1. Identifying Gifted Students
Mountain Pine School District
Gifted and Talented Program
Identifying Gifted Students

2. Identification
Students in K-12 may be recommended/identified throughout the year.
No one factor will place a student in G/T or exclude a student from G/T.
If a student is recommended, I create a file which contains their grades, state test scores, teacher recommendations, and any other helpful information (work samples, etc.). Candidates also take two assessments (NNAT2, and SOI).
G/T testing occurs in the beginning of the school year and an identification committee meets to discuss placement. The committee consists of a building principal, the G/T Coordinator, at least two classroom teachers, and a counselor.

3. Identification, continued…
If you would like to recommend a student in grade 7-12, please list any Pre-AP/AP classes they have completed.
If you have a student you feel may be a candidate for the G/T program, please fill out both the Teacher Recommendation Form and the HOPE Teacher Rating Scale and put it in my mailbox.
Forms will be in both the high school and elementary workrooms.

4. Volunteers?
If you would like to serve on the G/T Identification Committee, please let me know. You are welcome to join!
If you would like to serve on the G/T Advisory Committee and make program suggestions, find out more about curriculum selection, yearly competitions, and testing, please attend! The meeting is held in May and I will send out an with the time and date.

5. Do you have a “G/T” student?
Bright Student
Gifted Learner
Knows the answers
Is interested
Has good ideas
Works hard
Answers the questions
Listens with interest
Understands ideas
Grasps the meaning
Is receptive
Is alert
Asks the questions
Is highly curious
Has wild, silly ideas
Plays around, yet tests well
Discusses in detail
Shows strong feelings/opinions
Constructs abstractions
Draws inferences
Is intense
Is keenly observant
Do you have a “G/T” student?

6. The Gifted Triad