Continuing Gifted Education Programs

NAGC will be striving to collaborate with colleges and universities the next few years to increase content about gifted students for America’s pre-service teachers. Since that time, NAGC has conducted an extensive survey of every higher education institution in the country and compiled their findings of “what’s offered...” Tamara Fisher, in her EdWeek blog Unwrapping the Gifted

University Programs and Coursework in Gifted Education National Association for Gifted Children Position Paper

NAGC survey on gifted programs in pre-service and graduate level education in the U.S.... a shockingly low incidence of education programs in gifted nationwide!  (Excel Spreadsheet)
 

The Echo in the Pipeline by Tamara Fisher, in Unwrapping the Gifted

Our nation’s higher education institutions have a bleak track record of educating future teachers about this portion of their future student populations... only 81 colleges or universities in America (out of thousands) offer coursework in Gifted Education.  [A future teacher] talked about what it was like for her to bring up gifted students in her college education courses – when no one else, not even a professor, was making them a part of the broader conversation about teaching and education. “They look at me like I’m from another planet. They automatically assume that I don’t care about all the other kids, which is totally NOT true..." 
 

Gifted Students and the Higher Education Act Duke Gifted Letter

This newly passed bill requires any school receiving grants through the Higher Education Act to begin training its future teachers on how to work with gifted children. Provisions for gifted and talented students call for their educational needs to be both identified and met...

 

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University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia, Certificate of Gifted Education

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Differentiating Instruction-Creating Ladders to Student Success January 9 – April 20, 2008

3-credit continuing education for K-12 educators, differentiated to provide the teacher with more experience the opportunity to go further with assignments that are geared to their professional situation, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, Minnesota, Online
 

All Education Schools searchable directory of education programs, including Gifted education!
Graduate School Directories for Education Programs focusing on Education of the Gifted
Arkansas State University AR, M.S.Ed., Gifted, Talented, and Creative

Ball State University Muncie, Indiana, Center for Gifted Studies and Talent Development

Belin-Blank Center, The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA, State of Iowa Talented and Gifted Endorsement

Kansas State University KS, M.S.Ed., Education of the Gifted

Kent State University OH, M.S.Ed., Gifted Child Education

Miami University Oxford OH, M. Ed. - Gifted Education Validation

Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville PA, M. Ed., Gifted Education

Mississippi University for Women Columbus, MS, Masters in Gifted Studies

Northwestern University Evanston, IL, Advanced Teaching program focus

University of Missouri Columbia, MO, Master's Degree Program with a Gifted Focus

Northeastern Illinois University Chicago IL, M.A. in Gifted Education (MAGE) from the Department of Special Education

Purdue University IN, M.S. and Ph.D., Gifted Education & Talent Development

Seattle University WA, M.A. and an M.Ed degrees in Curriculum and Instruction with specialization in Gifted Education

St. Mark's Math Institute Southbourough, MA, PDP credit courses for teachers through Northwestern

Whitworth College WA, M.A.T: Emphasis in Gifted and Talented

University of Connecticut Storrs CT, On-line! M.A.Ed. Gifted Education

University of Missouri Columbia, MO, Online Master’s Degree in Gifted Education

University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney NE, M.A.Ed. Gifted Education

University of North Texas Denton TX, endorsement and/or a Master's degree in gifted and talented education (available on-line!)

University of St. Thomas Twin Cities, MN, M. Ed. Gifted, Creative and Talented Education

University of South Florida online Master's Degree in Gifted Education

University of Louisiana Lafayette, LA, M.Ed. Education of the Gifted

Last updated October 01, 2009