Gifted & Talented
- Our Vision and Mission - Advanced Academic & Gifted Services (AAGS)
- Process for Gifted and Talented (GT) Recommendation - Identification & Assessment
- GT Program Framework - Programming
- Advanced Learning Plans (ALP) Timeline and Criteria - Advanced Learning Plan
Our School’s GT Advocate(s) Contact Information
Carolyn Webb, web025665@adams12.org
When is GT testing for my school?
Universal Screening: In Adams 12 Five Star Schools, 2nd and 6th graders who are not already identified GT participate in the Universal Screening process for potential gifted and talented identification. Find more detailed information regarding Universal Screening in the Five Star District.
Important dates for the Universal Screening process at our school: At Coyote Ridge, 2nd grade students will participate in the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability screener the week of September 23rd. Please contact your child’s teacher if you would like to opt your child out of this screening.
Parent/Staff/Student GT Recommendation: All students can participate in the GT identification process by submitting a complete body of evidence. Find more detailed information regarding the GT recommendation process in the Five Star District.
If you would like for your K, 1st, 3rd, 4th or 5th grade student to be assessed for Gifted and Talented identification, please fill out this form by 9/23/24: COGAT. The COGAT assessment is the first piece of evidence that we could use to create a body of evidence to show that a student should be identified as gifted and talented.
Important dates for the GT Recommendation process at our school:
Parent Request for Nomination form link - Due no later than September 23, 2024
Gifted & Talented Program Offerings
Advanced Curriculum & Extended Learning: “The Vehicle”
Provides the depth and complexity needed to ensure meaningful academic growth
Our school offerings include: Differentiated classroom instruction and a variety of in-class and small group opportunities for application of skills through enrichment, acceleration, extension, and compacting of grade level curriculum. Classroom teachers collaborate and plan to meet the needs of gifted and talented students with the support school's Gifted and Talented Advocate.
Differentiated Learning Pathways: “The Roadmap”
Provides an education at the appropriate level of readiness and challenge
Our school offerings include: Teachers strive to know Gifted and Talented students by their name, strengths and needs in order to determine how to best instruct at their "just right" level. Data about each student is gathered through formative and summative assessments, observation of student assignments, and regular interaction with peers and adults in structured and unstructured school settings. Teachers utilize this combined data set in order to determine what level of readiness and challenge is best suited for their learners, and design content and assignments that match.
Individualized Opportunities & Enrichment: “The Customized Options”
Actively engages and motivates through interests and meaningful learning opportunities
Our school offerings include: Gifted and Talented students and their parents complete an annual interest and input form in the fall that is utilized to share the students' interests and hobbies. This, along with the aforementioned data set about the student, is utilized to create an Advanced Learning Plan (ALP). ALPs include goals around academic areas of strength and social emotional areas of need. All stakeholders, (the student, parents, classroom teacher, and GT Advocate) participate in the creation of and reflection around these important goals throughout the school year. This process allows students to take the lead in creating and reaching meaningful goals for the school year, and guides teachers in creating learning opportunities tailored to the each GT learner.
Social-Emotional Learning: “The Destination”
Focuses on developing the whole child by balancing empowerment and accountability
Our school offerings include: Classroom teachers collaborate with our GT Advocate, Mrs. Murphy, to differentiate SEL instruction specific to the needs of each student. In addition to weekly whole class SEL lessons, Gifted and Talented learners may partake in guidance to understand how they might think and perceive the world differently, and they learn strategies to guide them in their interactions with others. GT students also receive executive functioning support as needed in areas such as organization, time management, multistep directions, handling distractions, goal setting strategies, and more.