Services for Teachers

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Teacher Scholarships

2008 Spring Day of Sharing

Resources

National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
http://www.nagc.org/

This nonprofit organization has addressed the unique needs of gifted and talented children for almost 50 years. Educators, parents, and community leaders may seek information regarding conferences and conventions, publications, seminars, awards, grants, and competitions through this Web site.
 

Mississippi Association for Gifted Children (MAGC)
The state-level affiliate of the National Association of Gifted Children, MAGC serves as a resource for parents, educators, and other concerned citizens who aim to improve the quality of education for gifted and talented students. A calendar of events, summer programs for the gifted and talented, teacher resources, and scholarship and award information are among a few of the resources available.
 
Hoagies’ Gifted Education Page
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/
A host of resources is provided for educators, parents, and students. Among these are teaching techniques, curriculum units, research articles, professional books, distance education opportunities for students, and continuing education information.
 
Researchers, teachers, administrators, policymakers, and other practitioners will find this Web site especially helpful, as it is designed to provide short reports, generally 1,000 to 1,500 words, which focus on educational issues. The full-text digests are provided at no charge to the public and updated quarterly.
 
Gifted Development Center
http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/
Under the direction of Linda Silverman, the Web site for the Gifted Development Center in Denver, Colorado, offers information regarding characteristics of profoundly gifted students, gifted visual spatial learners, and assessment services. Researchers may also purchase articles on these topics.
 
For teachers interested in involving their students in more in-depth creative problem-solving activities, Destination Imagination is a viable resource. This Web site provides an overview of the annual team competitions that allow students to use what has been learned in the classroom in new, challenging, and creative ways.
 
Future Problem-Solving Program
http://www.fpsp.org/
The Future Problem-Solving Program is designed for students in grades K through 12 to stimulate critical and creative thinking skills through the use of the creative problem-solving process. The program integrates a multidisciplinary approach as students engage in Community Problem Solving, Scenario Writing, and Action-based Problem Solving.
 
Students in kindergarten through college participate in annual competitions at the national and international levels. The Odyssey of the Mind program focuses on solving problems using such skills as team building, evaluation, decision making, and creative problem-solving.
 
This national invention program teaches students to create new and exciting products by implementing creative problem-solving skills, critical and creative-thinking skills, and research skills. Teachers may view inventions by students in grades K through 8 and download sample lesson plans that may be used in the classroom from the Web site.