Welcome to Ms. O'Toole's Gifted & Talented Education

Welcome to the RRES Gifted and Talented Education Page. This page is intended as a resource for parents to understand Gifted Education and Enrichment pull-out program.  

Gifted Education falls under the Special Education Program in the State of New Mexico, which means there are specific requirements to meet for the Gifted Education Criteria. Students must show academic achievement in the Superior Ability, be nominated by teachers, and/or other community supports.  This process is changing under new guidance in the Fall of 2023, so more information will arrive once it's approved at the PED level.  

The pull-out program consists of enrichment in all subjects focusing on creative and critical thinking. This could be an investigation of what it means to be a biologist, how to make Rube Goldberg inventions to provide a service or build a tiny home based upon specific criteria, and much more.  I create a scope and sequence per grade level and collaborate with general education teachers to ensure advancement within their classrooms and current curriculum.  Students are pulled out of their classrooms during WIN time so it doesn't interfere with their grade-level curriculum.