Gifted Talented Programs

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Gifted Talented Programs

• PAISD
• Carolyn J. Brown, ELA Supervisor-GT Coordinator
• 409-989-6242
• 409-540-8239
• cbrown_at_paisd.org

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Key Contacts

• GT Itinerant Teachers
• Christine Collazo Dowling
• Cheryl Jackson Tyrrell
• Committee Members
• Designated Counselors
• Designated Administrators

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What is Gifted Talented?

• Educational experiences beyond those normally
  provided by the regular school program
• Specific instruction for students who fit a
  specific set of learning criteria

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Who are the GT Students?

• Texas Chapter 89 Definition
• Gifted Talented students are those who excel
  consistently or who show the potential to excel
  in one or combinations of the following areas
• General intellectual ability
• Specific subject matter aptitude
• Creative and productive thinking
• Leadership ability
• Ability in the performing arts and psychomotor
  ability

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GT Students show unusual abilities!
Therefore...
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GT Instruction Must Include

• High Level Thinking
• Challenging Activities
• Differentiated Instruction
• Depth of Understanding
• Creativity
• Flexibility
• Not more work - quality not quantity

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What are the Teacher Requirements for
Certification?

• 30 Hours initial GT training
• Nature and Needs of Gifted Learners
• Identification and Assessment
• Delving and In-Depth
• Creativity
• Differentiation
• 6-Hour update each year
• Counselor and administrators at least 6-hour
  update each year Nature and Needs
• 18 Hours of AP training are acceptable
  Nature-Needs and Identification- Assessment
• Required

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Certification Programs

• Online Registration Region V ESC
• PAISD Consultants
• August 2-6, 2010
• 6 Hour Update November 14, 2009
• Summer Update TBD

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What is the Committee Importance?

• Campus GT Committee
• The campus Committee Process must be used for
  entrance and exit to special populations,
  including GT
• Students from Other Districts already identified
  must go through Committee Process for PAISD GT
  programs

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PAISD GT Programs

• GT Grades K-12
• Change No longer Summit all schools provide GT
  instruction at their campuses in heterogeneous
  classrooms
• Students experience differentiated instruction in
  regular classrooms with certified teachers
• Students experience work with other GT students
• Students in Grades K-1 experience pullout with GT
  itinerant teachers
• Cheryl JacksonLee, Tyrrell, Washington, Wilson
• Christine Collazo DeQueen, Dowling, Houston,
  Travis

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PAISD GT Classrooms

• Grades K-1 Itinerant pullouts
• Grades 2-5 Classrooms with other GT students
  differentiated instruction and consultation with
  Itinerant teachers
• Grades 6-8 Classrooms, honor classes and pre-AP
  classrooms
• Grades 9-12 Pre-AP and 7 AP classes (at least one
  in each core subject) combined with GT
• District Initiatives
• Governors School
• Academic Bowl

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PAISD Current Status
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GT 2007-2010 Goals

• Increase by 50 the total number of students
  identified as GT
• Increase by 100 the number of students in
  secondary in GT classes
• Certify all teachers of core subjects in GT
• Have all GT students instructed by certified GT
  teachers in their core subjects
• Have at least one honors or pre-AP class in all
  middle school core subjects and grades with
  placement for GT students
• Combine GT AP classes at high school levels for
  larger instructional availability

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• ENTRY AND EXIT PROCEDURES FOR GIFTED AND
  TALENTED STUDENTS

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GT Processing Timeline 2009-2010Itinerant
Teachers K-5Counselors 6-12
Fall Screening for K Students
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Nomination and Screening Procedure

• Nomination any time of the year recommended by
• Teachers
• Parents
• Counselors
• Principals
• Community Members
• Peers
• Students
• Screenings and selection coordinated by Campus
  Selection Committee for Gifted Education composed
  of
• Principal
• Teacher
• Counselor and/or
• Supervisor

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Nomination Process Must Meet 2 of the 3
Nomination Criteria

• Parents complete Parent Questionnaire
• Teachers complete the Teaching Rating Sheet
• Selection Committee compiles results along with
  achievement data including
• Raven, ITBS, and TAKS
• Parental Approval is Required before screening
  begins

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Screening Process

• Teacher Jot Down
• Renzulli Scale
• Student Grades
• Otis-Lennon School Ability Test
• Torrance Test of Creativity
• ITBS Grades K-2 or
• TAKS Grades 3-12

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Campus Selection CommitteeDetermines Eligibility
by either

• A Scores at or above the district cut-off score
  on four of five screening criteria (Grade K1) or
  five of the six screening criteria (Grades K2-12)
  or
• B Scores at or above the district cut-off
  scores on six of the eight nomination and
  screening criteria (Grades K1) or seven of the
  nine nomination and screening criteria (Grades
  K2-12)
• Once identified placement occurs as soon as
  possible with parental approval for placement.

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Re-evaluation and Exit Procedures Campus GT
Selection Committee

• Re-evaluate at end of fifth and eighth grades
• Steps for changing from GT or to different
  placement
• 1. Review student profile, including analysis of
  instruction
• 2. Conduct private conference with student
• 3. Confer with Campus Selection Committee for a
  plan
• 4. Institute new plan followed by probationary
  period of six weeks
• Continued lack of success may result in exiting
  the program for grades, behavior, etc.
  Consideration can occur only in the next academic
  year with unanimous approval of the Selection
  Committee