Project CRITICAL Workshop Agenda
October 27, 2017
8:00 a.m. BREAKFAST
8:30 a.m. Welcome/Introductions
Greetings from Dr. Ruby Fernandez and Mary Norwood
8:45 a.m. A PowerPoint Overview
Project CRITICAL Website
9:00 a.m. The Importance of Teaching Public Policy Skills
9:10 a.m. Step #1: Defining the Social Problem:
Creating a social problem based on your curriculum ELA
Step #2: Gathering Evidence of the Problem:
10:00 p.m. BREAK
10:10 a.m. Step #3: Identifying the Causes of the Problem
Step #4: Evaluating Existing Public Policies
11:00 a.m. Step #5: Developing Public Policy Solutions
Step #6: Selecting the Best Public Policy Solution
11:55 a.m. Review of the 6 steps of the the PPA (kahoot)
12:00 p.m. LUNCH
1:00 p.m. Concept of Giftedness
Professor Joseph S. Renzulli, University of Connecticut
1:50 p.m. BREAK
2:00 p.m. SCALES Identification of Talent Pool Students
Professor Joseph S. Renzulli, University of Connecticut
2:55 p.m. Workshop Evaluation
3:00 p.m. Adjourn