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Gifted and Talented Program Conroe ISD

Gifted and Talented Program Conroe ISD. Lynne Lawler, Jeanne Riggs- 4 th grade Linda Hathaway, Doris Costenbader -3 rd grade. What is Gifted Education?.

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Gifted and Talented Program Conroe ISD

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  1. Gifted and Talented Program Conroe ISD Lynne Lawler, Jeanne Riggs- 4th grade Linda Hathaway, Doris Costenbader -3rd grade

  2. What is Gifted Education? • -Gifted and talented education is a program for identified students with unique academic and social needs which are not ordinarily met in a typical classroom setting. • -Students have the opportunity to develop their potential through curriculum designed to meet their specialized learning needs. • -Experiences will enhance and extend concepts in the regular classroom and allow them to move beyond traditional learning.

  3. Who Are The Gifted and Talented? • Children capable of high performance including those with demonstrated achievement and/or potential ability in any of the following areas, singly, or in combination: • - General intelligence • -Academic aptitude in a specific area • -Creative or productive thinking • -Leadership • -The visual or performing arts • -3 to 5 percent of the school population

  4. In What Ways Are Gifted Students Different Than Other Students? • -rapid learners • -abstract thinkers • -highly curious • -emotionally intense • -challenged by difficult tasks • -perfectionists • -easily bored with routine • -able to discuss subjects in depth • -interested in areas that are unusual for their age

  5. What Are Some Misconceptions of Gifted Education? • -Gifted children will produce more • -Gifted children learn all subjects easily • -Gifted children have strengths across the curriculum • -Gifted children will learn on their own • -Gifted education means more work • -Everything comes easily for gifted children • -It is easy to identify gifted children

  6. Why Are Gifted Programs Needed? • -Gifted students make more progress when the curriculum, teaching methods, and materials are adapted for their needs. • -Challenges are needed to keep gifted students involved in learning and creating. • -Like other students with unique needs, gifted students will not reach their highest potential without differentiated instruction for at least part of their education.

  7. Gifted and Talented Classroom • -Content: The content covered is interdisciplinary, universal, and problem-based and is delivered through differentiated instruction. • -Process: Emphasizes critical and creative thinking. Encourages student flexibility in thinking, inquiry and discovery. • -Product: GT students are encouraged to develop creative products that demonstrate their thinking (Envision projects). • -Learning Environment: Classes provide an opportunity for independent and small group study. Individual differences and strengths are recognized and celebrated.

  8. What Instructional Strategies Challenge Gifted Students? • -Independent projects • -Interest centers/groups • -Flexible skills grouping • -Curriculum compacting (this allows acceleration) • -High level questions • -Enrichment activities • -Mentorships/teaching others

  9. Envision Program-An Inspirational Real-World Program • -Envision is implemented in grades 3 and 4. One project per semester is required for our gifted and talented students. (Two projects per year.) • -The purpose of Envision is to give students the opportunities to challenge themselves in new and creative ways beyond the standard curriculum. • -Provides students with the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills to real-life, engage in in-depth and practical research, and practice important presentation skills that will be useful well into their futures. • -Envision Expo is our end of the year project.

  10. Identification Process • Nomination • Permission to screen • Screening Process: Parent survey/Teacher survey/Stanford Achievement Test/OLSAT • Test results received by campus • Campus GT Placement Committee

  11. Suggestions for Parents • -Listen to your gifted child and engage in frequent conversations. • -Encourage goals set by the child. • -Allow your child to make lots of decisions. • -Encourage independence. • -Help your child with the need for perfectionism. • -Support your child’s interests. • -Allow your child the time to discover, to daydream, to contemplate, to create, and to have fun! • -Encourage and be positive through all the changes/challenges offered to your child.

  12. Resources: • Organizations: • Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented • -1524 S IH 35, Suite 205, Austin TX 78704 (512) 499-8248 • National Association for Gifted Children • -1707 L St. NW Suite 550 Washington, DC 20036 (202)786-4268 • The Council for Exceptional Children -1920 Association Dr. Reston, VA 20091 (703) 264-9471

  13. Books • -Clark, B (1992) • Growing Up Gifted • -Delisle, J.D. (1987) • Gifted Children Speak Out • -Walker, Sally Yahake • The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids

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