My goal of this book study is to offer a wealth of teaching and learning methods that are accompanied by practical strategies on how to embed tenacity more systematically into your curriculum and classroom environment, providing small stimuli for lesson planning and for the "drip- feeding" of everyday activities which boost learners' agency and self-efficacy. Readers will learn a four step process to cultivate the capabilities of their students. These steps include: 1. Understanding Capabilities 2. Establish the Classroom Environment 3. Managing the Learning 4. Build Learner Engagement and Commitment to the Capability. You will also identify the four habits of tenacity and gain a dozen teaching and learning methods for developing these habits.   Click HERE to register at Tiger University.

With all the talk of failing schools these days, we forget that schools can fail their brightest students, too. We pledge to "leave no child behind," but in American schools today, thousands of gifted and talented students fall short of their potential. Click HERE to register at Tiger University.

The book "Removing the Mask: Giftedness in Poverty" highlights the work of Ruby Payne, who is best known for her work on the "hidden rules of the economic class" and how they affect learning. My goal of this book study is help you gain a perspective in first, identifying gifted students from low socioeconomic environments who are in your classrooms. Secondly, that you are given time to reflect on chosen strategies that you may find useful as you design your instruction to be more equitable for your gifted students. Click HERE to register at Tiger University.

This book study will leave you with a definitive "go to" guide to meeting the learning needs of gifted students in the mixed-abilities classroom. You will learn proven, practical, classroom-tested strategies and step-by-step instructions for how to use them as you ensure gifted students are getting the opportunities they need and deserve. Some of these strategies include using technology for accelerated learning, managing cluster grouping, increasing curriculum rigor, improving assessments, boosting critical and creative thinking skills, and addressing gifted kids with special needs.  Click HERE to register at Tiger University.