Four Zone Equity Driven Professional Learning Model
Thanks for visiting the site to learn more about the Four Zone Equity Driven Professional Learning Model (4ZEPL). Katie Lewis and I (Angela Novak) have been working on this professional learning model for about 10 years, from conceptualization to research to writing to more research to more writing! Please email us to inquire about conducting professional learning for your school, district, or state. We are available to conduct in-person, online, or blended professional learning sessions. This page includes some of the presentations and publications around the 4ZEPL.
Book (2022)
Empowering Gifted Educators as Change Agents
The book about the 4ZEPL, with a chapter devoted to each zone as well as a playbook of activities to use in professional learning.
Click here to go to the Routledge page.
Article (2022)
A Methodological Approach to Designing a Theory: The Journey of the Four Zone Professional Learning Model
This is a link to the preprint version of the article (open access), and this link takes you to the Roeper Review version (you will need subscription access).
Article (2023)
Perceptions of a Gifted Coordinator on University/District Collaboration Providing Culturally Responsive Gifted Professional Learning: A Phased Analysis of the Four-Zone Equity Driven Model of Professional Learning
This is a link to the preprint version of the article (open access), and this link takes you to the Journal for the Education of the Gifted version (you will need subscription access).
Article (2025)
How Professional Learning Impacts Gifted Educators’ Perceptions and Practices: A Phased Analysis of the Four-Zone Equity Driven PL Model
This is a link to the preprint version of the article (open access); it is not yet published.