Gifted and Talented Liaison

Stoneleigh Elementary PTA GT Liaison:  Ellen Galvez

Stoneleigh Elementary GT Facilitator:  Melissa O’Brien

The role of the Gifted and Talented (GT) Liaison is to stay abreast of GT issues and see that the information is shared at the local school level.

GTCAC Spring 2010 Calendar

April 15, 2010 7:00 pm, GTCAC Meeting

• • High School issues
  • discussion with BCPS’s chief guidance counselor and BCPS’s College Board district coordinator regarding what parents feel is the Advanced Placement (college level) classes conundrum.

May 6, 2010 7:00 pm, GTCAC Meeting

Update on GT curriculum items for grades 3 to 12 from the leaders of each curriculum office:  Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies.

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To find out more about the BCPS Gifted and Talented curriculum please access the links below:

http://www.bcps.org/apps/AIMpublic/

http://www.bcps.org/offices/gt/pdf/curricula_charts/Elem-LA-Rdg-Curriculum-Chart.pdf

http://www.bcps.org/offices/gt/pdf/curricula_charts/Elem-MathSci-Curriculum-Chart.pdf

***RESOURCES FOR YOU***

Primary Talent Development (PTD)

10 Common Gifted Education Myths

Frequently Used Terms in Gifted Education

Communicating Effectively with Your Gifted Child’s School  (available upon request)

Online resources:

BCPS Office of Gifted and Talented Education

BCPS Citizens’ Advisory Committee (CAC) for Gifted and Talented Education

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The CAC is a parent and community advocacy group supporting Gifted and Talented Education K-12 in Baltimore County Public Schools. The role of the CAC includes these goals:

• To become knowledgeable regarding best practices in the field of gifted and talented education.
• To educate the public concerning local and national issues in gifted education.
• To serve as a forum for parent and community questions and concerns relating to the BCPS Gifted and Talented Education Program.
• To advise the Superintendent and BCPS staff concerning the needs of students requiring gifted education services and the degree to which these needs are being met in the school system.

Suggested Reading/Resources for Parents of the Gifted and Talented (adapted from the GTCAC website)

The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids: How to Understand, Live With, and Stick Up for Your Gifted Child by Sally Yahnke Walker.                                                                                                                                                             This survival guide helps parents to understand, live with, and “stick up” for their gifted children. This publisher offers other titles of interest for gifted children and parents of gifted children. The web site for Free Spirit Publishers is www.freespirit.com.

Helping Gifted Children Soar: A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers by Carol A. Strip with Gretchen Hirsch.
This practical book offers parents and teachers information to address the following issues:
• Gifted or just smart
• Curriculum options and what they mean
• The ideal classroom
• Working together with teachers and parents
• Meeting social and emotional needs
• Evaluating programs
• Surviving the ups and downs
Other gifted education titles can be found at this publisher’s web site www.giftedbooks.com.

Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers by James T. Webb, Elizabeth A. Meckstroth, Stephanie S. Tolan.

Smart Boys: Talent, Manhood, and the Search for Meaning by Barbara A Kerr, Sanford J. Cohn.

Smart Girls: A New Psychology of Girls, Women, and Giftedness. by Barbara A Kerr.

The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know? by Maureen Neihart, Sally M. Reis, Nancy M. Robinson, Sidney M. Moon.

Parenting for High Potential (National Association for Gifted Children)
This quarterly magazine is designed for parents of gifted children. The contents of the current issue are online at the National Association for Gifted Children’s web site. This web site offers news and research about giftedness and is a wonderful collaborative resource for teachers, parents, and interested stakeholders. Consider becoming a part of this organization as well. www.nagc.org.