GATE Resources for Parents
GATE Resources for Parents
Parents play a vital role in helping their children achieve academic and personal success. We value your engagement and encourage you to partner with your child’s teacher and school.
Helpful Websites for Parents
- National Association for Gifted Children
- California Association for the Gifted
- Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted
- Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
- Northwestern Center for Talent Development
- CSUS Academic Talent Search
- Summer Institute for the Gifted
- 2e News
- The Acceleration Institute
- The College Board
Links to resources listed above may not reflect the policies and mission of the SCUSD GATE Office. They are provided to support parents in accessing tools to better support their own gifted children and are not intended to represent SCUSD.
Gifted Education Articles, Websites & Blogs
Articles
“How Not to Talk to Your Kids” NY Magazine, 2007
Websites
The Association for the Gifted (TAG)
Organized in 1958 by the Council for Exceptional Children, whose mission is to improve the educational outcomes of children with learning exceptions, TAG supports parents and educators of gifted learners.
Resources and links for gifted students and parents.
Center for Talented Youth (CTY)
A Johns Hopkins University program that actively seeks students with the highest academic abilities and provides challenging educational opportunities for them through summer camps at univeristies across the country.
Northwestern University program offering online classes, resources, and summer camps for Gifted Students at many ages.
Extensive resources for gifted students and their parents. Supported by the Davidson Institute housed on the campus of the Univ. of Nevada, Reno- a day school for the profoundly gifted.
A comprehensive collection of articles, references, and resources for gifted students and their parents.
National Research Center for the Gifted and Talented
Housed on the campus of the University of Connecticut, Storrs, and run by researchers from the University of Connecticut and the University of Virginia, the NRC/GT focuses on research topics relevant to the identification of gifted individuals from underrepresented groups.
National Society for the Gifted and Talented
Their mission is to advance the development of gifted, talented, and high potential youth, in the United States and abroad, through opportunities, advocacy, and exemplary programs and practices.
Blogs
Understanding Differentiation
What does “Differentiation” Mean?
It is most often not different curriculum content, but just differing the…
- quantity
- time or pace
- support
- resources
- difficulty
- product choice
- assistance
- goals
Every student is required to learn their grade level standards. Once they have learned them, it’s important for them to have opportunities to keep moving forward.
Differentiation is…
- Students and teachers collaborating in learning
- Respecting prior knowledge and readiness levels of students
- Considering students’ needs and abilities when planning
- Assessing prior to, during, and after a unit of study
- Assessing students in multiple ways
- Allowing for choice in the demonstration of knowledge
- Incorporating critical thinking skills
- Having high expectations for all students
- Using time flexibly, based on student need
- Working with students to establish whole class and individual learning goals
What Differentiation is not…
- Assigning more work to students who finish early
- Asking students to teach material they have mastered to others
- Giving every student an individual assignment
- Finding a student’s deficit and then having the student practice that skill indefinitely
- Only assessing students at the end of learning to see “who got it”
4 Ways to See Differentiation in the Classroom
Instructional Strategies Used for Differentiation