Teaching and Learning CoLab 2024

So many times gifted learners are overlooked and underchallenged because schools primary foci is on reducing achievement gaps.The lack of advanced opportunities for gifted and advanced learners can have detrimental effects on both academic and social emotional needs of these learners. This session will discuss the roots of gifted education and why these learners have specific needs both academically and social emotionally. Characteristics and profiles of gifted learners will be shared and discussed. Research on the needs of gifted learners will be embedded in this session. Gifted learners who are twice exceptional, thrice exceptional, and culturally diverse will be discussed. Participants will be provided with instructional strategies that differentiate learning for gifted and advanced learners that they can use in their classrooms tomorrow. Myths and misconceptions of gifted learners will be addressed in this session.