The Special Educator as Consultant: Some Strategies

The changing role of tag teachers:An Oregon case study

“…If both inservice and pre-service training address the role of the collaborative consultant, the door will open for various kinds of effective support for students with a variety of special needs within the context of the regular classroom. Montgomery (1978) admonished the budding consultant to "not try to fix everything." The authors have attempted to address why and how the collaborative consultant role in gifted education is currently evolving, and to make some initial attempts at defining the role.…”