She is a member of the Advisory Council on Gifted and Talented Education, Massachusetts DESE.ĭr. A longtime advocate for gifted education, beginning with a role as Director of Andover’s GT Program in the 1970s, Janis is the author of “Fulfilling the Promise: Enrichment Strategies for the Regular Classroom” for the Massachusetts Department of Education’s Office for Gifted and Talented, 1981. Janis is the Founder and Director of 28-year-old KITE summer program for high ability students in Grades K-8 (KITE is a sponsor of the Nicholas Green Award). Janis has a proven track record of success in strengthening teachers’ abilities to meet the needs of a diverse population of learners. She has been an advisor to principals and superintendents, as well as a mentor to teachers, parents, and students in diverse communities, resulting in a unique perspective on successful practices in the classroom. Janis has over forty years of experience teaching, developing and administering children’s programs, training faculty and administrators, and conducting follow-up demonstration lessons and small group consultations with K-12 staff. A former McKinsey consultant, Michelle moved into education when it became clear that her children didn't fit the mold around which the current education system was based and needed something more. Michelle lives in Newton and is the mother of 3 profoundly gifted children, one of whom she guided through six years of alternate education/homeschooling. Michelle regularly performs teacher trainings and speaks on Gifted Education and 2E. She sits on several non-profit and for-profit boards including the Hoffman Institute, Stanford and Harvard alumni (Harvard Alumni for Education), NFTE and Ascent Leadership Networks and is the former board chair of PG Retreat*. While at Harvard, Michelle gave her talk at the TEDxHGSE conference “ Why Gifted May Not Be What You Think.” Michelle helped co-found Gifted Research and Outreach (GRO), a non-profit that focuses on research on the highly gifted. She also has an MBA from Stanford Business School and a BA from UCLA in linguistics/computer science. An education consultant for families with highly and profoundly gifted children, Michelle has an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School with a focus on gifted education policy. Michelle Barmazel is an advocate for the highly gifted. Michelle Barmazel co-President, Liaison to Gifted and Talented Organizations
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