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Welcome to ACGE! April 22, 2024

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Gifted and Talented Specialists

    • Julie Zastrow, Heights
    • Michelle Anderson, Ridge & Crest
    • Jill Novotny, Hill & View
    • Tricia Tendick, Creek
    • Andy Allen, Point
    • Erin Hoffman, High School

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Goals of the ACGE Council

  1. Promote continuous improvement through the lens of best practice in gifted education.

A. Conduct program evaluation

B. Provide feedback about effectiveness

2. Develop annual goals and establish program priorities

A. Establish annual goals and priorities based on data

B. Make recommendations to the Superintendent, Board of Education, and other stakeholders

3. Foster dialogue and ongoing communication among parents, students, school personnel and the community regarding programming

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Connecting Activity - Four Corners

Select an image you feel best represents gifted learners & make a connection

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What does it mean to be GT?

6 Profiles of the Gifted and Talented

Please remember these are generalizations!

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Profiles of the Gifted and Talented

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Parent Networking Discussions

  • confidence; self-esteem
  • executive functioning: organization/time management
  • underachievement
  • advocacy
  • postsecondary readiness
  • Intensities

(intellectual, emotional, sensory, psychomotor, imaginational)

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  • Perfectionism

(concern over mistakes, very high standards and expectations

from self and others, criticism from self and others, etc.)

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Closing/Exit Slip

Feel free to use the back if you need more room to write!

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Thanks for coming!