This innovative resource provides workable techniques and strategies for developing the talents of all students in today's classrooms. It presents a new angle on school reform that focuses on a gentle and evolutionary approach to change. Dr. Renzulli discusses the rationale underlying the Schoolwide Enrichment Model, the goals of schoolwide enrichment, and the organizational and service delivery components of the SEM. This resource also includes in-depth discussions about enrichment clusters, grouping, talent portfolios, curriculum modifications, and enrichment learning and teaching.

Schools for Talent Development: A Practical Plan for Total School Improvement

Education & Teaching

Renzulli Ph.D., Joseph

Schools & Teaching

Prufrock Press

In today's high-pressured atmosphere to "get the scores up," teachers and students find themselves faced with more and more highly-structured, prescripted lessons that allow for little creativity and exploration. However, both students and teachers deserve a balanced education that includes exciting opportunities to delve into areas of strong interest. An Enrichment Cluster Program presents a framework for offering these opportunities during the regular school week. 
Authors Joseph Renzulli, Marcia Gentry, and Sally Reis present teachers and administrators with all the information and materials they need to develop a successful Enrichment Cluster Program. Seven simple steps show program leaders how to schedule and implement a program, and eight easy-to-follow guidelines help cluster facilitators create engaging and challenging enrichment clusters. This guidebook also includes over 50 pages of reproducible planning forms, surveys, assessment instruments, and staff development handouts; 11 ready-to-use staff development activities; a week-by-week timeline for implementation; a resource guide of how-to books appropriate for a program, and dozens of example cluster descriptions on topics ranging from flight to children's rights to web site design.

Enrichment Clusters: A Practical Plan for Real-World, Student-Driven Learning

Gentry, Marcia

Every day, students encounter countless data-gathering opportunities that present the potential for creating new knowledge. Think Data: Getting Kids Involved in Hands-On Investigations With Data-Gathering Instruments introduces data-gathering instruments such as a blood pressure monitor, pH strips, a salt monitor, and a pedometer; the types of data they can gather; and what kinds of questions analyzing that data can answer. This resource is the ultimate guidebook for helping students engage in investigative learning. Reproducible student activity sheets introduce 12 inexpensive, easy-to-find instruments and guide students through the process of setting up and performing experiments in which they will collect and analyze data. A further step asks students to develop ways to share their data and put it to use. Here the data comes alive in the real world!

Think Data: Getting Kids Involved in Hands-On Investigations with Data-Gathering Instruments

Heilbronner, Nancy

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Schools for Talent Development: A Practical Plan for Total School Improvement

Enrichment Clusters: A Practical Plan for Real-World, Student-Driven Learning

Think Data: Getting Kids Involved in Hands-On Investigations with Data-Gathering Instruments