Gifted Education: A Pathway for Success

Schools are designed for average students who meet benchmarks and progress at a consistent rate of learning from year to year. With gifted children, the structure of the school environment can be either too slow or may not support student's unique interests. Teachers may not have the training or experience with gifted students to fully understand what they need from the classroom. This can be frustrating for you, as the parent and frustrating for your child. We are here to help. We can support parents with the difficult conversations.

Nearly all aspects of 'school' are built upon age-based grade levels expectations: standards, instruction, curriculum, and assessment, among others. This reinforces the implicit message that performing on grade level is the primary purpose of schooling. 

Gifted students are oftentimes several grade levels ahead, especially in the elementary school grades, and spend their time bored or disengaged in the classroom which can lead to poor performance in what the classroom teacher feels is desired behavior, classroom performance and engagement.