Differentiated Instruction:
Connecting Teaching and Learning in the Mainstream Classroom

Offered by the Master of Arts in Education

Program Outcomes

Graduates of the Certificate Program in Gifted and Talented Instruction for mainstream classroom teachers are expected to be able to:

1. Explain the aspects of development unique to the gifted student that affect the learning process.
2. Accommodate academic and intellectual diversity within the classroom and community.
3. Use a variety of differentiated instructional strategies to meet the needs of gifted students.
4. Plan curriculum-based and student-based instruction and interventions that challenge the full continuum of giftedness found within their classroom.

Certificate Requirements: 15 cr.

Required Courses: 9 cr.

GESP680 Gifted and Talented Learners  3 cr.

GESP681 Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted and Talented Learners  3 cr.

GESP682 Program Design for Gifted and Talented Learners: Advanced Differentiation 3 cr.

GESP 683: Creativity for Gifted and Talented Learners  3 cr.

GESP 684: Multicultural Giftedness and Talent  3 cr.