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Unless you provide what is needed for a plant, no growth will occur. This course reminds of me that.

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Our abilities grew new leaves with each strategy we learned about.  All of the leaves can provide nurturing for gifted and talented students.

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Our abilities grew new leaves with each strategy we learned about.  All of the leaves can provide nurturing for gifted and talented students.

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This course is like plant because seeds have been planted and roots have been established, but we have to continue nurturing growth through implementation in our classrooms.

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I came in as a "baby" with no in depth understanding of gifted students although I previously taught them for years. Now I know won't become an expert (full grown plant) until I've completed the endorsement and start to implement what I learn in classrooms with several gifted students, but I've definitely started blooming in knowledge. I have no idea if this response makes sense.

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Skills, knowledge, and dispositions for gifted instruction require good soil for stability and foundation. Attention is required so needs are met--enough water and enough sun. If left unexamined, they wither.

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The roots were the boring part (history of gifted research) but necessary to understand how the plant lives. The plant grows with care and dedication from the botanist, just as our students grow from the care and dedication we give them. The leaves capture the rays of the real world and the chlorophyll feeds the plant activities and lessons that help it stay strong. The botanist (teacher) gets the joy of watching her plant grow strong, and will use the knowledge from growing one plant to grow many more for years to come!

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This course is like a plant because there is constant growth.

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in that it blossomed into a wealth of knowledge.

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You can not forget about this course. You must constantly water it.

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The roots are the most important part

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This course has been like a plant because it has taught me to encourage the growth mindset in my students and the power of "yet".

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Everyone grows at different rates and learns at different paces. This course to me embodies that perfectly. I have grown as an educator throughout this course and I can see the knowledge I have learned taking me and my students to great places in future years.

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Just like with a plant, it takes patience and care to get it to thrive! This course takes patience and care to get the most out of it.

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I felt like at the beginning of this course, I had a baby plant in terms of knowledge of how to work with and support gifted students. Now I feel that I have a flourishing, healthy plant.

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This class is focused on the growth of student and instructor. However, stay on top of your class work or you might end up with a dead houseplant!

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Prior to this class, I felt stuck in a box with my teaching. Post this class I feel like I can really make strides and expand my teaching.

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I have prior experience with many of the theories and strategies presented in this course, but for some of these theories and strategies, they were like a newly planted seed or a immature, weak stalk of the plant. But, through more in-depth  reading and classroom implementation, my knowledge has grown, and like a more mature plant, my stem (core of knowledge) is much stronger.

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Your classroom is the roots, how you set it up and create an atmosphere is the ground for which the student mind can grow. The stem is the curriculum/standards that we follow, the leaves are the different strategies we use, while the head of the flower may be the product and assessments, while each petal is a unique and different shape and size. The petal represents each individual student and their differentiated creations.