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Sunshine Vincent

Sunshine Vincent is an Instructional Coach and Gifted Education Coordinator who works with both students and teachers to help them create the best learning experience for their students and ensure gifted students are being challenged and always learning new things. Sunshine knows that teaching is an ever changing career and there are always new methods and ideas to learn. She knows that providing teachers with support and guidance will ensure our students are always getting the best educational experience possible. Sunshine has presented at multiple educational conferences across Colorado in many different area of educational practices. She has taught for 19 years in multiple fields for all grades, Pre-school - 12th.

Sunshine is a a certified Google Education Educator and Trainer and certified by CDE to teach Depth and Complexity strategies. Sunshine holds a Masters of Education with an emphasis in Technology from the University of Oregon and has almost completed a second Master of Education in Gifted Education from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She also has endorsements in Special Education, Technology Education, Technology Specialist, Business and Gifted Education.

Become a COpilot class facilitator!

Are you wondering what that little paper airplane on some facilitator photos means? Are you interested in teaching other teachers content and strategies that actually work? Do you want to be a leader in your Association? Would you like to make some extra money?

If you answered "Yes!" to any of these questions, then you should definitely consider becoming a COpilot class facilitator. The best part about facilitating classes to other educators on COpilot is learning with people from all over Colorado who are just like you. Every COpilot class gives you and other educators a chance to learn instructional and leadership strategies that truly make a difference in students' lives!

Facilitating classes on COpilot can definitely be intimidating, but the good news is that CEA supports you every step of the way. The process to become a facilitator, set up a class, and get to teaching is actually pretty easy. Just take a look at this short list:

Contact Casey Kilpatrick, the Director of Learning Services at the Colorado Education Association, and express your interest in facilitating a class.
Casey will arrange a time to meet with you via Zoom to discuss what you'd like to teach. We are always looking for new classes, so no topic is really out of bounds!
After the meeting, you'll need to fill out a syllabus so CEA can get the class approved for credit (we'll give you a template).
Once Casey receives the completed syllabus, he'll arrange another meeting to set up your class shell and walk you through the COpilot Learning Management System (LMS).
You'll then have the chance to build your class and get feedback from CEA about the process.
Once your class finishes, CEA will pay you for the number of students who completed your class (for more information about payment rates, please contact Casey Kilpatrick at CEA)

That's really all there is to it. CEA will take care of all the technical support, marketing, credit approval, evaluations, and other questions that come up. All you really need to do is work with amazing educators on a topic that fits your passions.

Now...what about that paper airplane?

Facilitators who earn that airplane means they are WINGS certified. All of those awesome Colorado educators have taken a rigorous, 30-hour, two graduate credit class all about online learning and facilitation. WINGS certified facilitators make more money per student who completes a class and have special recognition across the Association. To become a WINGS certified facilitator, you first must facilitate a class at the base level. You then need to complete the WINGS COpilot Proficiency Program that is offered every spring. Please contact Casey Kilpatrick at CEA for more information.