State Policy / Law Requirements for Regular Ed. Teachers of Service
General education teachers who are designated providers of gifted services and who are not certified Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate teachers with at least 24 hours of certified Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate training within the past five years are required to have a minimum of 15 gifted education professional development clock hours during each year for four years, with additional clock hours each year thereafter as determined by the local school district. Clock hours earned in excess of the minimum (15 clock hours) will count toward the requirement in subsequent years. Gifted educators with licensure or endorsement in gifted education are required to receive ongoing professional development related to gifted education.
General education teachers who are designated providers of gifted service and who are certified Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate teachers with at least 24 hours of certified Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate training within the past five years are required to have a minimum of 7.5 gifted education professional development clock hours during each year for four years, with additional clock hours each year thereafter as determined by the local district. Clock hours earned in excess of the minimum (7.5 clock hours) will count toward the requirement.
A general education teacher who is designated as a provider of gifted services shall: (i) Receive specialized training in gifted education in order to meet the following competencies:
(a) The ability to differentiate instruction based on a student's readiness, knowledge and skill level, including using accelerated content, complexity, depth, challenge, creativity and abstractness;
(b) The ability to select, adapt, or create a variety of differentiated curricula that incorporate advanced, conceptually challenging, in-depth, distinctive and complex content;
(c) The ability to provide an extension or replacement of the general education curricula, to modify the learning process through strategies such as curriculum compacting, and to select alternative assignments and projects based on individual student needs;
(d) The ability to understand the social and emotional needs of students who are gifted and to address the impact of those needs on student learning; PAGE 8 | Ohio Administrative Code 3301-51-15 | Effective July 27, 2018
(e) The ability to recognize and respond to characteristics and needs of students from traditionally underrepresented populations who are gifted and create safe and culturally responsive learning environments;
(f) The ability to use data from a variety of sources to measure and monitor the growth of students who are gifted;
(g) The ability to select, use, and interpret technically sound formal and informal assessments for the purpose of academic decision making; and
(h) The ability to participate in the development of the "Written Education Plan."
Documenting Professional Development
Professional development in gifted education is documented on the educator’s Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP) through the documentation forms found in this guide and through other methods determined by the Ohio Department of Education. School districts may use locally developed forms for documentation.
The Individual Gifted Professional Development Form is found on the OAGC Website, can be obtained here, or by your building principal:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pve3EW3JkCR_JRUoyNn1UYr29rDyyWvu/view?usp=sharing
However, these forms should include the following components:
a) A brief description of the gifted education professional development, including title;
b) The gifted education competencies addressed by the professional development;
c) Information regarding the provider of the professional development, including name and provider qualifications (educator with gifted licensure or endorsement, state or national presenter in gifted education or educator with graduate degree in gifted education); and
d) The number of clock hours earned.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YUR GIFTED PD REQUIRED HOURS FOR THE YEAR< PLEASE FILL OUT THE VALIDATION FORM BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK:
CLICK TO GIFTED PD VALIDATION FORM
