Developing Mentorship Programs for Gifted Students
By Del Siegle, Frances Karnes and Kristen Stephens
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As gifted students develop their interests and talents in a chosen area of study, it often is necessary to structure learning experiences with out-of-school mentors. This guide offers practical strategies for starting and developing a mentoring program. From structuring a program, to selecting a mentor and monitoring progress, to ensuring success, this book provides an excellent introduction to the topic.
This is one of the books in Prufrock Press' popular Practical Strategies Series in Gifted Education. This series offers a unique collection of tightly focused books that provide a concise, practical introduction to important topics concerning the education of gifted children. The guides offer a perfect beginner's introduction to key information about gifted and talented education.
Del Siegle
Del Siegle, Ph.D., is a professor in gifted and talented education and head of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut. Prior to earning his Ph.D., Del worked as a gifted and talented coordinator in Montana. He is a past president of the National Association for Gifted Children. He is coeditor of "Gifted Child Quarterly" and authors a technology column for "Gifted Child Today." As a former teacher, and now university professor, Del has spent two decades addressing the issue of gifted underachievers.
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Series Preface
The Practical Strategies Series in Gifted Education offers teachers, counselors, administrators, parents, and other interested parties up-to-date instructional techniques and information on a variety of issues pertinent to the field of gifted education. Each guide addresses a focused topic and is written by scholars with authority on the issue. Several guides have been published. Among the titles are:
• Acceleration Strategies for Teaching Gifted Learners
• Curriculum Compacting: An Easy Start to Differentiating for High-Potential Students
• Enrichment Opportunities for Gifted Learners
• Independent Study for Gifted Learners
• Motivating Gifted Students
• Questioning Strategies for Teaching the Gifted
• Social & Emotional Teaching Strategies
• Using Media & Technology With Gifted Learners
For a current listing of available guides within the series, please contact Prufrock Press at (800) 998-2208 or visit http:// www.prufrock.com.
What Is Mentoring?
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books.
—Chinese proverb
Mentoring has existed for as long as one generation has passed its wisdom to another (Tomlinson, 2001). The basis for the term originated in Homer’s Odyssey. Odysseus left his trusted friend Mentor in charge of his household and his son Telemachus during his absence. Athena later disguised herself as Mentor and guided Telemachus in his search for his father (Pennsylvania State University, 1999–2002).
Mentoring involves a more knowledgeable and experienced individual helping a less experienced individual reach a major life goal (Goff & Torrance, 1999; Tomlinson, 2001). This relationship can range from a formal arrangement that is carefully planned and executed to a serendipitous meeting of like-minded individuals with a common interest (Nash, 2001; Tomlinson). The relationship is based on trust and a genuine desire for growth and learning (Goff & Torrance, 1999).
Mentors are more than role models. In addition to providing skills, they support and challenge as they help their younger charges develop a vision for the future (Kaufmann, 2003). They teach, counsel, engage, and inspire (Nash, 2001) and often serve as friends throughout the process (Silverman, 2000).
Mentorship programs can provide motivated gifted and talented students with an opportunity to apply inductive thinking and problem-solving skills to advanced content that is often associated with real-life situations. Mentorships generally serve one or more of the following student goals:
career explorations,
research beyond the scope of the regular classroom,
opportunity to study topics not available in the regular curriculum,
development of specific skills, and
opportunity to work with experts in fields of interest (Idaho, 1999).
Three groups of gifted and talented students particularly benefit from mentorships: highly gifted, disadvantaged, and underachieving students. The highly gifted need challenges well beyond the school’s resources; the disadvantaged profit from significant role models, career and college counseling, and possibly summer employment and scholarship opportunities; the underachieving benefit from meaningful learning experiences, individual attention, and a change from the status quo (VanTassel-Baska, 2000)
At the core of mentoring is the practice of mentors’ recognizing young people’s talents and interests and providing opportunities to explore and develop their skills (Siegle & McCoach, 2005). Mentoring has withstood the test of time because it works under a variety of conditions with individuals of all ages. Mentoring at an early age helps young people recognize and appreciate their own uniqueness (Bennetts, 2001) as they