Gifted & Talented Foundational Training (30-hours) & Yearly Update Training (6-hours)
According to the Texas State Plan for the Gifted, all principals, counselors, and core content teachers with gifted students in their classrooms are required by the state (as described in the State Plan for the Education of Gifted Talented Students 5.8 & 5.9) to attend a one-time 30-hour foundational training and complete a 6-hour update each school year. Our goal is to provide you a streamline that will take less time and be respectful of your time outside of contract hours. Please review the timely and pertinent information and next steps below.
Who needs to attend a GT Foundational hours (30-hours)?
Elementary: All core content area teachers (ELAR, Math, Science, Social Studies) that are new to the profession or have not yet completed their initial 30-hours.
Secondary: All core content area teachers teaching Honors/Pre-AP/AP courses that are new to the profession or have not yet completed their initial 30-hours. If you have participated in the Advanced Placement Summer Institute (APSI) or the Institute for Teaching Excellence (ITE) workshops or will be this summer, this will fulfill 18-hours of their 30-hour GT foundational training; however, you will still need to take Day 1: Nature & Needs of the Gifted Learner and Day 2: Gifted Identification. and/or their GT update hours for the 2022/23 school year. Please remember that you will have until May 31, 2023 to complete this requirement, but the best time to do this is before you receive gifted learners for the upcoming school year.
How soon do I need to register?
ASAP! Gifted and Talented professional learning sessions are always some of the first to fill up, so please do not delay in securing your participation.
How do I know when and where the sessions I’m needing are being offered?
We are asking each teacher to register himself or herself for GT summer professional learning. The fastest way to find an appropriate GT session is to utilize THIS LINK.
What is the Anna ISD window for obtaining my GT hours to be in compliance with the State Plan?
The Anna ISD window to obtain gifted and talented professional learning hours is June 1, 2022 - May 31, 2023.
Once I complete the initial Foundational 30-hour GT Training or the 6-hour GT update hours where do I upload my certificate?
It will be important that you upload documentation of your participation in Schoology before May 31, 2023, please use the following course codes to do so:
Course code for uploading 30 hours: RKNG-MQG5-QRJF4
Course code for uploading GT Update: CNSV-5ZKC-9QCZS
Who do I contact if I need help or have questions?
The GT specialist assigned to your campus, your campus principal/AP, or Dr. Kristin Hebert at 972.924.1546 or kristin.hebert@annaisd.org
UPCOMING GT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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