Welcome
Hello and welcome to my class website! I am so happy to teach your children this year, and I am looking forward to an exciting year. As an educator of talented and gifted students, my goal is to develop creativity, create innovative thinkers, and accelerate academic skills by challenging your children to learn something new everyday! You can find more information about gifted education and testing below.
Georgia Gifted Eligibility Requirements
The Georgia Department of Education’s Gifted Program is funded by the State of Georgia. In Georgia, a gifted education student is defined as one who demonstrates a high degree of intellectual and/or creative ability(ies), exhibits an exceptionally high degree of motivation, and/or excels in specific academic fields, and who needs special instruction and/or special ancillary services to achieve at levels commensurate with his or her ability(ies).
Please refer to the links below for specific information and testing requirements.
Gifted Education Information and Testing Requirements
Gifted Education-Georgia Department of Education
Georgia Resource Manual for Gifted Education Services
Georgia Department of Education Evaluation and Eligibility Chart
Referral and Eligibility Process
Step 1: REPORTED REFERRAL
A student is referred for consideration by teachers, counselors, administrators, parents/guardians, peers, self or others with knowledge of student’s academic abilities.
Step 2: STUDENT SEARCH/ELIGIBILITY TEAM
A decision-making team that uniformly considers information collected on student referrals. The team decides if it is appropriate to proceed with formal evaluation.
The search/eligibility team will gather more information and refer for the student for formal evaluation OR additional evaluation will not be needed and, the student will continue in regular education.
Step 3: Formal Evaluation
Student is referred for Gifted Education Evaluation in Mental Ability, Achievement, Creativity, and Motivation.
Step 4: Eligibility Team
Reviews assessment results and makes recommendation
Georgia Gifted Resource Manual. (2017, August 8). Retrieved from https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Curriculum-and-Instruction/Documents/Gifted%20Education/Georgia-Gifted-Resource-Manual.pdf