Gifted and Talented 101

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Gifted and Talented 101

• Sara Austin, Director
• Gifted and Talented Education
• State Department of Education
• Sara_Austin_at_sde.state.ok.us
• [phone]

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Identification of Gifted and Talented (GT)
Students

• Category 1
• Top 3 on any nationally standardized test of
  intellectual ability
• Category 2
• Multiple criteria
• Funding

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Local Advisory Committee

• Required dates
• Members
• Duties
• Oklahoma Open Meeting Act

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Required Reports

• Expenditures
• OCAS Program Code 251
• Child Count
• Annual Report on Gifted and Talented Education

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Program Auditing

• Random selection
• Extraordinary number of identified students
• Not representative of district student population
• Unusual budget report

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Gifted Educational Plan

• Process for identification
• Programming options
• Responsibilities of staff

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Gifted Educational Plan

• Training
• Checklist
• ltwww.sde.state.ok.usgt

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Programming Options

• Ways to serve GT students
• Differentiated curriculum
• Resource room
• Advanced Placement (AP )

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Differentiated Instruction

• How can you differentiate at all grade levels?
• What do teachers need in order to differentiate?
• One Size Does Not Fit All!

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Professional Development

• Annual GT training
• Advanced Placement Summer Institute (APSI)