Norfolk Public Schools

Resources

The Internet provides several useful sources of information and references for students, parents, and the rest of our Norfolk Public Schools gifted community. The Office of Academic Rigor recommends the following sites:

Virginia Department of Education Links

1. Virginia Department of Education Gifted Home Page;
2. VDOE Direct Aid Entitlement Information & Calculation Templates;

State Administrative Code: Gifted and Talented Services

1. Applicability;
2. Definitions;
3. Screening, referral, identification, and service;
4. Parental rights for notification, consent, and appeal;
5. Local plan, local advisory committee, and annual report;
6. Funding;

Parent and student resources

1. Home of Creative Kids, a magazine for students. Prufrock Press, 800.998.2208;
2. Children’s Literature Site
3. Gifted Children Monthly
4. Gifted Development Center
5. GT World
6. Future Problem Solving International
7. Kidsource
8. Odyssey of the Mind
9. Odyssey of the Mind
10. Neag Center for Gifted Education
11. Council for Exceptional Children
12. Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth

Teacher Resources

1. Virginia Department of Education, Gifted Education and Governor’s Schools
2. The Library of Congress
3. Reading list for gifted students and research on giftedness and literature compiled by Dr. Bertie Kingore
4. Multiple Intelligences (hosted by PBS)
5. National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented at the University of Connecticut; Naeg Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development
6. Global Classrooms Model UN
7. ODU Model United Nations Home Page
8. NIM games (math strategy games)
9. Science Lab Activities (GEMS)
10. National Art Education Association
11. SENG – Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted
12. The Center for Gifted Education, The College of William and Mary
13. Hoagies’ Gifted Education Homepage
14. National Association for Gifted Children
15. Virginia Association for the Gifted
16. CogAT score interpretation guide (Riverside Publishing): This site allows parents (and teachers) to learn how to use their child’s CogAT score report to choose effective teaching and learning strategies.