REACHing New Heights: Crafting High-Level Questions for Advanced Thinkers (GT Summit) - 30353
This session is part of the ESC Region 11 GT Summit, a one-day event designed to offer educators a personalized GT Update tailored to their specific needs through engaging and targeted learning experiences. This session counts as 1.5 hours of GT Update credit with a focus on differentiated curriculum for gifted learners. Reaching the summit of deep learning begins with a spark of curiosity. Thoughtfully crafted questions can ignite engagement, challenge assumptions, and push gifted and advanced learners to explore ideas more deeply. This session introduces the REACH framework—Ranking, Ethics, Affective, Connections, and Hypothetical—as a powerful tool for designing differentiated, high-level questions that inspire critical, creative, and reflective thinking.
Audiences
Teacher - Elementary (Grades 1-5), Teacher - Gifted Talented/Advanced Academics, Teacher - High School (Grades 9-12), Teacher - Middle School (Grades 6-8), Teacher - General Education
Prerequisite/Special Notes
Explore all that the 2025 ESC Region 11 GT Summit has to offer! Visit www.esc11.net/GTSummit to learn more and select additional 1.5-hour sessions tailored to your interests and professional goals. Register for four sessions at the GT Summit to earn your annual 6-hour GT update!
Objectives
Educators will explore how curiosity-driven inquiry fuels deeper learning and will practice crafting REACH-based questions to elevate classroom discussions to new heights.
Session
62244
Fee
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Seats Left
41
T-TESS
2.4
Registration Deadline
6/16/2025
Credit Type
G/T- Update
Duration
01:30
T-PESS
Presenter
Crystal Klose ESC Region 11, Gypsy Mishoe ESC Region 11

For assistance contact:
Gypsy Mishoe
Educat. Specialist GT/Advance Academics
gmishoe@esc11.net

For assistance contact:
Crystal Klose
Instructional Content Coach
cklose@esc11.net
(817) 740-7578
Offered Again On
- 6/16/2025 12:30 pm
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