About the Gifted Consortium
The Lorain County Consortium for Gifted, which has as its fiscal agent the Educational Service Center of Lorain County, is responsible for the planning, implementation, ongoing development and evaluation of differentiated programs and services for identified gifted students in Lorain County. The majority of the districts in Lorain County receive gifted services from the Consortium.
Mary Lou Kaminski, Gifted Supervisor, offers continual support to teachers and administrators. Monthly consortium meetings for gifted teachers provide inservice, sharing opportunities and updated/current information in gifted education.
The special events/programs for students are a key feature of the consortium’s services. These programs exist as an exciting, appropriate and rewarding end product of many dedicated hours of learning, planning, and work in various classroom settings.
FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS
All Children learn at different depths and rates. Children who are identified as gifted by virtue of outstanding abilities in the cognitive and academic areas learn at a rate much faster than others. To be continuous learners, our gifted children need differentiated educational programs and services beyond those normally provided by the regular school program.
Curriculum should provide the flexibility to address the breadth, depth, pace, and demand of learning in the gifted classroom and in the regular classroom. Through using the techniques of differentiation and ascending intellectual demand, emphasis should be placed on developing higher levels of thinking.
