Leadership
Connie Phelps, Chair
Lori Bland, Chair-Elect
Elizabeth Fogarty, Program Chair
Mission
The Network's primary purpose is to improve the quality of services offered to the gifted/creative/talented students through effective programs for training professionals to work with this unique population. This purpose is: 1) synthesizing and disseminating information that will expand the knowledge base in professional teacher training for education of the gifted/creative/talented; 2) providing in-service education at the professional-development level in order to encourage and stimulate professional growth; 3) serving as a public advocate of quality programs for training professionals to work with gifted students or to administer programs designed to meet their special needs; and 4) providing and disseminating recommended standards for the development and implementation of pre-service, in-service, and graduate training opportunities in gifted education.
The mission of the Professional Development Network is to improve the quality of personnel preparation programs and to further the development of leadership within the field of gifted education. Current network interests include:
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Current Newsletter: Scope Fall 2012
More Information
Read the 2005 Professional Development Bibliography.