1st Edition

The Facilitator’s Handbook for Effective Enrichment Successfully Implementing the Schoolwide Enrichment Model

By Carla Brigandi, Cindy Gilson Copyright 2026
380 Pages 7 Color & 16 B/W Illustrations
by Prufrock Press

380 Pages 7 Color & 16 B/W Illustrations
by Prufrock Press

380 Pages 7 Color & 16 B/W Illustrations
by Prufrock Press

The Facilitator’s Handbook for Effective Enrichment provides a clear, practical roadmap for implementing enriching educational activities across the curriculum. Enrichment-focused and practitioner-friendly, this book provides an implementation structure to help educators use the evidence-based practices of Renzulli’s Enrichment Triad Model, the foundation for Renzulli and Reis’s Schoolwide... Read more

Foreword

Preface

Part 1  Understanding Renzulli’s Enrichment Triad Model

Chapter 1 Building the Foundation: The Theoretical, Organizational, and Curricular Framework

Chapter 2 Exploring Opportunities: An In-Depth Look at Type I Enrichment

Chapter 3 Developing Skills: Unlocking Potential with Type II Enrichment

Chapter 4 Where Passion Meets Real-World Problem Solving: Applying Type III Enrichment

Motivation in Action: Fostering Meaningful and Student-Driven Enrichment Projects

Part 2  Implementing Renzulli’s Enrichment Triad Model

Chapter 5 Finding Passion: How to Guide Students to Discover Meaningful Topics for Enrichment Projects

Chapter 6 Narrowing the Focus: Selecting and Refining a Project Topic

Chapter 7 Mastering the Process: Applying Type II Enrichment Skills

Chapter 8 Bringing Ideas to Life: Implementing Type III Enrichment Projects

Appendix A: Project Meaning and Topic Finding Enrichment Activities

Appendix B: Project Topic Selection and Focusing Enrichment Activities

Appendix C: Creativity Enrichment Activities

Appendix D: Critical Thinking Enrichment Activities

Appendix E: Research Enrichment Activities

Biography

Dr. Carla B. Brigandi is an Associate Professor at West Virginia University, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Educational Psychology, Research Methods, and Gifted and Special Education.

Dr. Cindy M. Gilson is an Associate Dean of the Honors College and affiliated Professor of Gifted Education in the Special Education and Child Development Department at University of North Carolina, Charlotte.