Short description: Gifted coordinators in individual districts can leverage the power of their programs and vastly increase opportunities for their students by joining together to form consortia, pooling their strengths and efforts. With minimal financial investment and tasks distributed among members, a rich schedule of offerings is possible. Students benefit from this sharing of expertise as well as gain an expanded peer network.
Learning Outcomes: Participants will:
Develop strategies to better grow students' gifts and talents by drawing on the larger educational community and matching its shared resources and networks to students' readiness
Cultivate connections with colleagues in other districts to acquire broadened student pools for competition and collaboration to better foster interactions among intellectual and creative peers
Learn means of collaborating with colleagues in other districts to support students and their families with comprehensive services and advocacy