“Giftedness is not what you do or how hard you work. It is who you are. You think differently. You experience life intensely. You care about injustice. You seek meaning. You appreciate and strive for exquisite. You are painfully sensitive. You are extremely complex. You cherish integrity. Your truth telling gets you in trouble. Should 98% of the population find you odd, seek the company of those who love you just the way you are. You are not broken. You do not need to be fixed. You are utterly fascinating.”

GT INFORMATION:

Poudre School District Identification Process

All students receive consideration for gifted education through the gifted screening process. We universally screen all students in 2nd grade for GT identification in Language Arts, Math, and Creativity for services to be in place in 3rd grade. We give the CogAT test in 2nd grade and collect other supporting data. Starting in 2nd grade, students regularly take the MAP test. CMAS (PARCC) begins in third grade. To qualify, students need to meet the following criteria:

• **At least three qualifying indicators that are from three different tests from the body of evidence. No two scores may come form the same assessment.
• **The indicators must be from a minimum of two areas: achievement, ability, performance, and behavior.
• **Scores must be in the 95th percentile or higher, exceeds expectations on CMAS/PARCC or a predetermined score on a qualitative assessment.
• **After each wave of assessments in later grades, we review all the data to look for new students that qualify.

Body of Evidence Includes:

Through the referral process, many other assessments are available to the gifted identification team. The assessments listed above are the ones most commonly used through screening.

GT Services offered at Olander:

Olander offers a variety of GT programming for identified students and for students in our talent pool. We have enrichment opportunities in language arts, math, and creativity. Open the following document for more detailed information:

Olander Gifted and Talented Services
 

Why Talent Pool?

Research tells us that gifted behaviors can be developed in a far broader spectrum of the school population than the small percentage of students who are usually identified by high scores on intelligence or achievement tests.

--Joseph Renzulli and Sally Reis

Link to Poudre School District GT Website:

http://www.psdschools.org/department/gifted-and-talented

Poudre School District's ALP process:

Every child who is identified as gifted is required by the state of Colorado to have an ALP (Advanced Learning Plan) written each school year to delineate goals and services the child will receive. Click the link below for information explaining what the ALP is:

For more information about our G.T program please contact our front office at 970-488-8410