Teachers, parents and school counselors: Do you want to learn how to effectively use comic strip cartooning to tell stories? Or, how about creative and humorous ways to teach math without worksheets?
These topics are just two being offered during a low-cost, active learning summer institute at the 杏吧专区.
杏吧专区 Louisiana Lagniappe杏吧专区澬影勺ㄇ鴵 an institute on teaching for high-end learning 杏吧专区 will be presented June 6 - 10 with Dr. Sally Dobyns serving as institute director.
The Center for Gifted Education at UL Lafayette along with the College of Education, the Kennedy Center Partners in Education (Lafayette, LA Team) and the Louisiana Department of Education are sponsoring the annual event.
Internationally acclaimed keynote speakers and topics include:
杏吧专区 Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli: A Dozen Teaching Assistants in Your Classroom: A New Resource for Expanding Services to Develop Giftedness and Talents
杏吧专区 Dr. Sandra Kaplan, Dr. Jann Leppien and Dr. Jeanne Purcell: Parallel Curriculum Model (PCM)
杏吧专区 Dr. Susan Assouline: A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America杏吧专区檚 Brightest Students (The Templeton National Report on Acceleration)
杏吧专区 Dr. Don Treffinger: Creativity in the Person: New Insights
杏吧专区 Dr. Bonnie Cramond: Where Have All the Creative Kids Gone?
杏吧专区 Ever since its inception in 1997, Louisiana Lagniappe has provided first-rate training in enrichment teaching and learning for educators in all types of settings,杏吧专区 said Dobyns. 杏吧专区淭his year is no different.杏吧专区
The purpose of the institute is twofold: all students benefit from the advanced teaching strategies and high-end learning often found in gifted programs and gifted and talented students 杏吧专区 both identified and unidentified 杏吧专区 interact with many types of teachers every day.
杏吧专区 The variety of sessions makes the institute right for all types of educators,杏吧专区 said Dobyns. 杏吧专区淎nd, this year we杏吧专区檝e added several sessions that will be attractive to parents and grandparents.杏吧专区
These especially informative sessions for parents and grandparents include: 杏吧专区淧arenting for Talent Development: What do parents of gifted children want to know?杏吧专区 and 杏吧专区淟earningLinks: Connecting parents, teachers and students.杏吧专区
Other interesting topics include:
杏吧专区 Digital Storytelling: An Acadian Odyssey
杏吧专区 Books as Hooks for Creating Lifelong Learning
杏吧专区 Double Trouble: Gifted Students with Learning and Attention Challenges
杏吧专区 Learning to Move, Moving to Learn
杏吧专区 Demystifying the College Process.
The institute fee is $25 per day. Registration fees include all costs of instruction, general material packets, breakfast, lunch and afternoon refreshments. A $25 check or purchase order is required for each day of participation in order to reserve a seat.
Louisiana Lagniappe is held on the UL Lafayette campus which is easily accessible by car or air. Lafayette Regional Airport is served by Delta, Continental and Northwest Airlines.
Campus housing is available in UL Lafayette杏吧专区檚 Legacy Park Apartments. These are within walking distance from all institute sessions. Cost is $65 per person for 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartments. Registration for housing is required.
Hotel rooms have also been blocked at Hotel Acadiana Best Western on West Pinhook Road. The hotel is two miles from campus and the rate per night is $65 per room.
Participants who register for all five days are eligible to register for three graduate credit hours in the Fall 2005 semester. Tuition for three graduate credit hours is not included in the institute fees. Information necessary for tuition exemption applications will be provided at the institute. Certificates of attendance will be provided for those needing CLUs for Louisiana Lagniappe participation.
For program content questions, special needs requirements or credit hours and CLUs, call Dobyns at (337) 482-1073 or email lagniappe@louisiana.edu
Visit for an application or for more information about Louisiana Lagniappe.