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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Educational Consultant small medium large Background Carolyn Ragatz holds a California Teaching Credential and a Master's Degree in Education with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction. She has also obtained a certification in Gifted Education from the California Association for the Gifted and an Endorsement from the Arizona Department of Education. She has taught as an adjunct professor at The University of Memphis and Arizona State University East. Carolyn spent ten years in the classroom teaching, during which time she served as a mentor and master teacher for the Torrance Unified School District. She left classroom teaching for a position as the GATE Resource Teacher, where she spent two years implementing many new elements into Torrance's gifted program. While in that position, she spent much of her time training and coaching teachers on ways to meet the needs of high ability students in a heterogeneous classroom. She currently teaches in a self contained gifted classroom in the Chandler Unified School District in Arizona. Carolyn has presented at numerous conferences, as well as consulted with multiple school districts to provide teacher training. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in gifted education at Arizona State University. Carolyn has experience in many areas of gifted education and is available for work with school districts regarding their program. Consulting Services Available: Staff development workshops Leading parent discussion or book groups Curriculum development Designing summer or Saturday programs Coaching teachers in the classroom setting Gifted Program design *Gifted Program evaluation Workshop Topics Workshops will be designed to fit the needs of the school district and the teachers involved in the training. Possible topics include: Characteristics and needs of gifted students Rationale for differentiated instruction Curriculum Development Teaching strategies for differentiating the core curriculum Questioning techniques Tiered assignments Compacting Flexible grouping Independent study Literature circles Using Games in the Classroom Creative Writing Projects Parenting Gifted Children Boys & Girls Brains Resume Available on the Conference Handout Link References available upon request Automatically clean input to optimize for the web. Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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