Gifted & Talented 2019-2020
GT Elementary & Middle School
GT Program
Shelbyville ISD is committed to providing learning experiences that meet the academic needs of all students. The SISD Gifted/Talented Education Program provides students who perform or show potential for high and/or advanced intellectual ability challenging academic opportunities.
Gifted and Talented Identification Process
REFERAL - GRADE 1-12
Referrals DUE BY February 1st - Written parental consent is obtained before any special testing or assessment.
SELECTION CRITERIA -
Students must meet the minimum criteria set by the selection committee in order to be selected for participation in the SISD Gifted and Talented program. Referred students will be selected based on both quantitative and qualitative measures. Example: standardized test scores, cognitive abilities scores, teacher and parent inventory, student product/writing sample/portfolio or other product.
Imagination Fair
The Imagination Fair is designed for Gifted/Talented students and provides them an opportunity to hear a professional storyteller with lots of tales to share! Gifted/Talented students will showcase their storytelling and problem-solving skills by participating in storytelling groups and hands-on problem solving activities
Innovation Inventions
Innovative Inventions for grades 4 – 8 provides gifted students with an opportunity to participate in the inventive process. As a result, these students will gain an understanding of the processes of innovation and creative thinking and develop an appreciation of the inventive process through the creation of an original, feasible idea. The investigation will culminate in a student invention showcase held annually at Region 7 Education Service Center. During the event, students will also participate in Contraption Construction. Contraption Construction encourages creative problem-solving and cooperation among teams of students to solve a simple task by designing a complicated contraption.
Robotics
Region 7 Education Service Center offers robotics programs for gifted students in grades 4 – 12. At this level, students are afforded opportunities to explore concepts associated with robotics through cross curricular connections. There are two different competitions, a design competition in the fall and an arena competition in the spring. Participation in the design competition is not required to compete in the arena competition. Teams may choose to participate in the spring arena competition but not submit a competition board for the fall design competition.
2019-2020 Gifted & Talented Program Opportunities
Grade 2 & 3
- Imagination Fair - October 15, 2019
- Robotics - April 2020
- Book Study/Create a children's book
- Texas Performance Standards Projects (texaspsp.org)
- Scholarships for summer camps
- Innovation Inventions - March 2020
- Robotics - April 2020
- Book Study
- Texas Performance Standards Projects (texaspsp.org)
- Scholarships for summer camps
- Innovation Inventions -March 2020
- Robotics - April 2020
- Book Study/Create a children's book
- Texas Performance Standards Projects (texaspsp.org)
- Scholarships for summer camps