Administrators
Administrators are the leaders of their education communities. In this capacity, you are charged with actively seeking talent and nurturing excellence. You are also called upon to provide resources for your teachers and staff. Below are links specific to the area of gifted and talented education which offer you information to better serve gifted students in your school.
- Assessment and Planning Tool to Align Gifted Programs to NAGC Standards (PDF)
- Closing the Excellence Gap Best Practices and State Strategies (PDF)
- Challenges Faced by "Gifted Learners" in School and Beyond
- Do High Flyers Maintain Their Altitude? Performance Trends of Top Students (PDF)
- Equal Talents, Unequal Opportunities: A Report Card on State Support for Academically Talented Low-Income Students (PDF)
- Expanding the View of Giftedness
- Gifted Tactics in the Field
- Guiding Questions to Apply the NAGC Pre-K to Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards
- NAGC Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards (PDF)
- A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America’s Brightest Students
- The Obstacles Deterring Gifted Education
- Promoting a Positive Achievement Attitude with Gifted and Talented Students
- Research Matters - Promoting Adolescents' Prosocial Behavior
- The Stories They Tell about the Gifted
- Talent on the Sidelines Excellence Gaps and America’s Persistent Talent Underclass (PDF)
- Ten Things All Administrators Should Know About Gifted Children (pdf)
- The Ultimate Plan to Help Gifted Education (and Improve Education for All Kids in the Process)
- You Aren’t Going to Get There Paddling that Old Boat: Why We Cannot and Will Not Adequately Meet Diversity Goals in Gifted Education with the Same Old System