Gifted Interview Questions:****1. How has gifted education changed over the years?*****2. How do you differentiate between the students within the gifted class?

****3. What do you do to motivate the unmotivated gifted?

*4. What is the process for removing a kid from the gifted program?

6. Are we over identifying gifted kids for the middle school program?

7. Why are the gifted students served in all academic areas?

9. Challenges coordinating gifted program in a school as far as testing and placement?

11. Do you frequently yield parent concerns and questions regarding placement and general questions about the program?

****12. As a teacher of gifted students, what strategies do you frequently implement? *13. Do you see any changes that need to take place in our gifted program?14. Do you pretest any units?

15. Do you have a set curriculum? If not, how do decide what is appropriate to teach?

16. Do you have parent issues? If so, explain.

17. Do you feel more pressure for having your students excel on standardized tests?

19. Do you feel that the time spent with your students is adequate to their needs? **20. What are your feelings on having a separate curriculum for gifted children?

21. Do you feel that you have enough funding to conduct your program?

23. What type of grouping do you use within your classroom?

!24. How do you reach all multiple intelligences?

25. What type of assessments do you use? Do you use problem based assessments?

**26. What challenges do you face teaching the gifted? What are some strengths and/or weaknesses in our program?

***31. How long have you been teaching gifted students? 32. How many years have you been teaching a regular classroom?

**34. Do you think we need to offer more/different opportunities for those achieving at extremely high levels? Such as going across the street to high school classes?*35. What are the perks for teaching the gifted?

**39. What led you into teaching gifted education?42. What are the main differences you have noticed between gifted girls and boys? Have you noticed a change in the number of gifted girls and boys?*43. Do you notice a difference in parent involvement with gifted students?

*44. Do you think all gifted kids should have an IEP?

46. What is the one thing regular education teachers could do to help the students more?

**47. What is your definition of gifted? What exactly are the qualifications for being labeled gifted?