Welcome Gifted and Talented Students

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Important Info

The Dolores School District follows established procedures for identification of Gifted students as mandated by The Colorado Department of Education (Click) guidelines.

• The gifted population should reflect the community population (ethnicity, gender, etc.). Identification is ongoing and a body of evidence, including qualifying data, may be collected at any time during a student's academic career.

• In order to be identified as Gifted, at least one state-qualifying piece of data in the 95th percentile will be collected, accompanied by a significant supporting body of evidence. This data will be reviewed by the district identification team.

For The Gifted

General Areas of Giftedness/Intellectual Ability

• English Language Arts

  • Reading

  • Writing

• Mathematics

• Science

• Social Studies

• World Languages

For The Talented

Specific Areas of Talent/Aptitude

• Visual Arts

• Performing Arts

• Musical Abilities

• Dance

• Psychomotor Abilities

• Creative and Productive Thinking

• Leadership Abilities

Characteristics of Gifted Learners:

Although the population is diverse, there are common characteristics shared by many gifted learners. These may include traits of advanced or high abilities students.

Discover Characteristics of Gifted Learners (Click)

To inquire about GT placement contact Lisa Baer

Available Programming

Depth & Complexity - classroom differentiation strategies for advanced learners emphasize an increase in rigor. We differentiate for our gifted learners through supporting classroom teachers with interventions within the general education setting.

Compacting “Concept-Based Learning” - accelerate pace while increasing depth and complexity.

Facilitated Independent Study - allow student choice of related topics that increases depth and complexity.

Project-Based Learning (Research Projects) - develop projects designed around choice with depth and exploration emphasized.

Additional Programs Available to All Students

Destination Imagination

Science Fair

Pinhead Institute (Internships Available to Juniors)

Math Olympiad (Contact Lisa Baer for more information)

Whiz Quiz (4th and 5th Grades)

Lego Robotics League (4th - 7th Grades)

All Gifted and Talented Members have access to the Dream Big Google Classroom

The Dream Big Classroom includes links to creative learning sites and in-depth learning programs

Contact

Lisa Baer - K-12 Gifted Coordinator

Email: lbaer@dolores.k12.co.us

Phone: (970) 882-7288 ext. 2533

Nisia Patalan - San Juan BOCES Liaison

Email: npatalan@boces.org