Envisioning All Students with High Ability to Reach Their Potential: The Scholar Identity Model in Action Workshop
March 26, 2018
Presenter: Dr. Gilman W. Whiting, Vanderbilt University
Facilitator: Minnesota Department of Education
Participants: Classroom Teachers, Success Coaches, Administrators, Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Integration Specialists, Deans, Gifted and Talented Education Coordinators & Specialists
Building/Organization: Minnesota Department of Education
Room: Conference Center B, Room 15
Street Address: 1500 Hwy 36 W
City, state, zip: Roseville, MN 55113
Directions: Map Directions
Date: March 26, 2018
Time(s): 9:00 am - 2:30 pm (registration at 8:30 AM)
Additional Information:
Registration fee includes morning beverages, lunch, and materials, CEUs. A $10 invoicing fee applies to all invoices, invoice 30 days after workshop.
Registration Deadline: 3/16/2018 5:00 p.m.
Cancellation Deadline: 3/16/2018 5:00 p.m.
Contact - Registration Questions:
Jennifer Farner; (952) 848-4906
info@mcgt.net
Contact - Program Questions: Wendy Behrens; 651.582.8786 wendy.behrens@state.mn.us
Fee: $95.00
(When not paying online, checks must be made payable to "MCGT'" and mail to 5701 Normandale Road, Suite 315, Edina, MN 55424)
Description:
Dr. Gilman W. Whiting of Vanderbilt University will present a workshop on the Scholar Identity Model™, a psycho-social model designed for assisting communities in developing methods to combat academic apathy. Dr. Whiting is a dynamic speaker and the founding chair of the Achievement Gap Institute for the George W. Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt. Attendees will learn about research, theory and practice relative to underachieving, high-ability students, the Scholar Identity Model ™ and will gain a model for engaging students who appear to lack motivation. Dr. Whiting’s areas of research include: educational disparity; special and gifted education; race, sports, and American culture; welfare reform and fatherhood initiatives.
In the event of inclement weather please check major news outlets. If either the Minneapolis or St. Paul school districts have issued a weather related cancelation the workshop will be rescheduled.
