As a teacher of gifted students, I’ve come to expect the unexpected. Most students demonstrate asynchronous development. Others are bright but underachieving. Still, other students are not truly gifted, but are bright “teacher pleasers,” with the sort of behaviors that make teachers lives easier. What I did not expect was to find three students in […]
David Walrod
David has been teaching for eight years. After spending three years as a special education teacher, he has spent the past five as a classroom teacher for students identified as gifted or academically advanced in Fairfax County, Virginia. He is excited to be working with fifth graders this year, after four wonderful years of working with third graders.