Teacher Resources
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INFO
Every teacher working with gifted students must receive 15 hours of gifted PD over the course of 4 years. This ensures your ability to continue teaching gifted students in clusters, Honors, or Advanced classes. If a teacher receives more than 15 hours in a year, their surplus hours roll over to the following years. As an example, if a teacher receives 60 gifted hours in year 1, he/she would not require further hours for years 2, 3, or 4. Their hours rolled over and he/she still met the 15 hour/year requirement.
After receiving four years (15 hrs/year) of gifted PD, your hours requirement will reduce to 3 hours per year.
Hours can be earned through: district PD days, WEP writing, gifted book studies, college credit (specific to gifted ed), Educational Service Center conferences/meetings, and/or the annual OAGC conference.
GIFTED FORMS
GIFTED SITES FOR TEACHERS
1. National Association of Gifted Children
NAGC's mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research.
2. Ohio Association of Gifted Children
OAGC's website contains many resources for gifted teachers. In addition to helpful documents and resources, OAGC provides a comprehensive 2-day conference each fall for gifted educators.
3. Byrdseed
Excellent resource! Written by Ian Byrd who helps teachers around the world write lessons that get kids' brains sweating. He lists categories of topics including information about the social-emotion needs of gifted students.
4. The Gifted Guy
Ohio-based teacher Todd Stanley creates great videos about gifted topics called Todd Talks. He provides resources and a blog on his website. He is an annual presenter at the OAGC conference.
5. The Kids Should See This
A huge library of videos that weren't made specifically for kids, but are great for them! Unusual, cool videos that make great accompaniments to lessons. These can also be used to spark ideas for writing prompts.
6. Atlas Obscura
Their mission is to inspire wonder and curiosity about the world through their unique database. When everything has been seemingly discovered, Atlas Obscura opens students eyes to new discoveries and wonders.
7. JASON Learning​
Using Google to login/sign up, this website houses curricula, assessments, and lesson plans geared towards STEM lessons. As part of the BCESC, we can access these resources for free. I recommend exploring the site!
