Gateways Education will continue to Taskforce Recommendations Status: Complete deliver professional learning workshops The Directorate’s Gifted and Talented Student policy was launched in Strategy 4. Inclusion of how to meet the needs of to support schools over 2015 -2017. February 2014. The policy and supporting documentation included twice exceptional students in the Directorate’s advice and information about students who are exceptional’ or Gifted and Talented Policy. ‘twice have exceptionality’. ‘dual Directorate’s Response A fact sheet for parents on dual exceptionality formed part of the series of parental guides that support the policy and is available on the The Directorate has commenced the review of the Directorate website. Gifted and Talented Policy and will include provision for exceptional students. On 25 August 2014 Gateways Education, highly respected leaders in gifted and talented education, presented the first of a series of 12 professional learning workshops to support the implementation of the new Gifted and Talented Students Policy in ACT public schools. 77 ACT public school Executives and Gifted and Talented Liaison Officers (GATLOs) attended this first workshop, designed specifically to meet their needs. It covered the introduction and implementation of the Policy in schools, the evaluation of current school based programs, and best practice and research for working with gifted learners. Twice exceptional students will be discussed in upcoming workshops over the next three years
Taskforce Recommendations Strategy 4. Inclusion of how to meet the needs of twice exceptional students in the Directorate’s Gifted and Talented Policy. Directorate’s Response The Directorate has commenced the review of the Gifted and Talented Policy and will include provision for exceptional students. Status: Complete The Directorate’s Gifted and Talented Student policy was launched in February 2014. The policy and supporting documentation included advice and information about students who are ‘twice exceptional’ or have ‘dual exceptionality’. A fact sheet for parents on dual exceptionality formed part of the series of parental guides that support the policy and is available on the Directorate website. On 25 August 2014 Gateways Education, highly respected leaders in gifted and talented education, presented the first of a series of 12 professional learning workshops to support the implementation of the new Gifted and Talented Students Policy in ACT public schools. 77 ACT public school Executives and Gifted and Talented Liaison Officers (GATLOs) attended this first workshop, designed specifically to meet their needs. It covered the introduction and implementation of the Policy in schools, the evaluation of current school based programs, and best practice and research for working with gifted learners. Twice exceptional students will be discussed in upcoming workshops over the next three years Gateways Education will continue to deliver professional learning workshops to support schools over 2015 -2017.