Gifted Education

What is Gifted Education?  

Gifted and talented students should be provided opportunities to perform and learn at the highest level possible. Effective educational practices provide a supportive learning environment in the classroom. Diverse programming and enrichment opportunities are available to meet the needs of these students. Gifted students are those persons whose abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment are so outstanding that they require special provisions to meet their educational needs. Talented students typically demonstrate some characteristics of being gifted and high performance levels. We strive to meet the needs of both gifted and talented students. Not being identified as gifted will never limit a child’s opportunities in Eaton schools.

What are effective educational practices for Gifted & Talented students?


There are many ways the school staff may provide challenge within the regular classroom/curriculum by means of differentiation, content acceleration, and cluster grouping. We can differentiate what they learn, the way we learn, or the final product. Activities can be differentiated based on readiness level, interest, and learning style. These principles apply to all students. Gifted and talented students typically need differences in the thinking level of the assignment, choices in the work procedures and real-world product expectations. Content acceleration allows gifted and talented students to learn at their own pace. This is accomplished either within a balanced classroom through advanced reading assignments, individual math work, and independent study or through honors/advanced class placement. Cluster grouping provides opportunities for gifted students to work with other gifted peers as a “cluster” within a larger, balanced ability class and is a highly effective strategy. 


For more information please contact Marcy Sanger at msanger@eaton.k12.co.us or 970-454-3402 x613

Additional information may be accessed at the BOCES Gifted website.


Click here to access our handbook!


HAGA CLIC AQUÍ PARA MÁS G & T INFORMACIÓN Y RECURSOS EN ESPAÑOL


Identification Process

A detailed explanation of the identification process is available in the handbook. All students will be screened for the gifted education program in 2nd grade. After second grade students will be reviewed through the referral process detailed below.

Parents, teachers and community members may request that a student be evaluated by their school for potential identification for Gifted Education. Students that are referred should be demonstrating exceptional strengths or talents well above grade/age level performance of their peers. The school team will review the referral and all available evidence of exceptional performance and determine if further review is needed or if more evidence needs to be collected in order to qualify a student as gifted. Please see the Gifted Education handbook available on the district website for detailed information on identification. 


Por favor, use este formulario para solicitar que un estudiante sea evaluado por su escuela para el potencial de identificación para Dotados Educación. Los estudiantes que se hace referencia deben demostrar fortalezas o talentos excepcionales muy por encima de rendimiento de nivel de grado / edad de sus compañeros. El equipo de la escuela revisará la referencia y todas las pruebas disponibles de un rendimiento excepcional y determinar si es necesario un nuevo examen o si hay más pruebas necesita ser recogidos con el fin de calificar a un estudiante como dotados. Por favor consulte el manual de Educación para Dotados disponible en el sitio web del distrito para obtener información detallada sobre la identificación.
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