Higher education 

What does college prep or career prep really mean?  It is teaching the skills necessary for an ever-changing world, and we develop these skills in preparation for college and career choices of the future!  We specifically craft lessons in all of our classes to create rich, age-appropriate ways to increase the development of these skills. We have FUN doing activities, experiments, simulations and more!  Our gifted learners continue to hone these skills to make them be successful no matter where they continue their educational experience!  Our students are accepted and thrive at any high school and beyond! 

Willis TEACHES our gifted and talented learners the following academic skills within our classes: 

• organization
• research 
• communication both oral and written
• critical thinking 
• problem solving 
• time management 
• project management 
• cultural competence
• information literacy
• note-taking
• ways to study
• analytical thinking
• summarizing 
• active listening
• deconstructing texts
• reading for meaning
• empirical thinking
• discourse analysis
• deductive and inductive thinking
• expermental design
• conflict resolution
• hypothesizing
• data analysis
• debate 
• efficiency
• digital literacy
• collaboration
• presentation skills
• creativity