Creating Equity and Access for Gifted Learners

Implementing A Problem-Based Professional Learning Experience Using the ExCEL Model

Anne Horak, Kimberley Daly, Shannon King

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781040110966
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Classroom Management

Creating Equity and Access for Gifted Learners provides an overview of how and why to implement the ExCEL Problem-based Learning Instruction Model as a change initiative in classrooms, and the impact that this model has had on gifted programs.

The product of evidence from two federally-funded Jacob K. Javits grants, The ExCEL Model is a systemic, design-based, continuous improvement curriculum and professional learning program that closes equity gaps for culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse students by increasing effective problem-based learning (PBL) instruction. This book will provide readers with the background, evidence, and tools necessary to implement the program model as a change initiative in their schools. Learn how to implement effective, research-grounded professional learning, demonstrate best practices, and navigate red tape and roadblocks.

Full of immediately implementable strategies and lesson examples, this book is a must have resource for district leaders, instructional leaders, and teachers ready to make their dream of implementing an equitable and effective professional learning program a reality.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Section 1 An Introduction to Problem-Based Learning
• Section 2 Professional Learning with PBL
• Closing