Even the most
talented students need help sometimes.
Not exact matches
Gifted and
talented students and
students with disabilities can all be viewed as having special
needs.
The PSM idea initially grew from the desire of the Sloan Foundation and other partners to assure that careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) would remain attractive to
talented people and to assure that
students could acquire «the skills employers
need.»
He hopes that the graduate school community will recognize the
need to prepare some equally
talented graduate
students for jobs other than doing «big research in big groups.»
«I think the real driver for our initiative is the realization that the most
talented U.S.
students are inclined to waive careers in traditional science and math, and that we
need to do better to attract our most
talented K - 12
students to consider careers in STEM fields.»
Teachers play a vital role in our society and we must ensure that they are given the support they
need — otherwise our schools may miss out on
talented and inspirational educators, and in the end it will be the
students who will pay the price.
They also
need to be reasonably confident that the available resources and institutional arrangements have a fighting chance of producing the desired outcomes — that salaries are high enough to draw
talented applicants, that school districts can provide
students with up - to - date textbooks and technology.
Close to three - fourths of the public say their local schools are doing well at attending to the
needs of more -
talented students, but that percentage plummets to just 45 percent when asked about the effectiveness of local schools at meeting the
needs of the less -
talented (Fig. 3).
While UDL was originally thought of as a way to help
students with learning difficulties, today it is used as a way to tailor curriculum for all
students, including, say, a
student with dyslexia who may be
talented at math but has trouble with word problems, or a
student who
needs an extra level of challenge to stay engaged.
A
talented gumshoe, no doubt, but he still
needed the
students» help to crack this crime.
Their urban school systems don't offer (or greatly restrict) gifted - and -
talented programs; they mandate «heterogeneous» groupings of
students and tell teachers to do their best meeting a panoply of diverse
needs using «differentiated instruction.»
Differentiating curriculum to meet the
needs of our
talented students is critical for developing a stimulating learning environment.
Other major efforts include extending unprecedented opportunities for learning by bringing computers with Internet access to every eligible library in the U.S. and Canada, and providing scholarships to academically
talented minority
students in the U.S. with severe financial
need through the Gates Millennium Scholars Program.
We
need more
talented teachers, teachers who are experts in their fields and who can work with a wide range of
students!
The purpose of this program is to carry out a coordinated program of evidence - based research, demonstration projects, innovative strategies, and similar activities designed to build and enhance the ability of elementary schools and secondary schools nationwide to identify gifted and
talented students and meet their special educational
needs.
Alignment with the Foundation's commitment to identify, cultivate, and / or promote exceptionally
talented students who have financial
need;
Even if that's the case, this remains larger than the citywide gifted and
talented programs - we haven't adjusted for their own huge selection issues - and places an average third grade
student nearly on par with fifth grade
students at schools with similar economic
needs.
It was also in line with the «comprehensive high school» model, promoted by former Harvard president James Conant, which sought to meet the
needs of all
students, from the «academically
talented» to the «vocationally oriented.»
Even
students attending the vaunted citywide gifted and
talented schools, where
students must score in the 99th percentile just to enter, are only 1.6 years ahead of their peers with similar
needs.
The question the initiative seeks to answer is: «If an urban district and its principal training programs provide large numbers of
talented, aspiring principals with the right training and on - the - job evaluation and support, will the result be a pipeline of principals who can improve teaching and
student achievement district - wide, especially in schools with the greatest
needs?»
Second, TFA has channeled thousands of
talented people into education who might not otherwise have chosen this profession, and shown them what it takes to educate high -
need students.
Students do not
need to fulfil all criteria for a department, but will be satisfying several for any one department in order to be identified by that department as able, gifted or
talented.
The 24 - credit endorsement and 36 - credit master's programs focus on affective and educational programming strategies and options that meet the
needs of
students identified as gifted,
talented, and creative, but that benefit all learners.
We also are working with music teachers to raise funds for
talented RCSD high - school
students who
need quality musical instruments to audition for college music programs - and working to support present and future
student needs.
While the authors do suggest that funding follow
students, and they address how to deal with varying facilities costs and attracting uniquely
talented educators for particular roles, they do not address the dearth of qualified educators and other resources
needed to run a school in some places.
