Description
It is a stunning and tragic statistic that as many as half of gifted students go unidentified in our schools every year. These students are being underserved and we, as a nation, are missing out on the talents and abilities they have to offer. In this course James Webb explains why so many of these students are slipping through the cracks and teaches how to recognize them and how to serve them. He gives guidance for recognizing the the characteristics of those gifted students who may not be performing well academically and helping them to reach their full potential as well as offering solutions to the painfully inadequate model for gifted programming in use in most schools currently. The insights available in this course will prove essential to any teacher or administrator seeking to better serve their gifted students
In this course you will learn:
- Why so many gifted students slip through the cracks every year
- How to identify gifted students even if they are underperforming academically
- How to serve the individual needs of unique students
- Why one-size-fits-all programs are not adequate for serving the gifted population
- Why the “upper 3%” definition of gifted is arbitrarily narrow
- Why the term “gifted’ may not be the best descriptor for this population
- Why being a “nerd” can be a positive experience
- Why there is more to giftedness than mere intellect.
- Strategies for programs that better serve gifted students.
- The importance of motivation
- How to recognize different learning styles
- The four factors that most influence giftedness
- The factors that can inhibit or enhance abilities
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies d, e, and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, and 5.5.
Oscar – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Mireya – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great explanation of giftedness.
Vanessa – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
good info
Lucinda – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course was easy to follow and helpful.
PEDRO – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was excellent
Joy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
EXCELLENT! I love the stress placed on kids who are not “traditionally” considered g/t, and how we are failing those people.
Melissa – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I like the way the course is laid out with the questions to keep us on our toes.
Mackenzie – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is helpful.
Tera – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course was helpful for those teachers trying to identify gifted students and realize the different “faces” of what gifted might look like. I would like more strategies to work with the different personalities of gifted students… especially the nonconformist rebel.
Taylor – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed that this course showed the different traits of a GT student.
james – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
Pretty cool set of understandings.
Margaret – Northern Local Schools (verified owner) –
I highly recommend this course.
Tammie – VIDOR ISD (verified owner) –
As an administrator this course gave me additional insight to the gifted student.
Dusty – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of the same information that I have heard about gifted learners. There were some new tidbits, but overall not a lot.
Shayla – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
This was great information and very helpful.
Bruce – MIAMI EAST LOCAL (verified owner) –
It was interesting to learn that about half of the gifted individuals go unidentified.
Katherine – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Justin – FABENS ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Webb is a great presenter. The insights of this seminar were clear and concise, very helpful.
Rhonda – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
It was good to see how students are overlooked as gifted.
Ryan – CLEAR CREEK ISD (verified owner) –
Good
Bobbie – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
It provided a lot of useful information about giftedness.
Adrienne – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Peter – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I enjoy that there are more to a gifted child than what many school systems say there are.
Janet – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Good info
MARIA D – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent and informative course
Rosalba – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very long but interesting.
Linda – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. Very imformative
Stephanie – Morgan Local Schools (verified owner) –
Good information about gifted students and their needs
MELINDA M – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was informative and I liked the reflections through-out the training instead of at the end of it.
Jenny – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Informative
Donna – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
Great research presented.
William – VALLEY VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
Basic info that is covered in other courses.
REBECCA ANNA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great info.
Erika – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a lot of good information, but hard to keep some of it straight.
Lorena – FABENS ISD (verified owner) –
Good, short, to the point
Nora – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I found this extremely informative.
Samantha – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Tammie – East Muskingum Local Schools (verified owner) –
Great insight into giftedness, especially for the general ed classroom.
Patricia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Good!
Ashley – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting
Danielle – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
This course helps understand common characteristics of gifted children.
Manuela – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
The course was informative, but I have technical difficulties.
guadalupe – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
easy to understand
Paula – HUNTINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great course for everyday classroom teachers.
Patricia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful and informative
Lee – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative.
Christina – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
in depth course on a new way to look at gifted students
Raul – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful
Patricia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting
Maria – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!
I really enjoyed.