For Teachers

This page is for teachers who are looking for resources to better serve their gifted students within their classroom.

Please email Mrs. Cooper if you have a specific need that is not addressed here. Thank you for all that you do for kids!

*Make a difference by joining the Kentucky Association for Gifted Education (KAGE). This organization is the only one in the state dedicated solely to the advancement of gifted students and their education. By joining, you add your voice to this message - there is strength in numbers. For more information, CLICK HERE to visit their website.

PLC Presentation for ALL teachers GT 4-12                          PLC Presentation for PTP grades K-3 

*This Google doc contains links for addressing GROWTH MINDSET within your teaching and your classroom environment. Students must not only believe they can grow, but they must believe in the value of growth. Many gifted students resist this because their experiences have not taught them this lesson - we must change that in order for them to succeed later in life. For more information, read the Carol Dweck article below or visit this animated video link of her Ted Talk on the topic. 

*The following links will take you to a Google doc with resources specific to each content area:

• Language Arts

• Mathematics

• Science 

• Social Studies

• The Arts

*Please visit the following links if you are looking for help with differentiation and/or critical thinking in your classroom:

• A Resource Paper About Effective Questioning in the Classroom

• Analogies for Critical Thinking Practice

• The Strategic Education Research Partnership Resources

• QR Code Generator

• All you need to know about Pre-testing (yes, you should)

• Graphic Organizers for almost every task you could think of

The links below are intended to be topic-specific resources to assist you in developing your own philosophy of service to the gifted student:  

• The New Three Rs: Helping Children Thrive During the Pandemic and Beyond
  Turnaround for Children translates neuroscientific research into tools and strategies for schools serving students impacted by adversity, in order to accelerate healthy development and academic achievement.

• A Lesson Planning Framework That Leads to Productive Struggle
  Dialogic learning is a form of collaborative inquiry that works like gradual release of responsibility in reverse—beginning with “you do.”

• Productive Struggle
  The Neuroscience Behind Productive Struggle: Challenging tasks spur the production of myelin, a substance that increases the strength of brain signals. Here are four strategies to incorporate productive struggle into your lessons.

• Challenging Your Gifted Student
  An article chock full of resources.

• Julian Stanley: Helping students learn only what they don't already know
  Julian Stanley was an American psychologist and an advocate of accelerated education for academically gifted children. This article does a good job of articulating the importance of growth mindset and how students cannot develop it without being challenged to grow as a learner.

• Carol Dweck: The Perils and Promise of Praise
  Growth Mindset has become a buzzword and this is the OG of the concept. Hearing the basis of why students need to be praised for their effort and NOT for their ability from the originator of the research is powerful.

• Depth and Complexity explained
  A great way to bring more meaningful instruction to a gifted student is to keep the same topic but give them more depth and/or complexity within the topic. This article, though it is not new, does a good job of explaining the concept.

Recommendation forms for the GT Program:

Primary Talent Pool 25-26

Language Arts 25-26

Math 25-26

Science 25-26

Social Studies 25-26

Leadership 25-26

 General Intellectual 25-26

 Music 25-26

 Visual Art 25-26

 Drama/Dance 25-26

 Creativity 25-26 

Gifted Program *More than one area