Teacher Inventory

1. I think being “gifted” means …

2. I do / do not use the label because …

3. I identify with the gifted the following ways:

4. I’m different from the gifted in the following ways:

5. When I tell other people that I work with gifted students, I feel
(check all that apply, or add):

proud compelled to explain, justify other:

embarrassed eager to talk about it

guilty nothing in particular

6. To assist with evolvement of a positive classroom environment I …

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7. I think gifted kids are like … (Please describe them. May use 2
columns, one for ways they are similar to other children and one for
how they seem different from other kids their age).

8. What do I expect of my gifted students as a group and individually?

9. The gifted students that I have the EASIEST time with are those
that are:

or do:

or are good in/at:

10. When I can’t answer a student’s question, or feel that “I’m

losing control” of the class, I do these things:
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11. The best thing(s) I have to offer my gifted student(s) is (are) my:

12. I think I could improve my teaching by …

13. I’m involved with the following activities (check and rate in terms of
time: 1 = devote major time to this; 2 = devote a fair amount of time
to this; 3 = spend little time on this; blank = spend no time on this):

prep time ___ training others ___

extracurricular activity ___ counseling students ___

parent communication ___ identifying students ___

staff communication ___ scheduling ___

continuing ed. for myself ___ discipline ___

preparing budgets ___ piloting new techniques ___

meetings ___ evaluating ___

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14. What are 3 ways you differentiate lessons for the gifted learner in
the regular classroom?

15. How do you incorporate technology into your teaching?

16. One thing I would like to hear from other people (parents,
Administrators, colleagues) is:

17. One thing I’d like to change or do differently is:

Inventory modified from: Managing The Social And Emotional Needs Of The Gifted – A Teacher’s Survival Guide,
Connie C. Schmitz and Judy Galbraith, 1985