Find and develop potential

High potential and gifted students (HPGS) demonstrate high potential in many areas, and it is essential that schools constantly provide opportunities for students to demonstrate this. These professional learning courses support teachers to find and develop potential in four domains: creative, intellectual, physical and social-emotional.

• Finding high potential – introduction (staff only)
• Finding high potential in the creative domain (staff only)
• Finding high potential in the intellectual domain (staff only)
• Finding high potential in the physical domain (staff only)
• Finding high potential in the social-emotional domain (staff only)
• Talent development for high potential and gifted students (staff only)
• Unrecognised potential and underachievement (staff only)

Resources to ignite potential in the classroom

To spark potential in the classroom professional learning sessions and a range of resources can assist. These include exploring how to support development of student voice in enabling students to achieve their potential.

• Creative domain discussion paper
• Igniting creative potential through visual arts K–6 (staff only)
• Creative potential through dramatic screenplay (Stage 5) (staff only)
• Physical domain discussion paper
• Enhancing sport and physical activity (staff only)
• Social-emotional discussion paper
• Social-emotional learning supporting student agency (staff only)
• HPGE and the Game Changer Challenge (staff only)
• Revisiting Gifted Education
• Explicit teaching for HPG students (staff only)

Curriculum differentiation

Making small changes in practice can make a significant difference in catering for learning needs of HPG students. Teachers can choose one adjustment from the Differentiation Adjustment Tool and apply the strategies and examples in a lesson or unit during Public Education Week. Giving all students opportunities for differentiation can also result in underachieving students demonstrating high potential.

Teachers can also apply research and practical strategies from HPGE Statewide Staffroom recordings to differentiate for HPGS in curriculum areas including English, maths, science and creative arts.

Teachers can join the High Potential and Gifted Education Statewide staffroom.

Finding and catering for all high potential and gifted students

High potential and gifted students can be found in all cohorts of students.

Teachers can choose from 29 Illustrations of Practice to watch and discuss a real-life story of catering for student learning needs and how similar strategies could be used in their classroom or school.

These professional learning courses explore how high potential can be found and developed in all student cohorts:

• Advanced learning pathways: acceleration (staff only)
• Empowering HPGE for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students (staff only)
• HPG students in the early years (staff only)
• HPG students with disability (staff only)
• HPG students at risk (staff only)