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How Would Collaboration Between Teachers Benefit Gifted Students In Your School?

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How would collaboration between teachers benefit gifted students in your school?
The school I will be focusing on is the middle school that I attended. I chose to focus on the middle school because collaboration and differentiation were more present in this school, which makes it easier for me to connect to this class; my middle school was relatively small, with less than 500 students and a small amount of staff. Based on the demand, some teachers taught only one subject, but others branched it and taught multiple subjects. Collaboration at this school would benefit gifted students because it would allow the students to be challenged at a higher level, eliminating certain behaviors including: acting out or refusing to do homework which in …show more content…

But if there were a gifted specialist, collaboration would increase the need for the information about gifted students that a gifted specialist could provide. Teachers will have someone who specializes in gifted students so that they can bounce their ideas or receive feedback when developing their plans. Collaboration would also allow the gifted specialist to hopefully spread more information to teachers in a non-threatening manner fostering a supportive collaboration environment. The specialists could provide great support for incorporating collaboration techniques that will help gifted students; however, sometimes advice can feel like criticism, and through fostering a positive environment around collaboration, the teachers and gifted specialists will be more open-minded about learning from each other.

The classroom teacher?
Collaboration will impact the teacher because they will learn new teaching techniques they can add to their repertoire. This will increase the number of ways the teacher can transfer information to their students. Moreover, through collaboration supporting all gifted students becomes a shared responsibility. Since multiple teachers are working together, it allows for more students to receive the support or challenge they need within the classroom.
Collaboration also allows teachers and gifted specialists to see the other side and learn more about the two different academic spheres and how to connect them more effectively; this is crucial to breaking down the assumptions and perceptions of teachers and gifted specialists so that collaboration can

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