The Survival Guide for Teachers of Gifted Kids: How to Plan, Manage, and Evaluate Programs for Gifted Youth K-12

Being a gifted education teacher has always posed special challenges. In their first book together, Jim Delisle and Barbara Lewis give gifted ed teachers the information, advice, and encouragement they need. They explain how to set the foundation for a gifted program; how to evaluate, identify, and select students; how to differentiate the regular curriculum for gifted kids (with lesson samples); and how to extend or enrich the content areas. Chapters cover why and how to network and build support among parents, other teachers, and students, and how to develop the survival skills needed at a time when gifted education is questioned, threatened, and underfunded. Recommended for any teacher who works with gifted kids in any setting, from pull-out programs to magnet schools, cluster groups to mixed-abilities classrooms.