LEAP: LEAD, EFFECTIVE, ACTIONABLE, PRACTICE

LEAP professional learning is available through practical guidebooks and flexible online modules designed to support educators in applying strategies directly to their practice.

What is LEAP?

NAGC has developed a groundbreaking approach to authentic professional learning for gifted and talented educators. LEAP is a professional learning framework rooted in NAGC’s belief that educators should intentionally lead their own learning, and their students’ learning, through effective, actionable strategies applied in a continuous cycle of reflection and improvement.

LEAP professional learning is available through practical guidebooks and flexible online modules designed to support educators in applying strategies directly to their practice.

LEAD

Educators choose to engage in a continuum of professional learning opportunities that improve their practices and the practices of others to support gifted & talented students.

EFFECTIVE

Educators choose to explore and evaluate practices that are relevant and responsive to meeting the needs of gifted & talented students.

ACTIONABLE

Educators choose to apply their professional knowledge and skills by creating and facilitating meaningful learning experiences for gifted & talented students.

PRACTICE

Educators choose to actively engage in ongoing reflective practices.

When you take the LEAP, you direct your own learning, evaluate strategies in practice, roll up your sleeves, and keep moving forward.

LEAP Guidebooks & Modules

GUIDEBOOKS

MODULES

Culturally Responsive Teaching for Gifted and High-Potential Students

LEAP Guidebook

The LEAP Guidebook for Culturally Responsive Teaching for Gifted and High Potential Students provides an overview of research-based practices in culturally responsive instruction along with reflective activities for educators to better understand how you perceive culture in your classroom and how these cultures can be incorporated within your instruction to lead to higher levels of academic achievement, specifically for the needs of culturally, linguistically, and ethnically diverse gifted and advanced learners. This guidebook will introduce educators to engaging instructional strategies, classroom resources, and an understanding of how their role as educators is the most critical component within the educational system. Educators will feel confident in creating tailored, rigorous and culturally responsive instruction in their classrooms.

As a bonus a 6-panel, 4-color, laminated Culturally Responsive Teaching Quick Reference Guide is included as the cover! Also available in packs of 10 for PLCs or book studies!

Curriculum Design for Teachers of Gifted and High-Potential Students

LEAP Guidebook

Provides an overview of the features of high-quality curriculum and how it is responsive and relevant to the needs of gifted students. With this guidebook, educators will learn to identify examples of evidence-based curriculum, plan meaningful learning experiences, and incorporate student voice, choice, interests, and agency into curriculum planning. The LEAP Guidebook for Curriculum Design for Teachers of Gifted and High-Potential Students is aligned to the NAGC Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards and CEC Initial Teacher Preparation Standards (view alignment here).

As a bonus a 6-panel, 4-color, laminated Curriculum Design Quick Reference Guide is included as the cover! Also available in packs of 10 for PLCs or book studies!

Differentiating Instruction for Gifted and High-Potential Students

LEAP Guidebook

Within the LEAP Guidebook for Differentiating Instruction for Gifted and High-Potential Students, you will find practical, efficient, high-impact, and research-based tools to get started with differentiating instruction for your high-ability learners right away. Differentiation empowers skilled teachers like you to make the best classroom decisions for your unique learners. You’ll learn to adjust your classroom content and pacing carefully to provide both enrichment and acceleration to your talented learners who need a challenge every day. The LEAP Guidebook for Differentiating Instruction for Gifted and High-Potential Students is aligned to the NAGC Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards and CEC Initial Teacher Preparation Standards (view alignment here).

As a bonus a 6-panel, 4-color, laminated Differentiating Instruction Quick Reference Guide is included as the cover! Also available in packs of 10 for PLCs or book studies!

Culturally Responsive Teaching for Gifted & High-Potential Students

LEAP Module

The LEAP Online Modules for Culturally Responsive Teaching for Gifted and High-Potential Students are a series of five 6-hour, self-paced modules that use the LEAP framework as the foundation. These modules will give you a practical understanding of how you can infuse the interests and cultures of your students to better inform your instruction for your high-ability students.

The LEAP Guidebook Culturally Responsive Teaching for Gifted and High Potential Students is required to complete the modules. Upon the successful completion of a module, you will receive a certificate of completion to showcase your achievement.

The LEAP Education Online Modules for Culturally Responsive Teaching include the following:

Curriculum Design for Teachers of Gifted and High-Potential Students

LEAP Module

The LEAP Online Modules for Curriculum Design employ a proven learning structure that will guide and support you through developing and assessing the curriculum you use with high-ability learners. Each self-paced module includes readings, videos, unique application activities, PLC guides, and other resources curated by developers Christine Weber and Emily Mofield.

The modules also include new videos and contributions from top scholars and practitioners on curriculum design, including Cheryll Adams, Carolyn Callahan, Ashley Carpenter, Christine Dietz, Donna Y. Ford, Shelagh Gallagher, Kathy Gavin, Catherine Little, Jason McIntosh, Monica Meadows, Tracy Missett, Ann Robinson, Tamra Stambaugh, Joyce VanTassel-Baska, and Hope (Bess) Wilson.

The LEAP Guidebook for Curriculum Design for Teachers of Gifted and High-Potential Students is required to complete the modules. Upon the successful completion of a module, you will receive a certificate of completion to showcase your achievement.

The LEAP Education Online Modules for Curriculum Design include the following:

See the learning objectives for each module, check out the modules' alignment to the NAGC Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Programming Standards, then view this introductory video for Module 1 of the Curriculum Design modules.

Differentiating Instruction for Gifted and High-Potential Students

LEAP Module

The LEAP Online Modules for Differentiating Instruction employ a proven learning structure that will guide and support you through differentiating the learning experiences of your most able learners. Each self-paced module includes readings, videos, unique application activities, PLC guides, and other resources curated by developers Jessica LaFollette and Teresa M. Reddish.

The modules also include new videos and contributions from top scholars and practitioners on differentiation, including Brittany Anderson, Lynette Breedlove, Donna Y. Ford, Shelagh Gallagher, Brian Housand, Tracy Inman, Andi McNair, Jessica Potts, Sally Reis, Julia L. Roberts, Lisa Van Gemert, and Marcy Voss.

The LEAP Guidebook for Differentiating Instruction for Gifted and High-Potential Students is required to complete the modules. Upon the successful completion of a module, you will receive a certificate of completion to showcase your achievement.

The LEAP Online Modules for Differentiating Instruction include the following:

Group Purchase

LEAP modules and guidebooks are for individual purchase and use only. Please contact NAGC Customer Service at nagc@nagc.org or 202-785-4268 if you are purchasing on behalf of another user. Group purchasing for multiple individual uses is available. Submit the Group Purchase Inquiry Form to begin the process.