Lord Tweedsmuir’s Facilitator for Gifted Students is Nicole Calla. Please see her should you have questions about a specific student or if you would like to collaborate on supports for gifted students in your classes. Nicole is also in the process of building a library of resources for teachers and students. Please see the current list of books available at the bottom of this page.
The following links and resources may be helpful in planning for gifted students:
Possibilities for Learning: Dr. Lanny Kanevski, Simon Fraser University
This site has some fantastic information on differentiation for gifted students, as well as a learning preferences survey that could be useful with any student.
http://possibilitiesforlearning.com/
Ministry of Education: Gifted Education – A Resource Guide for Teachers
Blooms Taxonomy: Teacher Planning Kit
This handout may be helpful in supporting students with higher level thinking skills.
Blooms Taxonomy: Teacher Planning Kit
Brilliant Behaviors Teacher Checklist
This is a helpful tool to use if you suspect a student may be gifted. The scale does not have to be used to observe a student completing a specific task, as the instructions suggest and can be used as a tool to assess behavior over a period of time.
Brilliant Behaviors Teacher Rating Scale
Growth Mindset Feedback Tool
Some gifted students struggle with perfectionism and will avoid taking risks in their learning. This tool from Dr. Carol Dweck’s work on Growth Mindset may help teachers reframe students’ thinking about making mistakes and the learning process.
Gifted Education 101
Nicole’s Power Point slides from our Pro-D Day on February 16, 2018
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Books Available for Teachers and Students
(please see Nicole for access to these)
The Gifted Teen Survival Guide: Smart, Sharp, and Ready for (Almost) Anything by Judy Galbraith and Jim Delisle
The Perfectionism Workbook for Teens by Ann Marie Dobosz
The Executive Functioning Workbook for Teens by Sharon A. Hansen
The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens by Gina M. Bigel
Mindfulness for Teen Anxiety by Christopher Willard
The Handbook of Secondary Gifted Education edited by Felicia A Dixon and Sidney M. Moon
Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom by Susan Winebrenner
