Gifted and talented

Gifted and Talented e-learning modules for leading teachers

• Core module 1: Teaching and learning

  This module will support you as a leading teacher to reflect on your own practice and will underpin and model your work on leading the improvement of G+T education across the school.

• Core module 2: Identification

  This module will give you a good understanding of the challenges, issues, principles and processes behind identifying G+T pupils in your school. It will support you in your role as a leading teacher in working with colleagues on identification.

• Core module 3: Taking the lead in G+T

  This module will support you as a leading teacher to reflect on your own practice and will underpin and model your work on leading the improvement of G+T education across the school.

• Module 4: Accessing and extending knowledge and understanding to support G+T

  This module introduces you to some information and resources that can support you in identifying and exemplifying good practice in your role.

• Module 5: Career development for G+T learners

  This module will examine ways in which you can help teachers provide independent challenge for their learners and consider the specific needs of G+T pupils which may relate to career development.

• Module 6: Transfer and Transition

  This module is designed to support leading teachers in developing successful Primary-to-Secondary school transfer programmes, from an initial audit of needs, through development, to successful and ongoing implementation.

• Module 7: G+T learners with particular needs

  This module will encourage you to challenge some of the assumptions that you may make about identifying, recognising and developing appropriate strategies to meet the needs of an identified group of G+T pupils.

• Module 8: Learning beyond the classroom

  In this module you will learn what learning beyond the classroom means and consider this in the context of G+T provision in your school, and what may need to be developed to enhance provision for G+T learners to complement effective G+T provision in the classroom.

• Module 9: Working with parents and carers

  This module is about working with parents and carers. It discusses strategies for working with parents and carers and looks at the challenges you might come across.

• Module 10: English

  This module will explore what we mean by gifted in English, how you identify and develop gifted pupils, and develop an approach to measuring impact that aligns with your objectives and strategies.

• Module 11: Learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage

  This module consists of e-learning introductions to key concepts and skills for effective teaching and learning for G+T children in EYFS, structured activities and reflection to apply those concepts in your school, and access to resources to help you take the learning further.

• Module 12: Key Stages 1 and 2

  This module consists of: introductions to key concepts and skills for effective teaching and learning for G+T children; structured activities and reflection to support you in applying those concepts in your school; access to resources to help you take the learning further; and support in the role of leading teacher for G+T children.

• Module 13: Primary science

  This module will examine using a high degree of challenge to benefit all pupils, including the gifted; how to increase challenge and encourage higher order thinking through discussion, scientific enquiry and focused recording as well as how to map classroom outcomes to the Institutional Quality Standards (IQS) and Classroom Quality Standards (CQS).

• Module 14: Mathematics

  This module will support you as a class teacher and as a leading teacher of G+T mathematics pupils.

• Module 15: PE and sport

  This module will support you as a subject leader or leading teacher of G+T to improve provision and outcomes for G+T learners in PE and sport.

• Module 16: Supporting gifted and talented learners with English as an additional language (EAL)

  This module will support you as a leading teacher of G+T in working with colleagues to improve provision and outcomes for all G+T pupils, in particular those with English as an additional language (EAL).

• Module 17: Supporting gifted and talented provision in secondary science

  This module will support you as a leading teacher of G+T in working with colleagues to further develop your G+T provision. It provides information, resources and activities to enhance the provision, pedagogy and personalisation your school offers its G+T pupils in science.

• Module 18: Supporting gifted and talented learners in music

  This module will support you as a leading teacher or as a class teacher in reflecting on the current practice and provision in music for gifted and talented pupils in your school.