Description
What makes gifted students different from the rest of your students? Aside from the legal definition of gifted, your gifted students tend to behave and think differently than others. For each gifted student, there are cultural, racial, and economic factors that all affect them academically and relationally. Their gifted traits can have both positive and negative aspects.
In this 3-hour course, Dr. Colleen Boyle gives an overview of common characteristics of gifted children and discusses their strengths, weaknesses, and potential hangups. You will learn how to help gifted students work through common struggles and use evidence-based data to create solutions to help them succeed.
After taking this course, educators will walk away knowing:
- Key characteristics of gifted students
- Theories of asynchronous development
- Types of overexcitabilities and their influence on classroom performance
- The impact of giftedness on relationships
- How outside factors affect giftedness
- Strategies for managing perfectionism and underachievement
ODE teacher competencies: d, e
NAGC teacher preparation standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 5.5
Click here for a leader’s guide created by the Ohio Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Marlen – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful to better help and serve gifted students.
Erick – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!
Patricia – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the first module.
Veronica – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
It was good
Jessica – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Ruben – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great course. A lot of interesting and useful information.
Tatiana – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
good
Luis – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave me a lot of information about working with gifted students that are underachieving.
Karla – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very long
Janice – HPS – HOUSTON NORTH (verified owner) –
helpful strategies
Robert – SANDUSKY CITY (verified owner) –
This is an absolutely wonderful course full of useful strategies and self-reflective questions that are perfect for any teacher striving to become their best!
Angie – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great information presented in a way that is easy to understand.
Claudia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent information!
ligia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Good explanation with examples
Phil – ELYRIA CITY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
Interesting course.
Kathleen – SANDUSKY CITY (verified owner) –
informative
Mayra – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It was great
Stephanie – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Diana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It provided very useful information.
April – CLEAR CREEK ISD (verified owner) –
This course had a lot of information about a variety of different types of gifted students.
Camelia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course. Eye-opening on some of the struggles that gifted children may have.
Stephanie – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the stories that were shared, it helped me to picture the students and ultimately help me see my students in a different light.
Maximo – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
is a good course
Delilah – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I found it very informative and helpful.
liezel – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Engjoyed
Francisca – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Great information.
Claudia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent topic and very interesting.
Veronica – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
quickand informative
Priscilla – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was very informational and I learned a lot about the different types of gifted students in my classroom and how to work with them.
Eliasib – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
great
Kathy – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned a lot from this course.
Claudia – RIPLEY-UNION-LEWIS-HUNTINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course is a very thoughtful approach to how to identify, understand, and help gifted gifted students in the school system.
Laura – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
excellent
Karla – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Gave ideas on GT students
Alondra – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
great course
Nancy – MAYFIELD CITY (verified owner) –
Very informative!
Monica – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It was helpful.
Yolanda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful
Nelida – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
It is a good basic course.
Tim – GROVEPORT MADISON LOCAL (verified owner) –
It was amazing.
Barbara – RIPLEY-UNION-LEWIS-HUNTINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –
A LOTof information!!! Also felt it was geared for middle and high school.
Erin – Laurel Springs School (verified owner) –
Informative and robust. Materials referenced from the presentation were difficult to use when answering the questions.
Dora – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I feel that I have more knowledge about students who are underachievers. I will apply this knowledge in the classroom this year.
Veronica – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course offers great strategies, and is very informative.
Monica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was well-rounded.
Jackie – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great in sight to the gifted.
Nicole – RIPLEY-UNION-LEWIS-HUNTINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –
It is a well presented class that is helpful.
Maribel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course provided a lot of strategies to assist students with.
Ramona – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave me strategies of how to handle or guide gifted students.
Becky – CENTERBURG LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course gave me a few ideas I will try in my classroom, such as trying to refrain from telling students “you’re so smart!” when they get a perfect score. Instead I can use phrases such as, “You worked so hard on this!” Or, “You had amazing effort today!”