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Course Description
This course provides the foundational training to understanding gifted students and their needs. Unlock their abilities as a myriad of information about their G/T characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses is explored. This is the first foundational course of the 30-Hour Gifted and Talented Training. This training is the foundational piece to understanding gifted and talented students. Prepare to explore the G/T characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses. The culminating assignment will ask participants to use their creativity to design a product that showcases "What is Gifted."
Participants
This course is designed for any K-12 educator or mentor who serves in roles as teachers, instructional coaches, administrators, or other professional positions working with students or potentially working with students who receive Gifted and Talented services.
Course Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will meet Domain I: Competency 002 of the TExES Gifted and Talented Supplemental state certification exam components —
- Recognizes characteristics of gifted and talented students (e.g., social, emotional, cognitive) and demonstrates knowledge of definitions, types, and manifestations of giftedness (e.g., visual and performing arts, creative, intellectual, academic, leadership) and criteria for identifying gifted students.
- Applies knowledge of issues and factors that may affect gifted and talented students (e.g., disabilities, multiple exceptionalities, cultural or linguistic differences, socioeconomic disadvantages, gender) and understands environmental factors that may affect the social, emotional, and cognitive development of gifted and talented students (e.g., responses to giftedness by family and age-mates, level of support received from the school and community, geographic isolation from other gifted students, pressure to conform).
- Recognizes factors related to underachievement in gifted and talented students and knows how to effectively address causes of underachievement to enable gifted and talented students to achieve their potential.
Scope and Sequence
- Introduction to GTC 001: Nature and Needs
- Unit 1: Foundations of Gifted Education
- Unit 2: Gifted Characteristics & Types
- Unit 3: Social & Emotional
- Unit 4: Gifted and Beyond
- Unit 5: Strategies
- Unit 6: Nature & Needs Application
Required Course Materials
Please visit the Computer Requirements page to view minimum device, internet, and application requirements for all UT High School courses. Generally, a desktop or laptop device five (5) years or newer with access to an office suite, such as Microsoft Office or Google Workspace, will be adequate to participate in most UTHS courses.
Course Structure
The course consists of 6 modules/units:
- A good way to help break up the course and to manage your time is to set aside 1 hour for each module totaling 6 hours of work per course.
- Each module includes 2-6 lessons, 1 major graded assignment, and 1 or more minor assignments (self-assessments/discussions).
- You MUST complete all assignments before moving on to the next assignment. Assignments can take many forms. Assignments can be in the form of a quiz, a text entry, a discussion, or a file upload.
- The course has an interactive notebook for you to process your knowledge. The completion of the interactive notebook is OPTIONAL and for your use only.
Course Grade
For successful completion of the course:
- You MUST complete all lessons including surveys, quizzes, and graded-assignments and successfully pass 5 of 6 graded assignments to earn your certificate of completion for the course.
- Graded assignments begin with a number (01 to 06) and are followed by the phrase —Graded Quiz or Graded Assignment.
- Graded assignments will specify a maximum number of attempts (between 1-3).
- Re-dos may be required to earn your certificate of completion.