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Professional learning modules for educators and administrators are available at no cost. These would be a great individual goal and/or PLC focus! While designed for students from rural locations and/or diverse backgrounds, the info is applicable to all gifted learners. Register as a student at here to access the modules.

Courses include:

1. Supporting Gifted and Talented Students: Use the following join code: FF76T7. This course offers four professional learning modules focusing on the pedagogical underpinnings of gifted education and practical instructional strategies that support gifted and talented learners from rural locations and diverse populations including:
   • Who are the Gifted Underserved in Rural Areas and What Do They Need?,
   • Instructional Strategies That Support Gifted and Talented Learners,
   • Addressing the Academic and Affective Needs of High Ability Learners in Rural School Settings, and
   • Instructional Strategies, Part 2.
2. Introduction to Gifted and Talented for Administrators: This professional development offers two professional learning modules focusing on intentional school leadership with gifted and talented learners from rural locations and diverse populations. Use the following join code: 4N77XY

This free education kit for teachers, program coordinators, and school administrators was developed by the Gifted Education Research, Resource, and Information Centre (GERRIC) with the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations in 2004.

Modules include info on:

• Understanding Giftedness
• The Identification of Gifted Students
• The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Students
• Understanding Underachievement in Gifted Students
• Curriculum Differentiation for Gifted Students
• Developing Programs and Provisions for Gifted Students

The University of New South Wales' GERRIC is the unit responsible for delivering Gifted Education programs at UNSW School of Education and is at the forefront of gifted education research, learning and teaching in Australia.