Educator Recognition for Contributions to Gifted and Talented Education in Howard County

This program recognizes exemplary commitment to the needs of advanced-level learners and contributions to the Howard County Gifted and Talented Education Program. Nominations may be made by students or parents on behalf of their children.

All nominated educators will be recognized at a reception that will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center. 

Do you know:

a G/T resource teacher or classroom teacher who

• advocates for the needs of highly able learners,
• engages all students through creative and differentiated instruction,
• creates a rigorous and challenging learning environment with opportunities for
• enrichment and curriculum extension,
• and provides opportunities for students to engage with real-world problems and
• develop authentic solutions/products; or

an administrator who

• recognizes the needs of highly able learners,
• supports the full implementation of the G/T education program,
• promotes a rigorous and challenging learning environment with opportunities for enrichment and extension,
• attends G/T sponsored events and programs within the school and the community,
• and allocates resources (time, people funds) to support the needs of advanced –    level learners?

Please fill out the Educator Nomination Form by February 29, 2012.  Include a short description (limit 500 words) of the ways in which the educator has demonstrated his/her commitment to gifted education. We also welcome photographs of all nominees and their students via email gtteachrec@aol.com

Supporting Gifted and Talented Education in Howard County

Featured Speaker: Jeanne Paynter,
Specialist for Gifted and Talented Education,
Maryland State Department of Education

Powerpoint Presentation (pdf )

PROPOSED COMAR 13A.04.07 – Gifted & Talented Education (pdf)

Sample of Letter of Support

Rationale for Adoption of Proposed Comar Chapter 13A.04.07 – Gifted & Talented Education

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

*Snow Date: January 11, 2012

Location: Homewood School Cafeteria

10914 Route 108, Ellicott City

(Behind the Board of Education)

Demystifying the College Selection Process

2011 Demystifying College Admissions (pdf)

Student Presentation by Audrey Zahlis (pdf)

Each year students submit everything that they can think of to the admissions office, and each year most of these items are tossed out without a review.  Learn what admissions selections teams really look for and how they make their decisions.  Ms. Barbara F. Hall, Associate Provost for Enrollment Services, New York University, will share admissions criteria used by selective universities and will share tips on how to write an essay that accurately communicates the voice of the student.

Highlighting the importance of students pursuing their passions, a high school G/T Research Program student will share how, through participation in the program, students contribute to the larger community by applying, creating, and evaluating knowledge in a specialized area of study.

Time will be provided for questions and answers.

Hammond High School Auditorium
8800 Guilford Road
Columbia, MD 21046

For more information, please visit the G/T Advisory Committee website at

http://hcpssgtac.wordpress.com, email to hcpssgtac@gmail.com or call 410-313-6800.

Elementary School Students share their Curriculum Extension Unit Educational Experiences

Elementary School Students share their Curriculum Extension Unit Educational Experiences a video by GT Advisory Committee on Flickr.

High School Student shares her G/T Research Program Experiences

High School Student shares her G/T Research Program Experiences a video by GT Advisory Committee on Flickr.

The Howard County Gifted and Talented (G/T) Education Program Parent Academy

Gifted & Talent Education Presentation (pdf)

2011 – Parent Representative Registration
(If you have volunteered or wish to volunteer to be a G/T Parent Representative for your school please fill out our registration form)

Role of school – based G/T Parent Representative(s)

Interested parents and community members are
invited to attend…

The Howard County Gifted and Talented (G/T) Education Program Parent Academy
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Gifted and Talented Education Program Overview

7:00 – 8:00 G/T Education Program – Auditorium
G/T Program staff members and students present
a comprehensive overview of the G/T Program offerings at the
elementary, middle, and high school levels, including G/T Fine
Arts and extended day/year offerings.

8:05 – 8:30 Questions and Answer Sessions:
Elementary G/T Program Offerings: Auditorium
Secondary G/T Program Offerings: Cafeteria
G/T Fine Arts Program Offerings: Media Center

Learn about the advanced-level offerings that are available through the
G/T Education Program and how your child can become involved!
Atholton High School
6520 Freetown Road, Columbia, MD 20144

For more information, please email to hcpssgtac@gmail.com or call 410-313-6800.

The Gifted Teen Survival Guide

Athors Dr. Jim Delisle and Judy Galbraith have released an updated fourth edition of their book, The Gifted Teen Survival Guide: Smart, Sharp, and Ready for (Almost) Anything.  Available through Free Spirit Publishing

NAGC Resources

The National Association for Gifted Children has a Global Awareness Network that you can join.  Here is a recent article by the network chair, Dr. Patty Gatto-Walden, Supporting our Gifted Children During Turbulent Times.

The mission of the Global Awareness Network is to respond to the concerns of the gifted and talented about the future and the world they live in by giving them opportunities to grow in understanding of different cultures and global interdependence and by providing them with the tools and experience to participate in the shaping of their destinies. Therefore we are concerned with the following global issues:

• Cooperative sharing of resources
• Nonviolent conflict resolution
• Technological abilities to create and destroy, and
• Living in a harmonious state with the environment

 

SENG Resources

Supporting the Emotional Needs of the GIfted has wonderful articles available on their website on a variety of issues that gifted children and their families face.

Tips of Helping Gifted, Highly Sensitive Teens & Kids Cope with Trauma by Sharon M. Barnes, MSSW, LCSW  April 2009

Troubling Times: How Parents and Teachers Can Help Children Understand and Confront Adversity by Joanne Foster and Dona Matthews

Gifted and Talented Educator Recognition Celebration

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Wilde Lake Interfaith Center

10431 Twin Rivers Road, Columbia, MD 21044

Educators & School Staff please use this link to RSVP for this event

Nominators (Parents) please use this link to RSVP for this event