PLEASE PURCHASE YOUR TEXT BOOKS PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS.  ORDERING INFORMATION IS LISTED BELOW:

TEXTBOOK TITLES AND ISBN# (Either Edition of the Curriculum Development & Teaching Strategies For the Gifted can be used)
 

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT & TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR THE GIFTED – ProEd – ISBN-978-0890796313 (2nd Edition)
                  OR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT & TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR THE GIFTED ISBN# 1416404244 (3rd Edition) 

Click the link below to order the books from Barnes and Noble, Amazon, ecampus:

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Audience: Candidates seeking the Gifted Endorsement who have completed Characteristics of Gifted

Description: Participants will acquire an understanding of instructional methods and materials appropriate for meeting the unique learning needs of gifted students.  Strategies for differentiating content, process, product, and learning environment will be addressed in this course.  Participants will develop an interdisciplinary unit that incorporates differentiation strategies. Participants must have completed Characteristics of the Gifted. 

Teacher/Candidate Prerequisites (Gifted) :

•         Georgia Teacher Certification (valid clear-renewable certificate)

•         Currently employed by a Georgia School System

•         A minimum of two years of successful teaching experience

•         Letters of recommendation from two system administrators

•         Disposition Forms

The Gifted In-Field Endorsement Program is offered through four courses, and MUST be taken in the following order

1) Characteristics of Gifted Students
2) Methods and Materials for Teaching the Gifted
3) Assessment of Gifted Students
4) Curriculum and Program Development

- Each course is 50 hours. (5 PLUs). Attendance at all face-to-face meetings is required. THIS IS A COMBINATION ONLINE AND FACE TO FACE COURSE. There will be two face to face meetings for this course.

- Participants must register online for each class as classes are made available.

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It is the practice of Northwest Georgia RESA to reserve class space for members of the RESA. In the rare event when classes are full or overbooked, slots must be made available for employees of member systems. 

Priority of class availability & tuition are as follows:

Certified personnel under contract with a Northwest GA RESA member system (Tuition as listed in course payment description)

Classified personnel of a Northwest GA RESA member system (Tuition as listed in course payment description)

Certified personnel under contract with a system that is a member of a RESA outside the Northwest Georgia RESA area (Tuition  listed for Non-NWGA RESA participants)

Personnel of a state agency (Tuition as listed for Non-NWGA RESA participants)

Non-system/unemployed participants from the Northwest Georgia RESA area seeking renewal of certificate (Tuition as listed for Non-NWGA RESA registrants)

Personnel employed by a system that is not a member of a Georgia RESA such as private schools or agencies (Tuition as listed for Non-NWGA RESA registrants)

Out-of-State personnel (Tuition as listed for Non-NWGA RESA registrants)

Note:

ESOL online courses – fees are as listed in course tuition description
For those classes for which there is no tuition for NWGA RESA member systems,  Non NWGA RESA registrants will pay fee listed in Non-NWGA RESA description.  Please contact our office if you have questions about fees.

Non-NWGA RESA member includes Unemployed and all other Agencies