Potential for Shared Vision: What GT Middle School Teachers Say They Need in Times of Transition

Potential for shared vision: What GT middle school teachers say they need in times of transition aims to provide relevant data that speaks to current campus needs in a time of pandemic-affected era transitional learning in PK-12 public education. As current educational leaders seek to address the academic and behavioral needs of students, the findings from this research study taken during Covid protocols express three areas of need: (a) a need for open lines of communication between teachers and parents of GT students, (b) a need for clarification of the definition of GT middle school student “success”, and (c) a need for ongoing teacher-parent communication of GT student progress at the secondary level. Recommendations for school leaders and future research recommendations follow