You have just completed an eight week journey following a differentiated path. Along the way you have discovered the diversity of the gifted student, dispelled the myths, started to fill your “teacher toolbox” with phenomenal strategies, and learned that research supports everything you’ve done! The initial investment of extra time required to develop a customized curriculum designed to motivate, stimulate, challenge, and bring the best out in every student is going to help to make every school day a new adventure. Your classroom will be a learning laboratory alive with enthusiastic students who know they will be encouraged and supported as they put their best efforts forward.
Congratulations on your readiness to take the standards and use them to develop higher level thinkers and expert problem solvers. You are now armed with the tools necessary to develop successful, gifted learners.
Using the NAGC Gifted Education Programming Criterion on Program Evaluation, identify and discuss the Guiding Principle you think would pose the greatest challenge. Which one would you think would serve as the greatest strength? Post a follow-up response to another participant's original thread.
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Now that you understand the value of advocating for gifted students, how will you share this with your peers and community? Post a follow-up response to another participant's original thread.