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Gifted and Talented Education Endorsement

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Today’s students need more than worksheets and lectures – they need teachers who can ignite curiosity, challenge thinking, and inspire innovation. Northern Kentucky University’s Gifted & Talented Endorsement equips you with the skills to do just that – and it’s designed to fit your life with a fully online, self-paced format you can finish in just one year.

Through this endorsement, you’ll learn how to:

  •  Understand advanced and gifted learners deeply – explore cognitive, social, and emotional development so you can meet their unique needs
  • Design challenging classrooms – build environments where students are inspired to stretch, create, and take risks
  • Master evidence-based strategies – use proven instructional and curricular approaches that keep advanced students engaged and growing.
  • Foster innovation and collaboration – learn how to encourage creativity, critical thinking, and peer collaboration.
  • Partner with families and colleagues – create a network of support to ensure gifted and advanced learners thrive.

 

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What You Can Teach

The gifted and talented education endorsement provides valuable experience and resources for classroom teachers, counselors, administrators, librarians, and other community leaders in meeting the special nature and needs of advanced learners and students who are gifted and talented, developing skills for planning and implementation of differentiated educational services, and applying instructional models and strategies. Those with a base teaching certificate can add the gifted education endorsement (Primary through Grade 12) to their certificates.

 

Program Contact Information

Ms. Lesley Webster
Specialist, Graduate Education

859-572-1567
GradEdu@nku.edu

Accreditation

Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation

Our NKU Teacher Education programs are accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation.

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BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

The gifted and talented endorsement will strengthen your
credentials to ensure that advanced learners and gifted and talented students receive the education and support they need to grow into confident and accomplished lifelong learners.

 

College of Education

Northern Kentucky University
Mathematics Education Psychology Center
Nunn Drive
Highland Heights, KY 41099

Local: +1 (859) 572-6069
Email: coedean@nku.edu

 

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