Teachers - Gifted Education Inservices
GERRIC provides a range of inservice topics which can be tailored to suit the needs of your school staff and student population.
Issues addressed through inservice may include basic introductory topics such as:
- General awareness of the field of gifted education
- An introduction to current issues in gifted education
- Identifying gifted and talented students in your school
- Issues of equity in gifted education
- Other issues requested by the school
Intermediate topics of interest to teachers with some background in gifted education may include:
- Curriculum differentiation
- Meeting the social and emotional needs of the gifted
- Planning successful acceleration
More advanced topics for schools which have already undertaken staff development in gifted education may include:
- Planning and implementing a whole-school policy
- The teacher as counsellor
- Catering for the affective needs of gifted students
- Evaluating your school’s gifted program
- Planning defensible school programs for the gifted
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