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Newport News Public Schools
Part IX: Personal and Professional Development (8VAC20-40-60A.13)
School divisions must provide evidence of professional development based on the following
teacher competencies outlined in 8VAC20-542-310 below.
1. Understanding of principles of the integration of gifted education and general education,
including:
a. Strategies to encourage the interaction of gifted students with students of similar and
differing abilities; and
b. Development of activities to encourage parental and community involvement in the
education of the gifted, including the establishment and maintenance of an effective
advisory committee.
2. Understanding of the characteristics of gifted and talented students, including:
a. Varied expressions of advanced aptitudes, skills, creativity, talents, and conceptual
understandings;
b. characteristics of academically gifted, visual and performing arts gifted, and career and
technically gifted students
c. Methodologies that respond to the affective (social-emotional) needs of gifted and
talented students; and
d. Gifted and talented characteristics and behaviors in special populations (i.e., those who
are culturally diverse, English Language Learners, economically disadvantaged, or
physically disabled).
3. Understanding of specific techniques to identify gifted students using diagnostic and
prescriptive approaches to assessment, including:
a. The selection, use, and evaluation of multiple assessment instruments and
identification strategies;
b. The use of both subjective and objective measures to provide relevant information
regarding the aptitude/ability or achievement of potentially gifted students;
c. The use of authentic assessment tools such as portfolios to determine performance,
motivation/interest and other characteristics of potentially gifted students;
d. The development, use, and reliability of rating scales, checklists, and questionnaires by
parents, teachers and others;
e. The evaluation of data collected from student records such as grades, honors, and
awards;
f. The use of case study reports providing information concerning exceptional conditions;
and
g. The structure, training, and procedures used by the identification and placement
committee.
4. Understanding and application of a variety of educational models, teaching methods, and
strategies for selecting materials and resources that ensure:
a. Academic rigor through the development of high-level proficiency in all core academic
areas utilizing the Virginia Standards of Learning as a baseline;
b. The acquisition of knowledge and development of products that demonstrate creative
and critical thinking as applied to learning both in and out of the classroom; and
Local Plan for the Education of the Gifted
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