Dr. Michael Postma is a teacher, administrator, consultant, speaker, and author dedicated to the holistic development of both gifted and twice-exceptional children through his new company Gifted & Thriving, LLC. During the last two decades, Dr. Postma has worked in the field of gifted/talented education as both a teacher and administrator in the public and charter school system in Minnesota and North Carolina, and, was the architect of the Minnetonka Navigator Program, a magnet school specifically designed for highly gifted and twice-exceptional students.
Dr. Postma has published a number of articles and two books, the latest titled The Inconvenient Student: Critical Issues in the Identification and Education of Twice Exceptional Students. He travels and speaks nationally and internationally on a variety of topics .Dr. Postma holds a B. A. from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario; an M.A. in Gifted, Talented, and Creative Education from the University of St. Thomas in the Twin Cities, and a Ed.D. in Educational Leadership (Critical Pedagogy) also from the University of St. Thomas. Dr. Michael Postma is also the former Executive Director of SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of Gifted) and currently director of programming for SENG, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the social and emotional development of the gifted. He currently lives in Bellingham, Washington, and is the father of four children, three of whom are twice-exceptional.
