Maricopa County Gifted Education Consortium

As an authorized LEA, the Maricopa County Superintendent of Schools, applied for and received Gifted Education funding for those county school districts in accordance with §15-779 Additional Assistance For Gifted Programs. The law states that as an alternate to the individual district application process, a governing board may request that a county school superintendent apply on its behalf as part of an educational consortium.

These additional funds provide professional development to charter schools and districts within our Maricopa County Gifted Education Consortium to enable them to be able to deliver high-quality instruction for gifted and talented children grade levels K-12.

Environmental, cognitive and emotional factors have a direct effect on learning. Our Gifted Education workshops highlight principles and strategies that engage students in the learning process. True knowing comes from active participation, collaborative involvement and personal reflection with the experience. Team development and staff collaboration in the field of interactive learning enhances the effect of interactive teaching and brain-based learning strategies implemented by the school faculty. Our professional development workshops are open to non-members of the consortium for a nominal fee. We communicate directly with schools via e-mail to announce our workshop opportunities.

Planned activities and the services delivered to membership schools include: Webinar trainings: A series of on-line trainings delivered in real time were developed to assist schools in their ability to build a quality Gifted Ed. Program. Training in how to administer Gifted Ed. assessments. High-quality professional development. Materials to be utilized in the classroom. Registration fees for the annual Gifted Education conference in Arizona.