Region 13's E-Campus

The Gifted and Talented

Pick 6 Series offers flexible, high-impact professional learning for educators who serve gifted learners. Each self-paced, 1-hour course transforms a GT workshop recording into an engaging learning experience that blends expert insights, reflection, and practical classroom applications. Select courses based on your interests, role, and annual professional development goals, allowing you to personalize your learning while meeting state GT training requirements.

 

Using Creative Thinking to Meet the Needs of Early Finishers

Many students finish early, but without a plan, these moments can be missed learning opportunities. This course shows how creative activities can support early finishers, keeping them engaged and expanding their thinking. You’ll learn how creativity, through fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration, helps students move beyond just completing tasks to deeper, purposeful thinking.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Explain why proactive planning for early finishers who demonstrate mastery ahead of their peers supports engagement and growth. Develop a proactive plan that uses creative anchor activities to support consistent early finishers.