Understanding the Gifted Learner March 2024

Course Description

• This course will provide participants with a foundational understanding of gifted learners including definitions, cognitive/affective characteristics, identification practices, and social/emotional needs. In addition, participants will analyze, plan, and implement a range of evidence-based strategies to assess gifted and talented students, to differentiate instruction, content, and assignments for them (including the use of higher-order critical and creative-thinking skills), and learn how the iMTSS framework can be used to identify and nurture potential.
• Lead Learner (Facilitator): Michelle Lewis
• Credit(s) and Type: 7.5 Hours Relicensure | Staff Development

Target Audience

• Admin/Pro-Tech, Certified Staff, Classified Staff
• Open to Substitute Teachers = Yes
• Open to Student Teachers = Yes
• Open to Charter School Staff = Yes 
  • Charter Certified and Classified

Date, Time, and Location

• Date: March 5 & March 12, 2024 (in-person), March 28, 2024 (virtual)
• Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
• Location: Clear Sky Elementary School, PD Room (sessions 1 & 2) | 1470 Clear Sky Way, Castle Rock, 80109Links to an external site.
  • Google Meet (session 3 only): 

Course Outcomes

Here are the outcomes for the course:

• Participants will analyze and evaluate the background, history, and standards of gifted education and evaluate implications for education.
• Participants will analyze and evaluate recurrent characteristics and profiles of gifted learners and evaluate strategies to address these needs.
• Participants will analyze the unique social and emotional needs of gifted learners and evaluate strategies to address these needs.