Sabah Al Ahmad Center for Giftedness Creativity
Sabah Al Ahmad Center located in Kuwait City, Kuwait purchased WIDS in 2018 as the perfect solution to develop and manage their standards-driven curriculum for Gifted and Talented intermediate and high school programs and courses. In January 2019, eight faculty members completed a customized WIDS Coach Trainer workshop and went on to train over 50 additional faculty and staff. WIDS training provides their faculty an opportunity for professional development, incorporating best practices into solid course design.
Software features that SACGS uses include:
Competency development using the WIDS Verb Library
Performance standards as criteria for performance-based assessments and rubrics
Scoring Guide development – rubrics and checklists
Learning Plan Design – using learning cycle, learning properties, and the WIDS Learning Activity Library
Teaching Plans to support planning for instruction
Linked standards to course outcomes
Documentation for students, teachers, administrators, and accreditors
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