About us
For over 30 years, Dr. Joseph Renzulli and Dr.
Sally Reis have been at the forefront of researching,
studying and developing teaching methods that unlock
the gifts and talents of all students. Their work,
conducted at the University of Connecticut and backed
by over $3 million in federal funding, clearly demonstrates
that differentiating curriculum and instructional style
leads directly to improvements in student achievement,
creativity, engagement, attitudes toward school, promoting
a lifetime of learning. The Renzulli
Learning System cleverly applies easy-to-use technology
to deliver on that promise to every student.
The Summer Institute for the Gifted is
proud to partner with Renzulli Learning System to
offer their unique and revolutionary online learning
tool for the home.
Dr Joseph Renzulli
 Joseph Renzulli is the Neag Professor of Gifted Education
and Talent Development at the University of Connecticut
where he also serves as the Director of The National
Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. In March
of 2000, he was named one of six Board of Trustees
Distinguished Professors at the University of Connecticut.
He has served on numerous editorial boards in the fields
of gifted education, educational psychology and research,
and law and education. He also served as a Senior Research
Associate for the White House Task Force on Education
for the Gifted and Talented. Dr. Renzulli is a Fellow
in the American Psychological Association, and he has
received distinguished research awards from the National
Association for Gifted Children and the University
of Connecticut.
His major research interests are in identification and programming models for
both gifted education and general school improvement. His Enrichment Triad Model
(1977) has been cited as the most widely used approach for special programs for
the gifted and talented, and the Three Ring Conception of Giftedness, which he
developed in the early 1970s, is considered by many to be the foundation of a
more flexible approach to identifying and developing high levels of potential
in young people.
Dr. Renzulli has contributed numerous books and articles to the professional
literature and has been a series author with the Houghton Mifflin Reading Series.
His three most recent books are Schools for Talent Development: A Practical
Plan for Total School Improvement (Renzulli, 1994), The Schoolwide Enrichment
Model: A How-To Guide for Educational Excellence (Renzulli & Reis, 1997), and The
Total Talent Portfolio: A Systematic Plan To Identify and Nurture Gifts and Talents (Purcell & Renzulli, 1998). Although Dr. Renzulli has generated
millions of dollars in research and training grants, he lists as his proudest
professional accomplishments the annual summer Confratute Program at the University
of Connecticut, which originated in 1978 and has served more than 18,000 persons
from around the world; and establishment of the UConn Mentor Connection, a summer
program that enables high school students to work side-by-side with leading scientists,
historians, artists, and other pioneering faculty members at the University of
Connecticut.
Dr. Sally M. Reis
Sally M. Reis is a Professor and the Department Head
of the Educational Psychology Department in the Neag
School of Education at the University of Connecticut
where she also serves as Principal Investigator of the National Research Center
on the Gifted and Talented. She was a classroom teacher in public education
as well as an administrator before coming to the University of Connecticut.
She has authored and co-authored more than 140 articles, 12 books, 50 book
chapters, and numerous monographs and technical reports, and worked in a research
team that has generated over 35 million dollars in grants in the last 15 years.
Her research interests are related to talent development in all children as
well as special populations of gifted and talented students, including: students
with learning disabilities, gifted females and diverse groups of talented students
who are often underserved. She is also interested in extensions of the Schoolwide
Enrichment Model for both gifted and talented students and as a way to expand
offerings and provide general enrichment to identify talent and potential in
students who have not been previously identified as gifted. Her most recent work
has involved methods of using gifted education pedagogy to stimulate interests,
learning styles and abilities in all children. She has traveled extensively conducting
workshops and providing professional development for school districts on gifted
education, enrichment programs, and talent development programs. She is co-author
of The Schoolwide Enrichment Model, The Secondary Triad Model, Dilemmas in Talent
Development in the Middle Years, and a book published in 1998 about women’s
talent development entitled Work Left Undone: Choices and Compromises of Talented
Females. Sally serves on several editorial boards and is the past President of
the National Association for Gifted Children. She has won several professional
awards including the Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service by the
National Association for Gifted Children and most recently, she was named the
Distinguished Scholar by the National Association for Gifted Children, for her
scholarly contributions to the field.
Summer Institute for the Gifted
The Summer Institute
for the Gifted (SIG) provides
high quality educational and social opportunities
for academically gifted and talented students through
programs designed to meet their abilities and needs.
Founded in 1984, SIG residential and day summer programs
for students in grades K through 11 have expanded to
include programs at the following leading college and
school campuses across the United States: Princeton University,
University of Texas - Austin, Bryn Mawr College, Amherst
College, UCLA, UC-Berkeley, Emory University, University
of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Vassar College, Fairfield University,
Manhattanville College, Moorestown Friends School and
Stuart Country Day School.
The Summer Institute for the Gifted is a division of
the American Institute
For Foreign Study (AIFS). For
more than 40 years, AIFS has been a leader in organizing
educational exchange programs for students and teachers.
Since its founding in 1964, more than one million students
and teachers have participated in AIFS programs worldwide.
To request information about the Summer Institute for
the Gifted, call us toll-free at (866) 303-4744,
email
sig.info@giftedstudy.com or request
a catalog online. |
