Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education

FOR EDUCATORS

Myths about Gifted Students

• From NAGC

• Gifted Parenting Support

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Defining Giftedness

• According to the National Association for Gifted Children

• Characteristics of Gifted Kids

• Giftedness: The Dominant Schools of Thought

• A Guide to Recognizing and Educating GT Students

• The Three Ring Concept of Giftedness by Joe Renzulli

• Schoolhouse Gifted and Creative Producer 

• Glossary of Terms used with Gifted Education

• Albie Newton: A New Picture Book about a gifted child by Josh Funk -  Every teacher knows at least one Albie! 

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Books

• A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students, The Templeton National Report on Acceleration

• A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America's Brightest Students, Edited by Assouline, Colangelo, Van Tasset-Baska, Lupkowski-Shoplik 

• Alternative Assessments with Gifted and Talented Students, Edited by Joyce Van Tassel-Baska

• Being Gifted in School: An Introduction to Development, Guidance, and Teaching, by Coleman and Cross

• Being Smart about Gifted Children: A Guidebook for Parents and Educators, by Matthews and FosterBest Best Practices in Gifted Education: An Evidence-Based Guide, by Robinson, Shore, and Enersen

• Bright not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Autism Why Twice-Exceptional Children are Stuck and How to Help Them, by Kennedy & Banks, with Temple Grandin

• Compacting the Curriculum, by Burns, Renzulli, and Reis

• Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Learners by Joyce Van Tassel-Baska

• Conceptions of Giftedness, Edited by Sternberg and Davidson

• Critical Issues and Practices in Gifted Education: What the Research Says, Edited by Plucker & Callahan

• Different Minds: Gifted Children with ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, & other Learning Deficits, by Deirdre V. Lovecky

• Failing our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge of Educating High Ability Students, Finn and Wright

• Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers, by Webb, Meckstroth, and Tolan

• Handbook of Gifted Education, by Colangelo and Davis

• Identification of Students for Gifted and Talented Programs, Edited by Joseph Renzulli

• Independent Study for Gifted Learners by Johnsen and Goree

• Nature and Nurture of Giftedness: A New Framework for Understanding Gifted Education, by Yun Dai

• Recruiting & Retaining Culturally Different Students in Gifted Education, by Donna Y. Ford

• The Schoolwide Enrichment Model, by Renzulli and Reis

• The Social and Emotional Characteristics of Gifted Students, Tracy C. Missett

• The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know?, Edited by Neihart, Reis, Robinson, and Moon

• Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted: 30 Essays on Giftedness, Edited by SENG (sengifted.org)

• To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled, by Susan Baum

• Unlocking Emergent Talent: Supporting High Achievement of Low-income, High-Ability Students, by Olszewski-Kubilus and Clarenbach

Educational Strategies

• Acceleration

  • 20 Types of Acceleration​ http://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Resources/acceleration_types.aspx

  • A Nation Deceived  from the Acceleration Institute, University of Iowa

  • A Nation Empowered from the Acceleration Institute, University of Iowa

  • Early Entrance to Kindergarten

    • http://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Resources/kindergarten.aspx

  • How to do Subject Acceleration

    • http://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Resources/SubjectAcceleration.aspx​​

  • How to find out if a child is ready for more advanced work

    • use above grade level testing as described in this article 

      • ​https://belinblank.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/best-kept-secret-in-gifted-ed/

• Extension Menus, as described in Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom by Susan Winebrunner 

  • Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board Menus

  • Choice Boards for Differentiation

  • Offer Choice with Extension Menus

  • See also Colleen Carey's Presentation below "How to Differentiate Curriculum..."

• NEW!! Academic Acceleration ~ Policies based on Research from The High Flyer, a publication of the Fordham Institute and NAGC

• Recipe for a Successful GT Program

• Curriculum Compacting 

• A Michelangelo of a Teacher from Inside Higher Education

• Content Imperatives 

• Are Kids Missing Out By Not Skipping A Grade?

