Chauncey Spears, Division Director
Advanced Learning and Gifted Programs
Mississippi Department of Education
359 North West Street
P. O. Box 771
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
Phone: 601-359-2586
Fax 601-359-2040
Hattiesburg teachers will present at national conference
Georgia Field and Janie Green, Gifted Education Teachers with the Hattiesburg Public School District, have been selected to present at the 56th Annual National Association of Gifted Children’s Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. This accomplishment is significant as there were over 950 proposals submitted and only 250 chosen. Mrs. Field and Mrs. Green will be presenting “From Wonderland to the Classroom: Teaching Elementary Students Computer Programming Using Alice.” Alice is an innovative 3-D computer program by Carnegie Mellon University that allows students to design and create their very own original animated stories very similar to what they have seen on TV and in the movies. Mrs. Green and Mrs. Field, being aware that technology is a key component in the future success of their students, have embarked on incorporating technology into teaching higher-order thinking skills which is preparing their students to be today’s learners and tomorrow’s leaders.
Executive Board Presents to Mississippi Board of Education 2/20/09
Presentations
Gifted Monitoring Visit Training Webinar, 2011
Gifted Teacher Unit Funding (Powerpoint)
September 2009
2006 Self Evaluation Standards (Powerpoint)
Gifted Education Program Standards Training (Powerpoint)
November 2004
Documents and Forms
Gifted Teaching Strategies - PDF format
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Gifted Education Program Proposal
Word format PDF format
Gifted Teacher Certification Requirements
Links to web site resources on Gifted Education
Teachers Training:
Advanced Placement College Board Summer Institutes 2009
Millsaps College Teacher Trainings
Testing and Assessment Links:
Research:
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu
http://www.gifteddevelopment.com
http://www.ericec.org
CEC/ERIC Clearing House
Information for parents and teachers
Publications:
http://www.prufrock.com
Books for teachers, parents, and students
http://www.freespirit.com
Free Spirit Publishing
Books for parents, students, and teachers
http://www.creativelearning.com
Books on creative problem solving
http://www.alpspublishing.com
Books for teachers, students, and parents
http://www.criticalthinking.com
Books for teachers and students
http://www.giftedbooks.com
Books for parents, teachers, and students
Organizations:
http://www.nagc.org
National Association for Gifted Children
http://www.magc.org
Mississippi
Association for Gifted Children
http://www.hollingworth.org
Counseling:
http://www.mscounselor.org/
Mississippi Counseling Association
http://www.mscounselor.org/content.asp?pl=674&contentid=674
Mississippi Counseling Association links
http://www.counseling.org/
The American Counseling Association
http://www.schoolcounselor.org/
American School Counselor Association
Parents:
America’s Promise
http://www.americaspromise.org/APAPage.aspx?id=10154
Parents Campaign
http://www.msparentscampaign.org/mx/hm.asp?id=home
Duke University TIP
Students:
ACT Testing
SAT Testing
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/about/sat/whytake.html
Duke University TIP
Taking It Global
Revised 9/01/2009