Thus, infusing services that meet the
needs of
students who are gifted /
talented into local policy statements can work two ways.
Means tested opportunities are offered to
talented students with a
need for boarding, alongside the funded day places that have always been available for
students who live within 10 miles of the School.
This college opportunity fund is designed to identify and support
talented RCSD
student musicians, whether they
need their own musical instrument to keep pace with their maturing talent or to audition for a college music program or to participate in special music activities over the summer.
Address the role of exceptional learners —
students with special
needs, English learners, and gifted and
talented students — in the assessment process.
The faculty provides a full educational continuum of services for
students with gifted and
talented needs to those of a struggling learning, RTI, 504, and special education.
Ultimately, we know that our
students need talented teachers who receive the support and resources
needed to maximize their instructional effectiveness.
Recent experience underscores that investing in better school leadership could make economic sense, too - not only because of what principals can do to boost instruction and
student achievement, but because of how leadership can act as a magnet for drawing
talented teachers to high -
needs schools.
When we assess
students for gifted and
talented (GT), schools take the same approach through the RtI process to determine each
student's individual
needs.
Regarding balancing the
needs of special populations such as special education
students, ESOL and
students traditionally referred to as gifted and
talented, how would you address the diverse
needs of
student populations?
Education Pioneers mobilizes and prepares a national network of
talented leaders and managers to accelerate excellence in education and transform our education system into one that equips all
students with the skills they
need to thrive in college, career and life.
Targeting Resources — Ensure schools and teachers have the resources to meet the unique
needs of
students who are at - risk, English language learners, gifted and
talented, and
students with disabilities or other special
needs.
Our new 6 +1 Trait Writing institute addresses one of the greatest challenges teachers face today: how to scaffold instruction for diverse learners — including English language learners,
students with special
needs and gifted and
talented students — so that all
students in your classroom become stronger, more confident writers.
«Adopting an invalid teacher evaluation system and tying it to rewards and sanctions is likely to lead to inaccurate personnel decisions and to demoralize teachers, causing
talented teachers to avoid high -
needs students and schools,» these experts said.
As the legislature deals with the
need to provide fair funding for the common good, system components must be preserved, including recapture, school district - based adjustments (like small and sparse adjustment and cost of education index adjustments), weighted pupil funding for special population
students (including compensatory education, bilingual education, special education, and gifted and
talented), transportation and especially facilities.
How would you balance the
needs of special
student populations such as special education
students, ESOL
students, and
students traditionally referred to as gifted and
talented in areas such as funding and programming?
The coalition came together to push for school finance reform and improved educational opportunities and outcomes for Nevada public school children, especially those
students who are at - risk, English language learners, gifted and
talented, and
students with disabilities or other special
needs.
Explore the
needs of
student writers from special populations that include English language learners,
students with special
needs, and gifted and
talented students
Results can affect whether a
student needs to take remedial classes, qualifies for a gifted and
talented program, or even passes or fails.
Pursue a masters with endorsement, endorsement only, or certificate only, and focus on effective and educational programming strategies and options that meet the
needs of
students identified as gifted,
talented, and creative, and benefit all learners.
In a classroom full of struggling
students, it's easy to overlook those
talented students who don't seem to
need you as much.
However, from 1997 through 1999 I conducted, for a number of primary schools in Sydney, a program of teacher inservice which involved the entire teaching staff in a 28 hour program of lectures, seminars and workshops on identifying and responding to the
needs of gifted and
talented students.
Her 21 years of classroom teaching experience includes working with
students in grades K - 8, gifted and
talented programs, Tier III initiatives, special
needs programs and English language learners.
«We
needed the glue that would teach our very
talented teachers how to be really good teachers — how to understand the
students we work with and develop a common understanding of best practices.»
The term «gifted and
talented», when used with respect to
students, children, or youth, means
students, children, or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who
need services or activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities.
Gina Kennedy - Brown,
Talented and Gifted Specialist: Callison Elementary «Living Life Large in TAG» is a lovely website addressing the
needs of
students who are gifted.