• serving as resident expert on gifted and talented issues
  
• providing colleagues with support, advice and in-service training
  
• advising on or drafting school policy on gifted and talented pupils
  
• liaising with senior managers and governors within your school, and LEA, cluster or partnership colleagues outside it
  
• providing or co-ordinating pastoral support for able, gifted and talented pupils
  
• managing resources
  
• co-ordinating events
  
• talking to parents and guardians.

If you are co-ordinating provision for able, gifted and talented pupils in your school, you will find all the units of professional development material relevant to your role. You will also find the Launchpad briefings useful, both for your own information and as overview documents to share with colleagues.