QUEST in A Nutshell

QUEST is Leander ISD's gifted and talented program. QUEST stands for Quality Utilization and Enrichment of Student Talents. QUEST is NOT an enrichment program that a student can be enrolled in or signed up for. It is a tier 2 and tier 3 service that a student has to be referred for because the student has an academic and social emotional need. 

Service Design

See the link to the Leander QUEST/GT Service Design

Identified QUEST-G/T students in grades K-5 participate weekly in various interdisciplinary, project-based units of study under the direction and facilitation of the campus QUEST-G/T teachers. They also have access to support from the QUEST-G/T teachers through QUEST Lab, as available.

QUEST curriculum is designed to meet both the affective and academic needs of the top 8-10% of the campus's gifted

 population. This specially designed curriculum aims to challenge learners beyond the standard curriculum through an

 interdisciplinary approach while developing the following affective skills: self-regulation, mindsets, task persistence, grit,

 strategic risk-taking, comfort with competition, collaboration, resilience, and optimism. The service is delivered as a pull out

 service with a specially trained gifted QUEST teacher. Additionally, identified students not having an educational need for pull

 out services or students needing flexibility for service design based on other educational needs may receive services through

 a variety of instructional delivery approaches that best meet their individual academic needs - combination of co-teaching

 and co-planning, dedicated QUEST or extension work time in the cluster classroom, QUEST Lab, and Specials rotations.

 Campus leadership in partnership with district leadership selects thedelivery model that works best for the individual

 student needs."

- taken from the district GT/QUEST website

Elementary QUEST Curriculum

Please see the link to the QUEST curriculum. 

Elementary QUEST-G/T Lab

QUEST-GT Lab is a support system and resource for QUEST-G/T students. QUEST-G/T Lab provides students extra time and space to work on QUEST G/T projects or to get help with classroom work. They can use available resources to help with classwork, work on QUEST-G/T units of study, or conference with the QUEST-G/T teacher.

The QUEST-G/T teacher is there to encourage, support and help students to meet their learning and social emotional needs. QUEST-G/T Lab may be during scheduled QUEST-G/T Lab times or any time during the school day, as approved by QUEST-G/T and classroom teachers. Students may also meet in QUESTG/T Lab before school or after school, as scheduled by the campus QUEST-G/T teacher.

Examples of Elementary School QUEST-G/T Lab include but are not limited to: mentoring, tutoring on specific skills, working on projects–researching, creating visuals and products, meeting with team members, extending class work (as agreed upon by QUEST-G/T and Classroom teachers), and providing modified G/T services to Twice Exceptional G/T students.

Cluster Grouping

QUEST-GT students are cluster grouped in the regular classroom to ensure access to delivery of differentiated instruction and modifications of the curricula in the four core content areas based on individual student needs. All GT cluster teachers will receive their 30 hour GT foundational training. 

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