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Resources for teachers & schools
A gifted child is one who performs or has the ability to perform at a level significantly beyond his or her chronologically aged peers and whose unique abilities and characteristics require special provisions and social and emotional support from the family, community and educational context.
Harrison C., 2005 in 'Young gifted children. Their search for complexity and connection.'
A more involved description provided by the Columbus Group in 1991 defines giftedness as an “asynchronous development in which advanced cognitive abilities and heightened intensity combine to create inner experiences and awareness that are qualitatively different from the norm.” This asynchrony increases with higher intellectual capacity, they wrote. “The uniqueness of the gifted renders them vulnerable and requires modifications in parenting, teaching, and counseling in order for them to develop optimally.”
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TGC is not just about running the Head Office programme. Our goal is to support schools in meeting the needs of their gifted learners. Every year TGC provides professional development opportunities for all cluster school staff to attend free of charge. We also provide links to resources for schools, as seen below, a termly focus newsletter and support for GATE representatives or Principals. Meeting the needs of gifted learners can be complex and overwhelming, particularly with the competing demands of teaching today. We aim to provide an easy to access portal, with quick, efficient and practical resources and documents that can have a true impact on your gifted learners.
If you're interested in being a part of growing awareness in Taranaki in gifted education or if you are a GATE Coordinator at one of our cluster schools, please email Cushla Young to register your interest: cushla@sjb.school.nz or simply refer to the links we've provided below.
If you're interested in being a part of growing awareness in Taranaki in gifted education or if you are a GATE Coordinator at one of our cluster schools, please email Cushla Young to register your interest: cushla@sjb.school.nz or simply refer to the links we've provided below.
The Taranaki Gifted Community Trust also organises Professional Development workshops for educators at 3 times a year. These sessions are free for our cluster school educators. Upcoming workshops will be advertised on our website, our Facebook page and communicated directly to our cluster schools.
Links
Organisations involved in Gifted Education:
Ministry of Education - Gifted and Talented online (TKI)
Gifted early childhood education (from TKI website)
The Professional Association for Gifted Education (giftEDnz)
New Zealand Association for Gifted Children (NZAGC)
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
giftEDnz Speaker's Bureau for professional development options in schools
Identification and Documentation to help at a school level:
Chart comparing High achievers, Gifted learners and Creative thinkers
Informal identification tools (from TKI website)
Differentiation and Adaptation (from TKI website)
Educators Guide to Gifted Children: a starting talking point to use in meetings
What is the "gifted" thing anyway? An article that explains how to explain giftedness.
Research on Gifted Education: New Zealand specific:
Gifted and Talented Student: Meeting Their Needs in New Zealand's Schools (2012)
Differentiating the curriculum for all learners - including the gifted - in the regular classroom - from Dr. Tracy Riley's talk
Lifting the Lid - a collection of resource developed specifically to support families and educators in regards to the gifted and talented and gifted education in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Nurturing Gifted and Talented Children - A Parent-Teacher Partnership (2008)
To Act or not to act: a challenging article about academic extension in New Zealand
Research on Gifted Education: International:
Gifted Students benefit from ability grouping, acceleration: a report from Northwestern School of Education and Social Policy
e-Resources for Teachers:
Ministry of Education - Gifted and Talented online (TKI)
Gifted early childhood education (from TKI website)
The Professional Association for Gifted Education (giftEDnz)
New Zealand Association for Gifted Children (NZAGC)
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
giftEDnz Speaker's Bureau for professional development options in schools
Identification and Documentation to help at a school level:
Chart comparing High achievers, Gifted learners and Creative thinkers
Informal identification tools (from TKI website)
Differentiation and Adaptation (from TKI website)
Educators Guide to Gifted Children: a starting talking point to use in meetings
What is the "gifted" thing anyway? An article that explains how to explain giftedness.
Research on Gifted Education: New Zealand specific:
Gifted and Talented Student: Meeting Their Needs in New Zealand's Schools (2012)
Differentiating the curriculum for all learners - including the gifted - in the regular classroom - from Dr. Tracy Riley's talk
Lifting the Lid - a collection of resource developed specifically to support families and educators in regards to the gifted and talented and gifted education in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Nurturing Gifted and Talented Children - A Parent-Teacher Partnership (2008)
To Act or not to act: a challenging article about academic extension in New Zealand
Research on Gifted Education: International:
Gifted Students benefit from ability grouping, acceleration: a report from Northwestern School of Education and Social Policy
e-Resources for Teachers:
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