The Certificate of Gifted Education
Face to face in Sydney or Online 2013
Applications open August 2012
Established in 1991, GERRIC’s prestigious Certificate of Gifted Education (COGE) is offered both in face-to-face mode in Sydney and through a on-line learning. COGE 2013 offers Australian and overseas teachers and school administrators optimal flexibility without compromising on the quality of this internationally recognised professional development program. More than 2000 teachers from Australia and overseas have participated in the program. Don’t miss the opportunity of a lifetime!
in 2013 COGE will continue to incorporate a series of Master Classes with the international presenters which are open both to students undertaking the 2013 COGE and to COGE graduates or teachers who have taken significant amounts (more than 20 hours) of inservice in gifted education.
The UNSW Certificate of Gifted Education (COGE) is Australia's leading teacher professional development in gifted education. COGE participants work with a team of internationally renowned experts in the education of gifted and talented children, led by Australia's leading researcher in gifted education, Professor Miraca Gross.
The program is designed for educatorsin early childhood, primary and secondary schools. COGE involves four courses, which cover key issues in the education of gifted students. These courses are practical, teacher-friendly and grounded in sound educational research. Each course may be individually undertaken as either Professional Development (without assessment) or as a Postgraduate qualification with assessment (Masters of Education).
COURSE ONE
Key Concepts and Issues in Gifted Education (Pre-requisite for all other courses)
An introduction to the key concepts and issues surrounding the field of gifted education both in Australia and globally. The strategies of identification of giftedness and possible responses to this idenfication will also be introduced.
Face-to-face Sydney: January 2013
Online: 29 February - April 2013
Assessment due dates: March and May 2013
COURSE TWO
Identification of Gifted Students
The key issues in the identification of gifted and talented students will be examined with a focus on subjective and objective measures of identification, multiple criteria approaches and the domains of giftedness by which students can be identified and their abilities and achievements be accurately assessed.
Face-to-face Sydney: July 2013
Online: 1 August - July 2013
Assessment due dates: August and November 2013
COURSE THREE
Curriculum Differentiation and Assessment in Gifted Education
This course examines the key concepts and issues in curriculum development for gifted students and where this meets with the global perspectives on curriculum evaluation based on longitudinal research methodologies will also be a focus.
Face-to-face Sydney (ONLY): 2 - 5 October 2013
Assessment due dates: October 2013 and January 2014
COURSE FOUR
Developing Effective Programs for Gifted Students
This course focuses on current research in the component of appropriate program developemnt for gifted and talented students. research on the effectiveness of enrichment, acceleration and various forms of ability, achievement and interest grouping will be closely examined, with particular attention to the effects of these strategies on the students' academic and social development.
Face-to-face Sydney: January 2014
Online: 13 February - March 2014
Assessment due dates: March and May 2014
Lecturers
Australian Visiting Lecturer
Professor Miraca Gross
Professor Miraca Gross, AM, is the Professor of Gifted Education at UNSW and Director of the Gifted Education Research, Resource and Information Centre (GERRIC). Dr Gross has 22 years' experience as a classroom teacher and school administrator, including twelve years as a specialist teacher of gifted and talented children. She holds MEd and PhD degrees in gifted education and since 1987 has won eight international research awards in the education and psychology of gifted children.
International Visiting Lecturers
Professor Susan G. Assouline
Professor Susan G. Assouline is Associate Director of the Belin-Blank Center for Gifted education and talent development at the University of Iowa. She also holds a faculty appointment in school psychology. She received her B.S. in general science with a teaching endorsement, her Ed.S. in School Psychology and her PhD in Psychological and Quantitative Foundations, all from the University of Iowa. Upon completion of her doctorate, she was awarded a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) at Johns Hopkins University and subsequently joined the Belin-Blank Center in 1990. She has a special interest in academically talented primary school students is co-author of Developing Math Talent: A Guide for Educating Gifted and Advanced Learners in Math (2005). As well, she is co-developer of The Iowa Acceleration Scale, a tool designed to guide educators and parents through decisions about accelerating students. She has conducted numerous workshops for parents and teachers on acceleration, development of mathematical talent, and gifted/disabled students. In 2004 she co-authored, with Nicholas Colangelo and Miraca Gross, A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students. In 2005 she received the University of Iowa Board of Regents Staff Excellence Award and in 2007 she received the Mensa Education and Research foundation Award for Excellence in Research.
Professor Joyce VanTassel-Baska
Professor Joyce VanTassel-Baska is Professor Emerita at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and former executive director of that university’s Center for Gifted Education. She has worked as a consultant in gifted education for all 50 states of the USA and for 18 overseas nations. She is one of the world leaders in curriculum development for gifted students and has received numerous awards for her work including, in 1997, the Distinguished Scholar Award of the American National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). A former high school teacher of English and Latin.
Professor Lannie Kanevsky
Dr Lannie Kanevsky is an Associate Professor and Director of Field Programs in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. She began her career teaching in the primary grades and supporting students with special needs, including students who are gifted, in British Columbia. She completed an M.A. in Special Education at San Diego State University and her Ph.D. at Columbia University, New York. Lannie’s research explores ways of achieving an optimal match between each learner and the nature of his or her experiences so that classroom learning is engaging, challenging and developmentally powerful.
Australian Visiting Presenters
Bronwyn MacLeod
Bronwyn MacLeod is Director of Gateways Education, Sydney. She has had 18 years’ experience as a classroom teacher including several years teaching gifted students in ability grouped settings. She has a Master of Education specialising in gifted education and UNSW’s Certificate of Gifted Education . She conducts teacher inservices in gifted education for schools across Australia and has been involved for several years with the Jason Project, a nationwide science enrichment program for middle school students.
Ruth Targett
Ruth has worked in both the public and private sectors teaching gifted children in many educational settings. She has a Master of Education degree specialising in gifted education and has a Graduate Diploma in Psychology. She has worked for GERRIC teaching in Mini-Certificate courses and presenting workshops to teachers and parents of the gifted throughout New South Wales and interstate.
The Certificate of Gifted Education was exactly what I was looking for. As a primary school principal I wanted a practical, down-to-earth course that would give me advice on how to identify and develop curriculum for gifted students in my school that I could pass on to our teachers. The course provided wonderful assistance with planning and implementation of a whole range of initiatives – and it also provided a valued network of colleagues from across Victoria.
Sue Henderson, Principal, Blackburn Primary School, Blackburn, Victoria
"I've just finished my first week of COGE online and I wanted to say - I'm loving it... all of it! I love that I can work at any time. I love that I can access everything I need for the week. I love that I can decide how and where and when I will do it. And I especially love what I am learning. I was scared when I first signed up that I wouldn't be able to keep up or that I would find the juggling of fulltime work, mum and wife too tricky - still a little scared - but one week down and I love it all. Thank you so much for the opportunity."
Kathy Johnston of Canberra, COGE online student.
We feel very grateful to have had the opportunity to participate in COGE as a team. COGE has provided us with training that has allowed us to create a School Policy and Plan for Gifted Education and offer professional development to our colleagues. As teachers in Catholic schools we feel it is important to provide an education which is equitable and allows all children to reach their potential — and that includes gifted and talented children. The COGE course has allowed us to begin this important journey.
Carole Day, Dorothy Rogers, Cathy Staff and Cathy Young, St Kevin's Primary School, Eastwood, NSW
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