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SMCISD - Gifted & Talented (GT) Overview

Created by: Debbie SmithPresented by: Veronica Reyes

#pledgeCOMMITMENTSan Marcos Consolidated Independent School District

SMCISD G/T Support Staff

Advanced Academics, Gifted Education, and 504 District Coordinator

Debbie Smith · [email protected]

Elementary Schools

Bowie – Connie Blanda – [email protected]

Crockett – Brenda Butler – [email protected]

De Zavala – Hilda Bazaldua – [email protected]

Hernandez – Carol Fernandez – [email protected]

Mendez – Moon Hernandez – [email protected]

Travis – Veronica Reyes – [email protected]

Middle Schools

Goodnight – Connie Martin – [email protected]

Miller – Joshua Keir – [email protected]

San Marcos High School

CJ Odam – [email protected]


Agenda

• Who are G/T students?

• Why do we identify?

• How do we identify?

• How do we serve?


Who are GT Students?

TEXAS EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 29. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Subchapter D.

Education Programs for Gifted and Talented Students §29.121. Definition. In this

subchapter, “gifted and talented students” means a child or youth who performs at

or shows the potential for performing at a remarkably high level of

accomplishment when compared to others of the same age, experience, or

environment and who: (1) exhibits high performance capability in an intellectual,

creative, or artistic area; (2) possesses an unusual capacity for leadership; or

(3) excels in a specific academic field.


Five Areas of Giftedness

• Creative

• Intellectual

• Leadership

• Specific Academic

• Visual / Performing Arts


Why do we identify?


Asynchronous Development


How do we identify?

Multiple Data Sources

● Qualitative:

○ SIGS - Scales for Identifying Gifted Students

○ Portfolios - Elementary

○ Student Questionnaire - Secondary

● Quantitative:

○ IOWA Test

○ SIGS

○ Nonverbal


How do we serve?Elementary:

• By providing daily services through push-in/pull-out model• Through implementation of a tiered model• By providing meaningful social / emotional support

Middle Schools:

• SpringBoard Curriculum in GT and Pre-AP courses• UIL, clubs, Fine Arts and other electives

High School:

• Pre-AP, AP, and dual credit courses• Independent Study with mentors • UIL, clubs, Fine Arts and other electives


The Gifted Child

Tier 3

Differentiated

curriculum in the

regular classroom and

/ or pull-out, cluster

grouping

Tier 2

Rigorous and challenging classroom

instruction appropriate for most students

most of the time.

Tier 1


Tier 1

• Regular opportunities for critical and creative thinking

• Increased rigor is evident in lessons through added depth & complexity and use of AVID strategies

• G/T students participate with their age peers in the regular classroom as content new to them is introduced

• Pre-assessment is used to meet students at their current level of readiness


Tier 2

• Instruction that calls on students to think creatively and critically

• Individual or group projects by interest / readiness / learning profile

• Tools that support innovation, inquiry, production, and logistics

• Opportunities for cluster grouping with G/T peers

• Push-in / pull-out service design


Tier 3

• Purpose, problem-solving, and curiosity drive learning

• Pursuit of passion

• Mentors assigned according to interest / need

• Opportunities for university / community partnerships


Middle School

• SpringBoard curriculum in Pre-AP and GT ELA and math courses in 6th -8th grades

• Pre-AP courses

• Clubs / UIL Academic


• Community Partnerships

• Leadership - Student Council / Jr. NHS


High School

• Pre-AP / AP coursework - 9th - 12th grades

• Clubs / UIL Academic


• Leadership - Student Council, NHS, other club officers

• Debate and ROTC

• Robotics / Cyber Patriots / Rice University – Tapia

• Career & Technical Education (CTE) internships / mentorships

• G/T Recognition and G/T Recognition with Merit


Nominations / Referrals

Nominations / Referrals

● October 1st - November 1st, 2018

● Who can nominate / refer?○ Parents○ Teachers○ Students, others

● Formal testing will begin in December 2018

○ Kindergarten parents will be notified via mail in early March 2019

○ Parents of students in grades 1 - 11 will be notified via mail in early

May 2019


Thoughts to Leave You With

• All children are unique and have relative strengths and

weaknesses BUT not all children are gifted.

• We identify to determine students who have exceptional

learning needs.

• We believe that no child should be left behind, AND in terms of

instructional needs, no child should be KEPT behind.


Questions?

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