ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors provide an overview of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model and recommend that interested readers examine the third edition of The Schoolwide Enrichment Model: A How-to Guide for Talent Development for detailed information about implementing the model. They discuss three interrelated components of creative productivity above-average ability in a particular domain, creativity, and task commitment. The authors discuss three types of educational services for promoting innovation in young people. These services consist of exposing students to areas of potential interest and task commitment, providing them with the methodological skills to pursue their interests in a professionally authentic manner, and providing the opportunities, resources, and encouragement to see their ideas through to fruition. Their focus on creative productivity complements the people efforts to increase academic challenge when they attempt to transform role of the student from that of a learner of lessons to one of a first-hand inquirer who can experience the joys and frustrations of creative productivity.
