhusen Award • URT – Undergraduate Research Trainees • NAGC Graduate Research Gala Focus on Faculty • STEM Initiative • Engineering Education Collaboration • CRESME • Personal Talent • Cluster Grouping • Elementary Preservice Teacher Mathematical Perceptions

  4. Learning Graduate Students • 3 International Specialists • 17 Doctoral Students (Gifted Education) • 8 Masters’ Degree Students (Educational Psychology) • Gifted and Talented Licensure Students (15 credits) • Inservice teachers • Undergraduate licensure option • Preservice Teachers • EDPS 430 – Coordinate Classroom Management Course • EDPS 265 – Guest lecture in Exceptionalities Course

  5. Licensure Courses • EDPS 540 – Gifted, Creative and Talented Children • EDPS 542 - Curriculum and Program Development in Gifted Education • EDPS 545 – Social and Affective Development of Gifted Children • Elective • EDPS 543 – Teaching Thinking Skills • EDPS 590D – Essential Readings in Gifted Education • EDPS 590G – DISCOVER! Institute • EDPS 591 – Creativity and Intelligence • EDPS 695Y – Practicum in Gifted Education Alignment of licensure courses with National Association of Gifted Children/Council for Exceptional Children standards:

  6. Shared Information Services – Purdue Center Engagement: Services for Professionals and Families • Beering 3244 (through the Field Experiences Office) • www.bsu.edu/sis • One of 2 education resource centers in Indiana for gifted education • Sponsored by the IDOE – Division of Exceptional Learners • Provides resources for families and educators in Indiana. • Over 8,000 books, instructional materials, and periodicals

  7. Engagement GERI Talent Development Programs • STEM emphasis in courses in all programs • Super Saturday – PreK – 8th grade • High ability student • 6 week sessions/3 hours per week • Preservice teachers as instructors in • some courses • Course assistant option for field • experience credit • Parent Meetings • Super Summer – PreK – 4th grade • Week long sessions – morning or • afternoon or both

  8. Engagement GERI Talent Development Programs • Summer Residential Program – 5th – 8th grades • International students • Authentic learning experiences • Early exposure to career options • Topics mirror Purdue strengths • Holistic approach balancing intellectual • challenge with social and emotional growth

  9. Diversity Initiative for Gifted Students Scholarship program for diverse students • Shell Oil – Chicago Public Schools • Davidson Foundation – Gary and Indianapolis • Lilly Tippecanoe Labs – Rural Indiana • Caterpillar

  10. National Level State Level Cluster Grouping Powerful Learning Series Professional Development

  11. Any Thoughts or Ideas???

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