Gifted and Talented Program and Screening

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Gifted and Talented Program and Screening

• Sherry Sniderman

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Program Overview

• Children showing gifted potential in both
  creativity and general intellectual abilities
  qualify for the program.
• Approximately 12 of Eanes student population
  have needs for the GT program.
• There is no class size requirement or limits
• The curriculum for the elementary and middle
  school programs is thematic utilizing broad
  themes as the means to reach the objective.
• The high school program is academically based.

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Gifted and Talented Screening

• Abilities Test
• Creativity Test
• Portfolios
• Teacher Observation
• Parent Observation

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Abilities Test

• OLSAT

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Portfolio

• Elementary Student Portfolio
• Four activities done at school with GT teacher
• K- fifth activity
• 1st -5th home project
• Secondary Student Portfolio
• One home project

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Teacher Observation

• Scale for teachers is the same as the parent
  form GATES
• Will receive training at campus if needed

Welcome to school
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Parent Observation

• Same as teachers.
• GATES
• Designed for use by parents and professionals and
  can be used at school and at home.
• Scales are easily competed by teachers, parents,
  and others who have the most knowledge of the
  students behavior or the greatest opportunity to
  observe him or her. The scores will be averaged
  between the parent and teacher.

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GATES

• Has five scales intellectually Ability, Academic
  Skills, Creativity, Leadership, and Artistic
  talent. Each scale is an independent measure and
  may be completed in any order. All five scales
  should be completed.
• If the rater is uncertain or question how to rate
  an item, he or she should delay responding until
  they can observe the student and determine a
  rating for the item

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GATES

• Each question uses a 9 point scale.
• When rating each item, think about the student in
  the following way
• Compared to average students her age, Sherry is
  below in learning facts quickly.

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GATES

• Below -Average -Above
• 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
  8 9

Three broad categories , first you need to
decide if the student is average, below average,
or above average Next, the rater, decides if the
student is low (1, 4, 7) for this broadband
rating , midway (2,5,8,) or high (3,6,9).
Remember to use the statement compared to
average students their age. You can not make
a circle between numbers.
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Elementary Curriculum

• Im Unique
• Zooland
• Think
• Strategic Games
• Perspectives
• Sharks
• Inventions
• Architecture
• Archaeology
• Future
• Brain

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Middle School Curriculum

• Each campus has their own program

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Times for Classes

• The elementary students receive 150 minutes per
  week of differentiated instruction from the GT
  specialist.
• Each campus has their own program.
• High school- AP and Pre- AP classes.

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What GT is Not

• Specific academic advancement
• Ad Math or Language Arts program
• The only way to meet your childs needs
• Independent study
• Creative writing lab
• Reader teas
• Open door times

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Thank you