Teachers for Gifted Education
Friday, 14 August 2009 18:43
On Monday, I attended the first in a professional network course for teachers interested in gifted education. Parents will be pleased to know that there is a lot of interest out there; schools are making a real effort to identify and cater for gifted and talented students.
Teachers were able to share informally with each other. We also watched a presentation from an OC teacher about using blogging in the classroom, and a high school Geography teacher showed us how he integrates the Quality Teaching elements in his program. South Western Sydney now has a GAT wiki to keep us all connected.
Meanwhile, back at school, our G&T committee logged on to the curriculum support G&T website to download the newly devised planning matrix. We analysed our policy implementation against the four levels detailed on the matrix. This gave us a valuable insight into our strengths and weaknesses and a clearly defined way forward. I thoroughly recommend this to G&T committees - go to the Teachers tools section at www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/policies/gats/tools/index.htm.
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| "I learnt so much about gifted children, backed up by very interesting research
which gave me a better understanding of the needs of gifted children and how
best we can nurture their strengths, skills and habits." An educator attending a NSWAGTC seminar. |
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The blogs appearing on the NSWAGTC site are designed to provide colour, news and subjective views about the many issues and concerns facing gifted children and their parents, care-givers and educators. Some of the blogs are associated with formal roles of the NSWAGTC, such as the President and the Webmaster. These allow the persons filling these roles to note to members any current news and changes. Other NSWAGTC blogs are written by individuals with experience of gifted children from one or more perspectives - for example Cate's Blog is from the viewpoint of a primary school teacher and parent of gifted children. These blogs are written solely by the person identified and represent his or her views, rather than necessarily those of the NSWAGTC. Comments are invited We invite comments on our blog entries, by both financial members and registered users (free). Click here to register. Comments may be reviewed and those considered inappropriate will be deleted. New blogs? We would also be delighted to consider applications from potential bloggers provided that the applicant accepts that this will be subject to a review process and may well be declined for any number of reasons which may not be shared with the applicant. Applications, which should include a resume and a vision for the potential blog, and suggestions for new blogs, can be sent in the first instance to the webmaster. |
