Description
Learn about the different areas of giftedness and how to provide individualized support for your gifted students. Ms. Osborne and Ms. Palmer will also provide resources to teachers that they can use to educate parents about gifted students. De-mystify gifted identification and learn how to help your gifted students excel.
In this course you will discover:
- Assessments and checklists for identifying gifted students in Ohio
- Four areas of gifted education
- How to provide equal opportunities for gifted identification
- A real-life example of a gifted student profile
Click here for a leader’s guide created by the Ohio Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Presenter Bio
Angela Osborne is the first vice president of the Ohio Association for Gifted Children. She serves as gifted coordinator for Marion City Schools. Angela earned a B.A. and MBA prior to discovering her love of teaching. She then completed coursework through the Ohio State University and the University of Connecticut to earn her gifted licensure. She has been in the field of education for 15 years, all of which have been passionately focused on working with gifted students. Angela is a member of the Gifted Coordinators of Central Ohio (GCCO) and is currently serving as a representative to the OAGC Governing Board.
Suzanne Palmer is the president elect of the Ohio Association for Gifted Children. She has been in gifted education for nearly 20 years. Suzanne started her teaching career as a gifted intervention specialist with Westerville City Schools in the fulltime, self-contained gifted program for grade 5. During that time, she earned her Master’s in gifted and talented development from Ashland University. Suzanne became a national board certified teacher while teaching in the full-time gifted program and went on to complete her principal’s license through the Ohio State University. Suzanne has served as gifted education coordinator for Westerville City Schools for five years. She is now the gifted services coordinator for Worthington Schools.
Macie – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
I learned a lot taking this lesson.
Kathy – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
The course provided easy to understand visuals, definitions, and discussions to help me understand the identification process of gifted students in Ohio.
Andrea – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course gives an overview of the criteria used to identify students as gifted.
Jeremy – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great explanation of the test that are used and how being gifted is determined.
Keelie – BETHEL LOCAL (verified owner) –
good info
Ryan – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
It’s very helpful and informative.
Kelly – NEWARK CITY (verified owner) –
Great information was presented in this course.
Becky – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
It was good, but hard to see the resources.
Katherine – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was very informative. It would have been a bit better in person than virtually due to some questions I have that I can’t ask!
Melinda – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
The issue wasn’t with the course but with the state’s laws about Gifted. This was eyeopening in the inconsistencies between IEPs and Gifted.