13 THINGS I WISH 13 THINGS I WISH ALLALL EDUCATORS EDUCATORS KNEW ABOUT GIFTED AND TALENTED KNEW ABOUT GIFTED AND TALENTED

STUDENTSSTUDENTS

Leah EllisGifted and Talented Consultant

Kentucky Department of Education

GIFTED & TALENTED STUDENTS HAVE DIFFERENT INTERESTS, ABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS

There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of people who are different.

GIFTED STUDENTS *DO* NEED HELP, DIRECTION, AND GUIDANCE.

A ONE-SIZE FITS ALL PULLOUT DOES NOT MEET INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NEEDS

A GIFTED STUDENT

MAY NOT BE A MODEL

STUDENT & MAY EVEN

BE DISRUPTIVE

HIGH ACHIEVERS ARE NOT NECESSARILY GIFTED STUDENTS

A GIFTED A GIFTED STUDENT STUDENT CAN HAVE CAN HAVE BAD BAD GRADESGRADES

I WISH THEY KNEW…I WISH THEY KNEW…

A GIFTED STUDENT IS A GIFTED STUDENT ALL THE TIME.

GIFTED STUDENTS ARE

OFTEN TALENTED IN MANY THINGS

A CHILD IN A CHILD IN SPECIAL SPECIAL EDUCATION EDUCATION CAN ALSO CAN ALSO BE GIFTEDBE GIFTED

A GIFTED STUDENT IS STILL GIFTED EVEN IF SHE LIVES IN

POVERTY

A GIFTED A GIFTED STUDENT IS STUDENT IS

STILL GIFTED STILL GIFTED EVEN IF HE EVEN IF HE

SPEAKS SPEAKS ANOTHER ANOTHER

LANGUAGELANGUAGE

GIFTED GIFTED STUDENTS STUDENTS OFTEN FEEL OFTEN FEEL ALONE AND ALONE AND DIFFERENTDIFFERENT

ALL CHILDREN ARE ALL CHILDREN ARE NOT GIFTEDNOT GIFTED

WHAT DO YOU WISH TEACHERS WHAT DO YOU WISH TEACHERS KNEW?KNEW?

EDUCATE

WHAT CAN *YOU* DO TO HELP TEACHERS LEARN ABOUT GIFTED & TALENTED STUDENTS?