APS GIFTED RESOURCE CENTER

The Gifted Resource Center is located in the portable building, S11, on the southwest side of Montgomery Complex, 3315 Louisiana Blvd., NE. The Gifted Resource Center provides materials for examination and short term use in order to help teachers determine which materials are appropriate for their school to purchase. In addition, the resource center subscribes to numerous professional journals devoted to current issues in gifted education. The center is the focal point for workshops for teachers of the gifted.

Links:

• APS Professional Development Opportunities
• New additions to the Resource Center library
• Interact Units
• Journals
• Accessing special education funds
• Ordering information/forms/publishers
• Rubric sites
• Gifted Screening
• Student Checklist of Skills for Gifted Strands

Gifted students require a curriculum that is differentiated to meet their unique needs. In addition, teachers of the gifted must continually adapt, create, enhance or otherwise modify materials to reinforce the curriculum while meeting the IEP needs of the students. In order to facilitate this responsibility the teacher of the gifted needs to access material from a variety of sources. Purchased materials (such as, Interact Units or materials from the Gifted Resource Center) must always be differentiated for each particular group of gifted students.

The processes used to teach curriculum need to be differentiated as well. A unit that is effective one year may not be appropriate the following year, depending on the individualized needs of the students. Remember, the program must fit the individual student. The student does not fit an existing program.

Special Education New Teacher Support

P.J. Sedillo, 880-8249 ext. 183

Jan Bodnar, 880-8249 ext. 131 (middle and high school)

Debbie Phillips, 880-8249 ext. 131 (middle and high school)

Gifted Resource Center

Trevor Carter, 880-8249 ext. 183

Gifted Liaison

Pam Sutcliffe, 855-9938, City Centre

The National Association for Gifted Children’s program standards delineate Professional Development as a core area: Gifted learners are entitled to be served by professionals who have specialized preparation in gifted education, expertise in appropriate differentiated content and instructional methods, involvement in ongoing professional development, and who posses exemplary personal and professional traits.