Professional Development for Schools
GKP believes that a team approach is most effective in catering for gifted students. Therefore, to complement the one-day-a-week student programme, GKP offers professional development support to participating schools. This may take many forms such as;
- mini-conferences,
- management meetings,
- staff meetings,
- teacher only days,
- one-on-one support for a group of teachers,
- in-class support.
Current Professional Development can be found on: http://www.giftnet.ac.nz/workshops.htm or by contacting the GKP PD co-ordinator, Anna Meuli: anna@giftedkids.co.nz
GKP Library
Whether you are interested in books to support teaching gifted students in the regular classroom, curriculum design for GATE programmes, or are undertaking academic study in gifted education, there are books in the GKP library that are sure to meet your needs.
To view available books, go to: http://www.giftnet.ac.nz/library.php
GKP contributing schools receive this service free of charge. For teachers from other schools, there is a charge of $5 per book for a one month loan period or $50 per annum for a school membership, which entitles all staff at that school to borrow books for no charge.
To borrow a book or arrange a school membership, email: rachel@giftedkids.co.nz
Tailored Professional Development
GKP has provided Professional Development in Gifted Education to NZ schools since 2003. During this time, many useful resources have been accessed and developed. These are available for teachers to use and are grouped into four sections.
- Getting Started
- Identification
- Provision
- Continued Self-Review
Website Links for Teachers
The following sites may be useful for teachers.
GIFTEDNZ – The Professional Association for Gifted Education showcases the national professional community in gifted and talented education.
Te Kete Ipurangi: Gifted and Talented Community - regularly updated, this NZ Ministry of Education page is one to watch for materials and information relevant to many facets of gifted education.
Hoagies Gifted Education Page - This is the ‘all-things-gifted’ resource that you have been looking for and offers resources, articles, books and links for parents, teachers and children.
Gifted Development Center – This site relates to the work of Dr Linda Silverman who has over 25 years experience counselling gifted children. The “What is Gifted?” and “Visual-Spatial Learners” sections may be of particular interest.
The Centre for Inquiry-Based Learning - provides Maths and Science units and ideas for concept studies, topic studies and passion/talent exploration.
The New Zealand Association for Gifted Children – site contains information and forums on gifted education. It is also the site where Apex, NZ’s gifted education journal, can be found.
