Fall 2007 Parent Workshop & Orientation to PVUSD GATE Services
Our first Parent Workshop and Orientation to GATE Services in PVUSD is scheduled for
November 7 in Aptos and November 15 in Watsonville.
Wednesday November 7, 2007 ~ 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Rio Del Mar Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room
819 Pinehurst Drive, Aptos
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Thursday November 15, 2007 ~ 6:30 – 8:30 pm
H. A. Hyde Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room
125 Alta Vista, Watsonville
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These workshops are open to ALL parents/guardians of PVUSD students, and especially parents/guardians of gifted children.
PVUSD teachers, administrators and other staff are also invited to join us!
During each workshop listed above:
In the first hour, teacher Dawn Binder will talk about “Understanding MindSets”
Why do some of our most capable students underachieve? How do students’ views about their own intelligence —and the nature of
intelligence itself— effect student motivation and achievement? Come and find out what psychologist, researcher and Stanford professor
Carol Dweck has found.
Workshop Handouts and Media: —Coming soon!
- “Which Mindset Do You Have?” Self-evaluation
activity: English
and español.
(.pdf file)
- 4-minute video of Carol Dweck
summarizing her research on Mindsets.
(.wmv file)
- 8-Page overview of Carol Dweck’s research on Mindsets:
English and español.
(.pdf file)
- “Scenarios You May Experience (and how understanding mindsets can help guide your responses to such situations):
” English
and español.
(.pdf file)
In the second hour, the GATE staff will present an overview of GATE services offered in PVUSD and
answer your questions about GATE.
- 16-Page Overview of giftedness, what it means to be gifted, what it means to be a parent of a gifted child, PVUSD GATE services,
and information on how parents can get support for themselves and their gifted child, and how they can get involved
in GATE Services in PVUSD.
English and español.
(.pdf file)
- A PowerPoint slideshow that covers much of the same issues as in the handout above.
(.pps file)
- Link to our list of “Integrated Thematic Units” (“ITUs”)
that offer students opportunities for extra challenge and interesting extensions beyond the basic curriculum. These ITUs are
based on the themes covered in the Houghton Mifflin Reading Program, and are currently available for grades 4 – 6.
(.pdf files)
- Links to “Differentiation letters to parents,” which we offer to teachers to send home to the parents of their gifted
students, explaining the ways in which the teacher is meeting the special needs of the gifted child.
Short-form letter: English and español.
Long-form letter: English and español.
(.pdf file)
Please contact the GATE office at 786-2144 for more information. We hope to see you all there!
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PVUSD GATE Services Office ~ www.pvusdgate.net
This page last updated November 13, 2007
Direct your GATE website questions to Ted Altenberg
