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The Gifted and Talented Cohort for Girls (Ages 10-12)

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Ages 10-12
Live Group Class
This is an ongoing social and creative challenge group for talented and gifted or advanced female learners, so they can socialize and try divergent thinking activities within a peer community.
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(333 reviews)

Live video meetings
1x per week
4-8 learners per class
50 min

What's included

1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

*Summer Cohorts Coming Soon*
There is a curious and creative genius in all of us but in this class we specifically nurture those abilities!
Gifted and talented students and those with high abilities often thrive in environments with acceleration, challenge, and similar peer grouping.  Research from the National Association for Gifted Children has shown that many high-achieving students are not given the chance to excel within traditional education programs. When grouped together as a cohort, studies report students showing positive gains in social, emotional, and cognitive skills. For students looking for a divergent learning environment, join this weekly cohort filled with creative enrichment activities and socialization based upon the fundamentals of gifted education.  (See all of the cohort choices listed at the end of this description.)

This class offers gifted kids and advanced thinkers a place to belong here on Outschool.  They'll be able to be with their peers and share their strengths and interests with others.  Each class will provide students with engaging enrichment activities purposefully chosen for the gifted learner. 

Class sessions will be a mix of higher-level-thinking challenges with both closed and open-ended answers. Activities will strive to promote: creative thinking, inductive/deductive logic, divergent critical thinking, analytical skills, and social-emotional skills relevant to gifted thinkers.  The teacher will gently push each student to work outside of his/her analytical comfort zone and to reach a higher level of potential in creative thinking and fluency of ideas.  My teaching style is best described as friendly, calm, and creative but also structured.

***Please note that this class is not an advanced core subject, for example advanced placement math.***  

The class schedule will usually include a Brain Stretch (logic puzzle, riddle, creative conundrum), and the main enrichment challenge activity.  One class meeting a month will be devoted to a gifted social-emotional topic and socialization among the cohort.

Upcoming Schedule
Week of - Critical Thinking Activities
Supplies Needed- White board or paper/pencil

Week of- Social Class and Executive Function

Week of - Brain Games
Supplies Needed- White board or paper/pencil

Week of- Saving Sam Stem Game
Supplies Needed- List will be provided

Week of- SCAMPER Activity

Week of - Teacher for the Day/Share your interests!
Supplies Needed- Depends on your topic, more info to follow.

 *The schedule may be adjusted if needed, dependent upon the teacher’s curriculum and student needs.*
It is preferred that a student take this class if they are performing at least one to two grade levels academically higher than their age.  No formal gifted identification is necessary, but please inform the teacher if your child has been professionally tested for gifted identification. The class curriculum is guided by gifted best practices and research-based frameworks such as: The Paul Model of Reasoning, Torrance Creative Problem Solving Model, and the William & Mary Research Model.

The other Gifted Cohort Options-
Flexible Schedule Cohort
https://outschool.com/classes/the-gifted-and-talented-cohort-flex-version-RfT8YND6#usTxcP7Pyq

Cohort for Girls (Ages 10-12)
https://outschool.com/classes/the-cohort-for-gifted-and-talented-girls-lun35xyn#usTxcP7Pyq

Cohort for ages 5-6
https://outschool.com/classes/the-gifted-and-talented-cohort-xGxyXxqi#usTxcP7Pyq

Cohort for ages 7-8
https://outschool.com/classes/the-cohort-for-gifted-and-talented-learners-G8usTcs5#usTxcP7Pyq

Cohort for ages 8-10
https://outschool.com/classes/the-cohort-for-gifted-and-talented-learners-NiCklRN0#usTxcP7Pyq

Social Club for ages 7-9
https://outschool.com/classes/the-gifted-and-talented-cohort-social-club-2MYuV53N#usTxcP7Pyq

Social Club for ages 10-12
https://outschool.com/classes/the-gifted-and-talented-cohort-social-club-uJowZDrO#usTxcP7Pyq

Learning Goals

These learning goals will differ from student to student, and all of them are ongoing and not final, but they offer a general understanding of the objectives.
-Mastery of the content at a pace appropriate to the student's ability.
-Depth of learning that enhances logic and critical thinking development.
-Practice of metacognitive skills.
-Build creativity and out-of-the-box thinking.
-Develop a sense of self-understanding within a cohort of same-aged peers.
-Evolve problem solving ability.
-Foster independent and self directed learning.
-Develop relationships with other gifted kids.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
Enrichment logic can often be challenging for some students. Students will be actively encouraged to think creatively so please make sure that your child understands this. The class pace will be faster due the nature of the gifted learning acceleration. This class is meant to challenge student thinking and it may be uncomfortable to experience that "brain stretch" at first. Children with gifted abilities often have concurring socio-emotional intensities in areas like over-excitability, emotional feelings, and high sensitivities. I will do my best to guide the child through these feelings if they arise in class, but a parent may need to help if your child needs some one-on-one attention. Please make sure you have read the list of topics, as some may be sensitive areas to your child. Stay in touch with me, during our Ongoing session, and I will be happy to help your gifted thinker in any manner that I am able.
Supply List
A notebook (Either wide ruled or college ruled depending upon student's preference.)
Pencil, and occasionally other school supplies such as paper, glue, tape, scissors and markers/colored pencils/crayons.
PDF handouts will be posted in the classroom to print as needed for certain classes.
Some classes may need additional, easy-to-find household supplies. 
*Please check the classroom each week to see what supplies are needed.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Joined May, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
I have over 15 years of experience teaching elementary aged students, and hold both a Ph.D. and a M.Ed in education.  I also have a current license to teach PreK through sixth grade.  My educational background includes extensive training in teaching core academic subjects, gifted/creative logic, and all manners of pedagogical methods.  Personally, I am a gifted thinker and I am guiding my two young gifted children through their own learning journeys.

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