Horry County Schools

 Section II. B. 6. b. (3)  Provide training and guidance regarding the characteristics of academic giftedness for teachers and other district staff involved in the identification process.  Gifted students can be found in all segments of the population.

 Knows the answers  Is interested  Is attentive  Answers the questions  Learns with ease  Completes assignments  Copies accurately  Is pleased with own learning  Enjoys school  Asks the questions  Is highly curious  Is mentally and physically involved  Discusses in detail, elaborates  Already knows  Initiates projects  Creates a new design  Is highly self-critical  Enjoys learning

 Regulation  Gifted and talented students are those who demonstrate high ability or potential in academic areas.

 Exercise--Handout #1  Debriefing—Handout #2

 General Characteristics of Gifted & Talented Students—Handout #3

 Characteristics Often Attributed to Gifted and Talented Minority and/or Disadvantaged Students--Handout #4

 Questions To Ask—Handout #5

 Teacher Checklist Resource—Handout #6

 Assessment of eligibility for academically gifted programs is organized into three dimensions: A.Reasoning Abilities (aptitude) B.High Achievement (reading/mathematics) C.Intellectual/Academic Performance

1. Meet the standard for a composite aptitude score (96 th percentile or higher) 2. Meet the standard in two of the three dimensions  APTITUDE --93 rd national age percentile or higher on verbal, nonverbal, quantitative, or total portion of CogAT  ACHIEVEMENT th national percentile or higher on fall 2014 or spring 2015 reading and/or math MAP or have the following qualifying scores on 2014 PASS  PERFORMANCE --STAR Performance Task Assessment (grades 2-5) or end-of-year grade point average (grades 5-11) 3. Previously state identified gifted and talented in another state

Is the student… New to Horry County Schools this year? Enrolled in a gifted/honors/accelerated class but not yet identified as academically gifted and talented? Does the student… Want to know why or how something is so? Like solving problems or puzzles, often in resourceful or ingenious ways? Like metaphors and abstract ideas? Talk a lot and love debating issues? Show unusual ability or fascination with one field of interest? Get answers correct but find it difficult to tell you how? Seem interested and concerned about social and political issues? Learn quickly with experience? Seem bored and often have nothing to do?

 Teachers  Administrators  Guidance Counselors  Parents  Students

 Referrals for the academically gifted and talented program will be accepted through September 26,  As a teacher, inform your guidance counselor or school G/T contact person if you wish to refer a student for screening/testing.

 After viewing this presentation, you will need to sign verifying in Mrs. Roberts’ office by September 11 (this includes teachers, counselors, and administrators).  If you have referrals for the GT program, you will need to Mrs. Salem with any names before September *If you have any questions or concerns please contact Mrs. Salem