Services
For School Personnel
Consultation can be provided to principals and school leaders, boards and school councils, curriculum leaders, teachers, learning assistants and Gifted Education co-ordinators on a casual or contractual basis. This can occur via meetings, workshops, professional development presentations and/or coaching of staff to implement new strategies in the classroom. Topics may include:
- an introduction to educating gifted students
- the needs of gifted students
- twice-exceptional students
- identification of gifted students
- curriculum differentiation for gifted students
- determining a student's suitability for acceleration
- managing diverse ability classrooms
- Gifted Education policy development
- writing ILP's (Individual Learning Plans)
- curriculum planning that differentiates for gifted students
- resources and tools for curriculum differentiation for gifted students
For Parents
Consultation to parents can be provided about:
- the educational needs of gifted children
- advocating for your gifted child
- understanding gifted children's abilities and strategies to meet their needs
- nurturing talent
- pre-testing students and writing programs for teachers, parents or tutors to use in preparation for acceleration
Advocacy to schools on your behalf can also be provided.
For students
- Tutoring and mentoring services are provided to students for:
- extension in many areas of the Australian Curriculum
- academic Enrichment
- spelling Skills - support or extension
- reluctance to write
- paragraph writing
- NAPLAN preparation
- test taking skills
- note taking
- learning anxiety
- assessment and remediation of gaps in the curriculum
- study skills
- oral Presentations/public speaking
- debating
- scaffolding assignment writing
- making the most of teacher feedback on assessment
- scholarship test preparation
- preparing for subject or grade acceleration
- social and emotional support