Endorsement Program Overview

TEACHERS, looking to expand your teaching repertoire?
Did you know that our Gifted Endorsement is now available COMPLETELY ONLINE!

The Gifted Education program at Cleveland State University provides program completers with an endoresement as an intervention specialist. Teachers enrolled in the program learn to:

• Meet the needs of gifted learners in a variety of classroom and school settings.
• Understand and communicate the special talents of their students to other educators, parents, and community members.
• Respond appropriately to the social, emotional, and intellectual diversity of gifted and talented learners.
• Create challenging, responsive curriculum and programs that develop talent, extend creativity and problem-solving abilities, and enhance critical thinking.

Completed during the practicum experience, a classroom research study serves as the exit requirement. Participants will identify a real-life problem in a school setting, integrate their knowledge and education of gifted and talented learners to develop a complex solution to the problem, and conduct research to examine the implementation of that solution.

The Gifted and Talented Program is right for many educators -- counselors, teachers in self-contained gifted and/or talented classrooms, teachers in inclusive classrooms, administrators, and any individual hoping to play a leadership role in the education of gifted and talented learners. Within the program, educators explore a variety of teaching strategies and curriculum designs, including:

• Differentiation and Compacting.
• Assessment techniques.
• Communication and Collaboration models.
• Equitable identification processes.
• Technology infusion.

Particular attention is paid to the distinct characteristics of gifted and talented learners and how to create classrooms, schools, and communities that nurture such students' development.

Faculty in the Gifted and Talented Program have extensive experience teaching gifted and talented learners and directing programs for these students, in addition to having a broad understanding of the research that informs the field. Faculty regularly attend and present papers at local, state, and national conferences and have attained widely-recognized reputations for their scholarship.

Masters Degree Program Overview

Several additional core courses are required in order to complete Curriculum and Foundation Masters. They are outlined on the Program Requirement page.

For more information on gifted education in Ohio, check out the following links:
Ohio Association of Gifted Children
Ohio Department of Education

Teacher? Administrator? Parent? Pre-Service Teacher? Feel free to contact us with any questions you may have about gifted education. We'll do our best to connect you with relevant resources and/or courses.

Susan Rakow, Ph.D.
Gifted Education Program Director
gifteded@csuohio.edu
216-523-7296