This document provides an overview of teaching gifted students, including definitions of giftedness, characteristics of gifted learners, and strategies for differentiation. It discusses the philosophy and programs for gifted education in Northbrook/Glenview School District 30. The document highlights that gifted students learn quickly and benefit from accelerated and enhanced content. It also notes that underachievement in gifted students can stem from boredom with routine work and a lack of challenge, and teachers should support gifted learners' strengths and interests.

4. District 30 Navigate Philosophy In keeping with the District Mission Statement, District 30 is committed to an educational vision that recognizes the value, needs, and talents of each child and strives to assist each child in reaching his/her full potential. We recognize our responsibility to provide an educational program specifically designed to meet the needs of gifted and talented students. Gifted and talented children in District 30 exhibit academic aptitude and/or achievement significantly beyond their peers and demonstrate high-level thought processes on a consistent basis. In order for these students to most effectively translate potential into performance, they benefit from acceleration and/or enhancement of content and an instructional approach to their academic program that promotes abstract and higher order thinking.

5. Struggling is OK Intelligence is not how much you know or how fast you learn, BUT How you behave when you don’t know the answer.

15. Movie Time! Let’s watch Jim Delisle, another nationally recognized expert in who specializes in the social-emotional lives of gifted learners.

21. Let’s Look at the Programs and Identification Process in Northbrook/Glenview SD #30 Northbrook/Glenview SD #30

24. District 30 Enrichment Program Grades K-3 Grades K-3

33. Movie Time! Another clip from Jim Delisle.

38. Let’s listen to Jim Delisle as he has the last word . . .