Challenging "Gifted"

SoulSpark Learning is a non-profit dedicated to optimizing the development and well-being of youth and the educators who care for them.  Our vision is for an education system that prioritizes educator health and where teachers are prepared to engage student strengths and interests through meaningful and highly individualized instruction. We reference exemplary practices for gifted youth as a launching off point for innovation.The majority of schools in the United States are not designed to be responsive to individual student strengths, interests or developmental complexities. In placing too much emphasis on process oriented tasks, schools often fail to engage the portions of the brain critical for learning and innovation. Furthermore, student mental health is reaching crisis level and only 1 in 5 U.S. teenagers report feeling a sense of purpose. SoulSpark Learning’s research-informed approach provides a roadmap to change. Informed by IRB reviewed research registered with the Library of Congress, our programming support the interdependent aspects of development that impact life outcomes.

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Is the word "gifted" the most appropriate word to use in 2021 to inspire changes to policies and practices?

Having shared language grows self-awareness and strong relationships. But can one word encompass the richness of the neurodivergent experience? Is there other language that fosters understanding without implying &quot;more than&quot; or &quot;less than?&quot;Please join us for a critical conversation with G Word Film Director and Producer Marc Smolowitz.We hope you will join us!(Note: Zoom link to participate will be sent directly to those who register.)

Marc Smolowitz is a multi-award-winning director, producer, and executive producer who has been significantly involved in 50+ independent films. The combined footprint of his works has touched 250+ film festivals &amp; markets on 5 continents, yielding substantial worldwide sales to theatrical, television, and VOD outlets, notable box office receipts, and numerous awards and nominations. His credits include films that have screened at the world's top-tier festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Venice, Tribeca, Chicago, Palm Springs, SF FILM, AFI Docs, IDFA, DOC NYC, CPH: DOX, Tokyo, Melbourne, Viennale, Jerusalem, among others. In 2009, Marc founded 13th Gen, a San Francisco-based boutique film and entertainment company (see: https://www.13thgenfilm.com/) that works with a dynamic range of independent film partners globally to oversee the financing, production, post-production, marketing, sales, and distribution efforts of a vibrant portfolio of films and filmmakers. The company has successfully advanced Marc's career-long focus on powerful social issue filmmaking across all genres. In 2016, he received one of the prestigious Gotham Media Fellowships to attend the Cannes Film Festival's Producers Network marking him as one of the USA's most influential independent film producers. In 2021, Marc is currently in post-production on THE G WORD -- a feature-length documentary that aims to be the most comprehensive film ever made on the topics of gifted, talented, and neurodiverse education across the United States. The film asks the urgent equity question -- In the 21st century, who gets to be Gifted in America and Why?, and is poised to premiere in 2022. Learn more at: https://www.thegwordfilm.com/

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