Coaching in Gifted Education: Tools for Building Capacity and Catalyzing Change

This book provides structures, processes, and resources to facilitate GT (Gifted/Talented) coaching as a means of building capacity among classroom teachers to identify, serve, and teach gifted and high-potential learners. It outlines a step-by-step guide for the coaching process, equipping gifted and talented coaches with tools to support teachers to meet the needs and reveal talent among gifted and high-potential students through differentiation in the regular education classroom.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 13 July 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Gifted students often find themselves spending the majority of their time in the traditional classroom, yet the majority of general education teachers lack the specialized training required to meet their unique needs. This book aims to provide the necessary structures, processes, and resources to facilitate GT (Gifted/Talented) coaching as a means of building capacity among classroom teachers to identify, serve, and teach gifted and high-potential learners effectively.

Guided by the best practices and research in professional learning, this resource offers a comprehensive guide to creating and sustaining effective coaching practices that aim to maximize access to advanced learning and differentiation throughout a school. Each chapter addresses how to support, stretch, and sustain teachers' instructional practices through a sequence of co-thinking, co-planning, and reflection that emphasizes ongoing and sustainable professional learning.

Outlining a step-by-step guide for the coaching process, this valuable resource equips gifted and talented coaches with the tools they need to support teachers in meeting the needs and unlocking the talent of gifted and high-potential students within the regular education classroom through differentiation.

Weight: 350g
Dimension: 280 x 210 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032375144