Please see CTD's withdrawal and refund information for policies. Financial aid is not available for Online Family Program courses. If you would like to inquire about a payment plan, please contact the CTD admissions team at ctd-admissions northwestern. Course activities and projects take hours per week.
Adult support starts with reviewing lessons together with their student and providing the space and materials students need to explore new concepts through hands-on activities. Parents may also act as a scribe for young students, typing posts dictated by their child. Families are encouraged to complete activities on a Friday to Friday schedule, but they have flexibility in the timing of their weekly posts and submissions in the course.
Families are encouraged to review and respond to the posts of other families to build the learning community in the course and to prompt students to reflect on their own understanding. Adults engage in the course by reviewing weekly introductions to the concepts, by providing space and materials for hands-on projects, by helping students create a schedule so that they can complete the work and, if needed, parents may help students to record and post their work.
Students engage in hands-on activities, post in discussions, submit their project work independently and build community with each other through enriching discussions facilitated by the instructor. Online Family Program instructors have experience teaching advanced students. They facilitate learning for both students and parents. Students learn new concepts as well as how to provide meaningful feedback to others. Online Family Program courses expose advanced learners to new areas of science, math, language arts and technology.
Parents will set up a student MyCTD account for each child in their household. At the start of the Online Family Program course, families can login to the MyCTD account using student login credentials created by parents and access the course directly from there.
All course work and communication take place within the Schoology course. Laptops and tablets can be used to access courses through the MyCTD website. If a laptop or a tablet is required or preferred over the alternative for a specific Online Family Program course, it will be noted in its course description. Opportunities to accelerate and deepen talent development. Programs to transform talent into expertise and learn practical skills to prepare for college, career, and life.
Tools to chart a course for the future. Students have a lot of responsibilities throughout the year and so do families. View all our program options. Programs to develop the knowledge, experience, and leadership skills students need to make a positive impact on the world. Not every student knows their strengths or the level and pace at which they are ready to learn new content. For students looking to discover and nurture their talents, there are many ways CTD can help.
For over 35 years, CTD has utilized above-grade-level testing as a tool for identifying academic ability, measuring growth, and connecting academically advanced students with resources and opportunities including gifted education services, gate programs, advanced academic programs. But, above-grade-level testing is just one tool CTD offers to inform your talent development journey. If you have found the program and course for you, we would love for you to apply. Learn more about the application and admissions process for CTD's various courses.
At CTD, we believe that a deep love of learning is key to lifelong growth and satisfaction. When a student sees that learning can engage their curiosity, spark their interests, provide a network of peers and mentors, and help them understand the world, they carry that into the classroom and into life. At CTD, we provide resources and programming to both students and parents, engaging the whole family in fostering talent development. Best practices and continuous improvement in education are at the heart of our mission.
We give educators and administrators the tools and resources necessary to create the best learning environments possible and advocate for advanced learners. Our expert staff members work with schools to review and reimagine gifted education programs and services that are equitable, inclusive, and responsive to the diverse needs of students.
CTD professional learning teaches educators to identify abilities and learning needs and to provide more personalized enriched and accelerated instruction.
Customized courses bring CTD's enrichment and accelerated coursework into classrooms. The Advanced Teaching Program is offered to K teachers and administrators who already have teaching certification and experience in the classroom.
Classes are offered in the evenings, on Saturdays and during the summer. Participants can opt for a master of science in education degree, consisting of 15 courses including the six core courses, or an advanced teaching certificate requiring just the six core courses.
These six courses, taught by Olszewki-Kubilius and others, comprise the gifted focus, which emphasizes the areas of differentiation, academic challenge, gifted education, intelligence and creativity. While the program focuses on the gifted learner, its coursework addresses how to challenge learners of all ability levels. Two of the six courses -- Differentiating Instruction and Differentiation Instruction from an Advanced Perspective -- teach students how to adapt the curriculum to different learning levels in the classroom.
Other courses, Theoretical Foundations of Creativity and Giftedness, Special Topics, and Leadership and Advocacy, provide a broad base from which students can deal with not only classroom issues but also advocacy for talent development at the local, state and national levels. The singular aspect of Northwestern's program -- and its strength -- is the opportunity for the Advanced Teaching students to work directly with gifted youngsters taking summer and weekend classes at CTD.
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