Facilitators and coordinators of gifted education often are faced with the task of designing and delivering staff development sessions to peers in their home district. To deliver effective inservice, the facilitator must approach the task in a sequenced, organized manner. A set of guidelines and a sequence addressing the key features of a professional development session are provided by two gifted program facilitators who have had extensive experience with inservice and staff development.
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