Many parents write to me asking how they will know where to place their children, or how they will know if the program is good. Here are the elements of an effective gifted program. As you meet with schools and teacher, ask them about these areas to tell whether their program will meet your family's needs.
- Program Design
The development of appropriate gifted education programming requires comprehensive services based on sound philosophical, theoretical, and empirical support.
- Student Identification
Gifted learners' abilities must be assessed to determine appropriate educational services.
- Curriculum and Instruction
Gifted education services must include curricular and instructional opportunities directed to the unique needs of the gifted child.
- Socio-Emotional Guidance and Counseling
Gifted education programming must establish a plan to recognize and nurture the unique socio-emotional development of gifted learners.
- Professional Development
Gifted learners are entitled to be served by professionals who have specialized preparation in gifted education, expertise in appropriate differentiated content and instructional methods, involvement in ongoing professional development, and who possess exemplary personal and professional traits.
- Program Administration and Evaluation
Appropriate gifted education programming must include the establishment of a systematic means of developing, implementing, and managing services with an emphasis on:
**Taken from the National Association of Gifted Children. For more info and resources, go here.**
1 comments:
Joni Mitchell once wrote in her song "Amelia", people will tell you where they've been, they'll tell you where to go, but till you get there yourself, you'll never really know". Sage words for us and our son, who spent a disastrous year in a self-contained gifted classroom. We have since abandoned that paradigm (one year of stress and trauma was enough) and have gone charter. I realize others will have different experiences, just spilling my thoughts.
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