Eckartcollege, voorlichtingsavond vwo en masterclass.

1. VWO / MC OP ‘T ECKART
AN INTRODUCTION FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS IN
YEAR 4 and 5 (Group 7 and 8)
Robert Schra John van Maasakkers
Adjunct-directeur vwo Coördinator hoogbegaafden
Head of VWO department Coördinator intellectual giftedness
17 januari 2024

3. HOW DO WE ENSURE YOUR CHILD’S
INTELLECTUAL GROWTH?
 Safe space
 Challenge
 Tailored programmes
 World citizenship

4. SAFE SPACE
 Introduction camp (Werkweek)
 Mentor
 Mini mentors
 Special building for first-years’
 Timetable

5. CHALLENGE AND TAILORED
PROGRAMMES
ABILITY: What are you ABLE to do?
WANTS: What do you WANT?
NEEDS: What do you NEED?

6. ABILITY

7. WANTS
 VWO Technasium
 VWO Vormgeving & Media (Art, design and media)
 VWO Masterclass

8. VWO TECHNASIUM
 Methodical learning in project groups
 Assignments by local commissioning parties
 Learning based on Research, Design,
Enterpreneurship

9. VWO VORMGEVING & MEDIA
 Methodical learning: research -> study of
materials -> product
 Observing, imagination, review your work and
the work of others.
 Traditional and
current media

10. VWO MASTERCLASS
• Eckartcollege BegaafdheidsProfielSchool
• Separate group with cognitive highly intelligent to
intellectually gifted children.
• Special and compact courses, with extras:
 Both Technasium and Vormgeving & Media
 ‘Draaideur’ model
 Specially themed weeks
 Tailored programmes through Eckart periods
 Philosophy

11. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
MASTERCLASS
• Primary school advice: vwo +
• NIO/WISC 125 and up
• Creative thinking
• Motivation
• Minimum age of 10

12. SKIPPING
CHALLENGE AND TAILORED
PROGRAMMES
EXTRA
SUBJECTS
‘DRAAIDEUR’ PROJECTS
SPEEDING UP
CLASS of ENTREPRENEURSHIP
OLYMPIADES
PUC’s
ECKART PERIODS
CLASS of EXCELLENCE
GOETHE DEUTSCH
CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH

13. THE ECKART PERIOD

14. THE ‘DRAAIDEUR’ MODEL
‘The revolving door model’

15. SCREENING STUDENTS
Teachers (mentor and the coordinator
intellectual giftedness included) select
students who can apply for a special pass to
take part in a ‘draaideur’ project:
the ‘draaideur-faciliteitenpasje’

18. PROJECT by BUREAU TALENT
34 Talent projects are developed
for highly intelligent students (aged
10 to 18).
The Talent projects are based on
the Renzulli and Reis’ articles
about the Schoolwide Enrichment
Model (SEM).
The projects stimulate the
development of Bloom’s higher
order thinking skills

19. 109 of the 219 HIGHLY INTELLIGENT TO
GIFTED STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY
WORKING ON A PROJECT

20. SKIP ROOM S28

21. FIRST LEGO LEAGUE ROOM

22. FIRST LEGO LEAGUE / FIRST TECH CHALLENGE
2012-2013 : 9th place in Benelux finale (FLL)
2015-2016 : Gracious Professionalism Award (FLL)
2016-2017 : Robot Programming prize (FLL)
2018-2019 : Robot design Award (FLL)
2019-2020 : Participation international contest USA
Team Pi (FRC)
2021-2022 : Robot design Award (FLL)

23. ‘DRAAIDEUR’ MARKET
In June there is a yearly event where students
present their projects to parents and those
interested.

25. COACHING ‘DRAAIDEUR’ STUDENTS
• Mid project reviews
 In MC2 and MC3 special project forms
 How are you?
 Evaluation of the BPS-pass period overview / report
 Progress of the project?
 Are there any setbacks?
 What do you want?
• It’s mainly a moment to listen to the students and make them
feel heard, seen and understood.

26. WAT HEB JE NODIG?
LEARNING STRATEGIES (RTTI)
• Mentors (study lessons)
• Tutors / ECHA-coaches
• Spectrum Brabant
CONCERNING SUBJECTS
• Support lessons (hulpuren)
• Peer tutoring/ TopTutors / Spectrum Brabant
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
• Mini-mentors / ‘vertrouwensleerlingen’ / peer mediation
• Student counsellors / support team

27. WORLD CITIZENSHIP
 Brainport school
 Cambridge English
 Goethe Deutsch
 Brainportweek
 Class of Entrepreneurship

28. IN CONCLUSION
RESULT = MOTIVATION x TALENT x STRATEGY

29. www.eckartcollege.nl
Robert Schra John van
Maasakkers
Adjunct-directeur vwo Coördinator
hoogbegaafden
Head of VWO department Coördinator intellectual
giftedness
r.schra@eckartcollege.nl
j.vanmaasakkers@eckartcollege.nl