The Academy provides mentorships to support the development of gifted education. A variety of approaches have been developed to provide mentorship and expert knowledge for educators of the gifted, talented, and creative:

• Mentoring programs

• Ask an expert

• Expert panels

Personal mentorships

Personal mentorships match a motivated educator with a qualified Academy mentor. Together they work to design and carry out learning activities tailored to the educator's specific professional development interests, needs, and goals. The objective of this type of mentorship is to help the educator expand and enhance their professional competence and knowledge in educating gifted and talented students.

The personal mentorship option begins with a face-to-face meeting between the Academy mentor and the educator mentee, at which time a mentorship plan is developed. The mentorship then takes place over a course of time that is determined by the educator and the mentor. The length of the personal mentorship is dictated by the mentee's interests, planned learning activities, and mutual agreement between the mentor and mentee.

Personal mentorships require strong motivation and discipline on the part of the educator in order to sustain personalized professional development.  This mentorship approach usually creates a more satisfying and deep learning experience, as well as stronger professional competence and confidence.

eMentorships

eMentorships match a motivated educator with a qualified Academy mentor. The eMentorship program is intended to achieve the educator's learning goals and purposes relating to gifted education. This mentorship takes place remotely through virtual meetings, emails, and chats. 

The length of the eMentorship is dictated by the mentee's interests, planned learning activities, and mutual agreement between the mentor and mentee. eMentorships require strong motivation and discipline on the part of the educator in order to sustain personalized professional development. This mentorship approach usually creates a more satisfying and deep learning experience, as well as stronger professional competence and confidence.

This mentorship approach best serves educators and mentors who are geographically separated where meeting together would be largely impractical.  

The members of the Academy have been employed as directors, coordinators, lead teachers, university instructors, professors, and gifted education professionals across the state of Colorado. Due to this vast experience gifted education, the Academy membership provides a rich resource of information and practical guidance for others interested in increasing their professional knowledge base and skill in working with and teaching gifted students.

At the request of schools, districts, intermediate school agencies, and other organizations, CAEGTC will provide an expert panel to meet with educator groups (school faculties, gifted education teachers, administrators, etc.) to address topics, concerns, strategies, and methods relating to the education of gifted students. An expert panel is comprised of three or more Academy members and is available virtually or in-person to field questions, provide experience-based perspective, discuss curriculum design and instructional practice, and address other gifted education issues with your education practitioners. The services of our expert panels are free of cost, with a few exceptions.