PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION BENCHMARK ASSIGNMENT

Day 1 Hour 1 Lesson Title:

Communication Skills

SOL or your State Objective:

Students are expected to identify, learn, and implement effective communication methods. Leaders are expected to connect with their people through the use of effective communication methods

NAGC Standard :

Students with talents and gifts show social and personal responsibility and leadership skills

Teacher Involvement or what the Teacher will do to facilitate the lesson (detailed description and cite scholarly support for why is it appropriate for gifted learners):

Teacher Actions:  Teachers are required to create environments that promote different forms of leadership and leadership skills

Student Involvement or what the student will be doing  (detailed description and cite support for using with gifted learners):

Student Actions: Students will identify some of the major leadership skills and try to implement them in real-life scenarios.

Books and Materials used in creating the lesson and to be used with the lesson:

List the items: Films, textbooks on effective communication skills, pens, notepads

Assessment Activity with Rubric ( cite how is this appropriate for gifted students):

Include your Activity and Rubric here: students should master some of the main communication skills required for effective leaders. Students are required to demonstrate the acquired communication skills in written assessments. Learning effective communication skills helps gifted students to interact and collaborate with other people around them (Vidacek-Hains, Kozina, & Kirinic, 2016).

Day 2 Hour 2 Lesson Title:

Motivation and engagement, leading with vision, and purpose

SOL or your State Objective:

Gifted and talented students should identify and implement different ways that they can motivate their teams, and provide them with purpose and vision

NAGC Standard :

Students with gifts and talents should demonstrate growth in their personal ability to motivate and lead their respective teams

Teacher Involvement or what the Teacher will do to facilitate the lesson (detailed description and cite scholarly support for why is it appropriate for gifted learners):

Teacher Actions: Teachers provide opportunities for leadership in community settings to assess the ability of students to motivate and lead their teams.

Student Involvement or what the student will be doing  (detailed description and cite support for using with gifted learners):

Student Actions: Implement different motivation strategies that can be used to increase the morale of their teams.

Books and Materials used in creating the lesson and to be used with the lesson:

List the items: Films, textbooks on leadership skills and motivation theories

Assessment Activity with Rubric ( cite how is this appropriate for gifted students):

Include your Activity and Rubric here: Students should demonstrate their ability to lead their teams and motivate them towards team objectives. Leaders should know how to motivate their teams since motivation helps teams to overcome challenging times. Griffioen, Doppenberg, and Oostdam (2018) state that motivation determines the perspectives of team members on different challenges. A motivated team will most likely look for solution for the problems that it faces while a team that is not properly motivated might fail to look for solutions.

Day 3 Hour 3 Lesson Title:

Interpersonal relationships, listening skills, and empathy

SOL or your State Objective:

Equip students with skills that will enable them to improve how they relate and interact with other people

NAGC Standard :

Gifted and talented students should learn how to create strong interpersonal relationships

Teacher Involvement or what the Teacher will do to facilitate the lesson (detailed description and cite scholarly support for why is it appropriate for gifted learners):

Teacher Actions: Identify and teach listening skills, demonstrate the importance of empathy, teach how to create and maintain positive relationships with other people in the community

Student Involvement or what the student will be doing  (detailed description and cite support for using with gifted learners):

Student Actions: Apply interpersonal skills in real-life situations, and use interpersonal skills to control and influence people to subscribe to their ideas and beliefs as leaders.

Books and Materials used in creating the lesson and to be used with the lesson:

List the items: Films, textbooks on effective communication skills, pens, notepads

Assessment Activity with Rubric ( cite how is this appropriate for gifted students):

Include your Activity and Rubric here: Students will demonstrate their mastery of interpersonal skills. Interpersonal skills are important to gifted learners since they help them to create relationships with other people. Through interpersonal skills, gifted students can effectively lead other people by interacting with them and identifying some of the main challenges that they face (Singh, 2013).

Day 4 Hour 4 Lesson Title:

Building effective teams

SOL or your State Objective:

Teach students on the different methods and approaches that they can use to build effective teams

NAGC Standard :

Special and talented learners must be aware of how to assemble effective teams that they can use to achieve certain goals and objectives

Teacher Involvement or what the Teacher will do to facilitate the lesson (detailed description and cite scholarly support for why is it appropriate for gifted learners):

Teacher Actions: Teachers will be responsible for introducing students to different methods of building effective teams through the identification of the most appropriate team members and the use of interpersonal teams to foster positive relationships within the team

Student Involvement or what the student will be doing  (detailed description and cite support for using with gifted learners):

Student Actions: gifted and talented students should understand the methods that can be used to create effective teams and apply them in real-life scenarios

Books and Materials used in creating the lesson and to be used with the lesson:

List the items: relevant textbooks in team building, films on leadership, notepads

Assessment Activity with Rubric ( cite how is this appropriate for gifted students):

Include your Activity and Rubric here: After the completion of the lesson, students must demonstrate their ability to create and lead effective teams. Leaders must identify some of the factors that they need to look for in team members (Priyadarshini et al., 2019). For example, leaders must consider qualities such as aggressiveness and the ability to work in teams in team members (Fabregas Janeiro, & Gaeta Gonzalez, 2015). Picking the right team members is the first and most important step towards the establishment of effective teams.

Day 5 Hour 5 Lesson Title:

Conflict resolution

SOL or your State Objective:

Introduce the different conflict management methods to talented and gifted learners

NAGC Standard :

Gifted and talented learners should be aware of the conflicts that might arise within their teams as well as some of the conflict resolution methods

Teacher Involvement or what the Teacher will do to facilitate the lesson (detailed description and cite scholarly support for why is it appropriate for gifted learners):

Teacher Actions: teachers will introduce different conflict resolution methods to students, and help them to identify how the methods can be used in real-life scenarios

Student Involvement or what the student will be doing  (detailed description and cite support for using with gifted learners):

Student Actions: students will provide their views about conflict, and the strategies that they believe are effective in conflict resolution. Students are expected to implement some of the conflict management strategies in real-life situations

Books and Materials used in creating the lesson and to be used with the lesson:

List the items: Films, textbooks on conflict management, pens, notepads

Assessment Activity with Rubric ( cite how is this appropriate for gifted students):

Include your Activity and Rubric here: successful completion of the lesson requires students to be equipped with various conflict management strategies. Students should be able to identify some of the causes of conflicts within their teams and address them before they threaten the unity and cohesiveness of a team. Nesterkin, Porterfield, and Li (2016) state that conflict within a team demonstrates that the team tolerates different opinion and perspectives. Leaders should, therefore, ensure that team members disagree constructively and look for agreeable solutions without destroying the unity and cohesiveness of the team.