Potential for Shared Vision: What GT Middle School Teachers Say They Need in Times of Transition

Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration. Web site: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/slr/

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COVID-19; Pandemics; Middle School Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Needs; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Interpersonal Communication; Success; Academically Gifted; Progress Monitoring; Gifted Education; Early Adolescents; Grade 7; Grade 8; Curriculum; Critical Thinking; Barriers; Faculty Development; Parent Participation

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The article aims to provide relevant data that speaks to current campus needs in a time of pandemic-affected era transitional learning in PK-12 public education. As current educational leaders seek to address the academic and behavioral needs of students, the findings from this research study taken during COVID-19 protocols express three areas of need: (1) a need for open lines of communication between teachers and parents of GT students; (2) a need for clarification of the definition of GT middle school student "success"; and (3) a need for ongoing teacher-parent communication of GT student progress at the secondary level. Recommendations for school leaders and future research recommendations follow.

ERIC

2023

EJ1389997