Hi Val, thanks for your question. I teach in a magnet school and the district doesn't feel that we need the funding for gifted. The gifted department has been pushing for services to be offered for years. Students may go back to the zone school and receive the services but if they stay at the magnet school the gifted services are not offered. On a more positive note...the county offered to pay for this endorsement for anyone interested in taking the courses and 4 teachers from my school signed up. There would have been more but the books alone were over $400 and we have to cough that up out of pocket. Now that I have researched gifted I realize there is so much that I have no clue about. Reg. Ed. teachers are not taught how to differentiate the curriculum in a meaningful way for gifted and talented students so this is fascinating to me Any practical ideas are welcome.
