When I was in school I was identified as gifted, so when I decided that I wanted to be a teacher, I knew that’s what I wanted to teach. Gifted kids are sometimes overlooked because everyone focuses on children with disabilities. They don’t focus as much on the gifted kids, and they need just as much attention.
The gifted and talented students I’ve worked with are so smart! That is one thing that continues to blow me away every day – that they are so smart. They are creative, intuitive and often very mature.
With my undergraduate degree we learned a lot about teaching the basic subjects and learning to accommodate students at all different levels. With gifted students, however, it’s very different because they are always on top of everything. Through the online MA in Special Education (Gifted and Talented Certification) program I am learning how to move at a faster pace in order to keep them engaged and on task as well as learning to ask those probing questions to get them to dig deeper. Those tools are going to be immensely helpful when I have my own classroom, because the whole point of the gifted program is to broaden their horizons in a way that they might not get in the regular classroom.
Published: March 16th, 2018