Wise Ones Australia

Qualities of the gifted

In the Sep 2011 copy of “vision” the VAGTC magazine an article by Maureen Neihart Psy.D, cauight my eye. She listed the common characteristics of gifted people. I saw that the WiseOnes leaders and teachers had ALL these. It read like my checklist for recruitment. Your child may show these and you could suspect then, without even testing, that you had a faster learner in the family. To check use our free online standardised test. Here is the list.

How can we help poorer schools?

“By…(selecting) the youth of genius from among the classes of the poor, we hope to avail the State of those talents which nature has sown as liberally among the poor as the rich, but which perish without use if not sought for and cultivated”. Thomas Jefferson, 1782. That’s well over 225 years ago in USA. Sometimes I think those with the money do not believe there are gifted children among the poor. Thanks to Dick Kantenberger, an international contact, for the above quote .

Online learning in A Faster Group

WiseOnes has set up a new division called “A Faster Group“. This will be providing web based groups for faster learners in schools where it is too small or too far for an appropriately qualified teacher to attend. The group size will be 6 so we can all interact on the screen. The AIMS of the online program will be the same advanced academic, intellectual, moral and social development of the child who is significantly different in the way he/she thinks and learns. Teachers can say to parents, “I think your child may suit A Faster Group. Would you like to take the free try-out? “ It’s easy and non threatening for staff and families. If they enrol, lessons are in school time, at their school and under the eye of a teacher, maybe in the Library or ICT room.

Melissa Dornhart; Brisbane

Melissa Dornhart

B.A, B Ed, MA(Ed)

Tel: 0415 507 102

Licensed Education Manager mdornhart@gmail.com

Licensed Education Manager		mdornhart@gmail.com
Schools	Teachers	Qualifications	Term 1 / 2012	Term 2 /2012

Michelle McGowan schools

Michelle McGowan		Dip Ed. Prim, Grad Dip V & PA, Grad Dip CAT, M.C.A.T, Certificate in Effective Practice in Gifted Education
Education Manager	0419581085	VIT 163070
Schools	Teachers	Qualifications	Term 1 2012	Term 2 2012	Term 3 2012	Term 4 2012

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Christine Ryan schools

Christine Ryan

MEd, DipMusEd, GDPD, GCTESOL

Tel: 03 8320 3340

Em: chrisray@netspace.net.au

Schools	Teachers	Qualifications	Term 1/12	Term 2/12
Lilydale West PS	Jennifer Grant	M.Ed G&T, COGE	Morph Dirt to Diamonds

Vic Government Inquiry into Education of the Gifted

Many thanks to those 55 families who sent in their comments. So far we find that most parents suspected their child was smart but the schools did not mention anything . A few were surprised. The WiseOnes free try-out was the first time they had evidence of such fast learning ability. Parents appreciate having the WiseOnes program, especially that it is in school time at the school. For most, WiseOnes is the way the school provides for their child’s special needs but they feel it is not right that they should have to pay for everything, when the special slower needs of others, just as different, are paid for by the government. Some parents also use other programs such as sports and martial arts, performing arts and instrumental music to assist their child. Quite a few counted school sport, art and music as part of the schools provision for their child’s gifted needs. We know the fast learning children hate missing those lessons as well as IT. Although the children have all qualified as gifted with proper testing, parents did not seem to know what this meant. Qualifying for WiseOnes means that your child is in at least the top 10% intellectually compared to others the same age. Unless it is a very small school they are in the top 5% on a government approved test for scanning f0r gifted children. When you only have gifted children it is hard to compare their needs with the average child’s needs. The big need as far as the replies went was for emotional belonging and support through unusual and interesting activities and learning.

Myra Karantzas schools

Myra Karantzas Education Manager	Email: mkgteducation@yahoo.com.au Mobile: 0419 381 881	Term 1 2012	Term 2 2012	Term 4 2011
Schools	Teacher	Curriculum Unit	Curriculum Unit	Curriculum Unit
Keilor PS	Myra KarantzasVIT 254060	Ads That Sell		Ancient Greece

Jo Ferrara schools

Jo Ferrara	B.A.,Dip Ed, LLB
Education Manager	O407 506 217	VIT: 306186
Schools	Teachers	Qualifications	Term 1/12	Term 2/12	Term 3/12	Term 4/12
Amsleigh Park	Jo Ferrara	B.A,Dip Ed.	Morph Dirt To Diamonds	Architecture	Ancient Greece	Dinosaur Dynamics

Free test popular with parents and teachers

Our free online test for potential giftedness has proven a popular tool for parents who suspect their child is more than bright. Children from the following schools have used it.

Wise Ones Australia

Qualities of the gifted

How can we help poorer schools?

Online learning in A Faster Group

Melissa Dornhart; Brisbane

Michelle McGowan schools

Christine Ryan schools

Vic Government Inquiry into Education of the Gifted

Myra Karantzas schools

Myra Karantzas Education Manager

Email: mkgteducation@yahoo.com.au Mobile: 0419 381 881

Jo Ferrara schools

Jo Ferrara

B.A.,Dip Ed, LLB

Free test popular with parents and teachers

Email: mkgteducation@yahoo.com.au
Mobile: 0419 381 881