• Top 20 Principles from Psychology for PreK-12 Creative, Talented and Gifted Students' Teaching and Learning American Psychological Association; Includes Effective instruction, Classroom environments that promote learning, and Appropriate use of assessments. Recommended for all teacher preparation programs.

• Sensory Sensitivities of Gifted Children from the American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Courses and Programs

• Athena's Advanced Academy (online courses)

• Davidson Institute for Talent Development

• Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP)

• Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY)

• Learning Unlimited

• MIT Educational Studies Program

• MIT PRIMES: Program for Research in Mathematics, Engineering and Science for High School Students

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Why Do We Need Gifted Education?

• Why are so Many Gifted Best Struggling Students Hidden in Plain Sight? Anaya Kamenetz interview with Scott Barry Kaufman

• Why Are Gifted Programs Needed?

• Are Gifted Students Now an Underserved Population? from eSchool News

• How can so Many Students be Invisible? Large Percentages of American Students Perform Above Grade Level from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy

• How America Turned Against Smart Kids

• Reflections on Gifted Education from the Olympics by Sally Krisal from High Flyer, a joint publication of the Fordham Institute and NAGC

Presentations

Matching Student Learning Needs to School Opportunities From our 2017 MAGE Conference

Keynote by Susan Dulong Langley can be accessed at this site  https://sites.google.com/site/dirtdifferentiatedinstruction/home

How to Differentiate Curriculum for your high ability students by Colleen Carey

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Empowering Parent-Teacher Relationships by Suzanne Fedorka and Carol Lach

NAGC WEBINARS - *For Members Only. You must be logged in for this link to work.

46 Webinars available from NAGC - Complete list and access​

Topics include: Classroom Practice, Parenting, Social-Emotional, and Underserved Populations

Ted Talk by Michelle Barmazelle, one of MAGE's board members 

Why Gifted May Not Be What You Think - Tedx Talk

Presentations from previous

MAGE Events   ​

• A Venn Diagram for School Success 2018 MaryGrace Stewart

• A Quilt for Their Talents by MaryGrace Stewart

• Gifted Education on a Napkin by MaryGrace Stewart

• What Gifted Students Need by Jeff Danielian ~ MAGE Conference 2015 

• How to Parent For Success with Less Stress (Without Seceding From the Family) by Suzanne Fedorka ~ Arlington Parents Forum 2016

• • Handout of Main Questions from How to Parent PowerPoint

• With Differentiation and Challenge for All by MaryGrace Stewart

• The Whole Apple by MaryGrace Stewart ~ New England Conference on Gifted Education and Talent Development 2015

• Social and Emotional Issues of Gifted Children by MaryGrace Stewart ~ MAGE Days 2016

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Pamphlets

• Is My Child Gifted?

• Friendship

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Testing

• Gifted Development Center: A service of the Institute for the Study of Advanced Development Denver based resource for Testing and Literature (Linda Silverman)

• Gifted Resource Center of New England

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Organizations with Additional Resources

Davidson Institute for Talent Development

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)

Hoagies' Gifted Education Page​ 

• A one-stop site for all things gifted.

National Association for Gifted Children 

• Information for parents and educators about gifted education in the United States

• Advocacy guidance

• Guide to State Policies 2016​

Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development

Renzulli Center for Creativity, Gifted Education, and Talent Development

Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)​ 

• Extensive library of articles about the social and emotional needs of gifted people

Uniquely Gifted - Resources for Gifted/Special Needs Children

Twice Exceptional Students-Handbook compiled by the Montgomery County Schools in Maryland

Daimon Institute (P. Sue Jackson)

List of G/T Journals

PotPourri Civics Challenge 

• Weekly civics challenge for students in grades 3-12​​

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Conferences/Networks

• American Mensa

• Beyond IQ - Conference for Highly and Profoundly Gifted

• Davidson Institute for Talent Development

• National Association of Gifted Children annual convention

• Hoagies' Gifted: Conferences

• New England Conference on Gifted and Talented Education

• Profoundly Gifted Retreat​

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