Gifted Resource Teacher (GRT)

The information below will provide you with the most updated information. Please check back frequently for updates.

February 2023 Updates

3rd and 4th grade students who did not have CogAT testing from their previous school will be tested on February 7th, 8th, and 9th. Those scores will be published in ParentVue in late March or early April. 

4th grade students whose parents requested reevaluations will start the portfolio lesson portion on February 7th, 8th, and 9th. More dates will be necessary to complete this process, but the three dates listed have been confirmed by staff and Admin.

5th grade DCI students  will complete the CogAT on February 7th, 8th, and 9th. They will also start the portfolio evaluation on those dates as well. More dates will be necessary to complete this process, but the three dates listed have been confirmed by staff and Admin. The CogAT scores will be published in ParentVue in late March or early April.     

5th grade students whose parents requested reevaluations will start the portfolio lesson portion on February 7th, 8th, and 9th. More dates will be necessary to complete this process, but the three dates listed have been confirmed by staff and Admin.  They will also be tested on those dates as well. The CogAT scores will be published in ParentVue in late March or early April.       

January 2023 UPDATES

2023 Elementary Gifted Evaluation Process - Spring Cycle

DECEMBER 2022 UPDATE

CogAT Scores

Scores and score reports for the Cognitive Abilities (CogAT) assessment are available in ParentVUE. Scores can be found in the Test History tab of ParentVUE and a detailed score report can be found in the Documents tab of ParentVUE. 

If you have questions regarding the CogAT assessment, please visit the LCPS Assessment Services website at: https://www.lcps.org/Page/220794

FALL GT Evaluations (ONLY 5th and New to LCPS 4th)This information is an update to inform you that your child is still going through the Fall 2022 GT evaluation process at this time.  You will receive a LCPS GT department email by January 20, 2022 informing you whether your child is found eligible or ineligible for GT services. You will receive an email notification regardless of whether or not your child is found eligible or ineligible.

October 2022 UPDATE

Parents of New to LCPS 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders

If your child is new to LCPS AND does not have a CogAT test on file, a permission form was sent home on October 4th. Please return the form no later than October 21st (the sooner the better...you know who you are :)). (The link is no longer active. 10.21.22)

TESTING DATES FOR THE COGAT ARE NOVEMBER 2ND, 3RD, AND 4TH.

(Your child will take the three subtests over a three-day period.)

SEPTEMBER 2022 UPDATE

5th grade Information

The 5th grade fall window for GT evaluations is open from September 12th-30th.  Please complete this form if you would like to have your child evaluated. (This window has closed. It will reopen January 3rd-20th and the form link will be available.)

Return the HARDCOPY to Ms. Sutter

4th grade information 

The (new to LCPS) 4th grade fall window for GT evaluations is open from September 12th-30th.  Please complete this form if you would like to have your child evaluated. (This window has closed. It will reopen January 3rd-20th and the form link will be available.)  

Return the HARDCOPY to Ms. Sutter  

K-2 Gifted Program

ALL STUDENTS in K-2 will receive a bi-weekly critical-thinking lesson from the GRT (Gifted Resource Teacher). 

These lessons are not graded, but rather offered as a way to strengthen one's critical thinking abilities.  

The GT curriculum is problem-solving based and founded upon gifted education research.  The curriculum spirals developmentally through five components:  reasoning, perceiving, connecting, evaluating, and creating.  Each grade level learns about each component at increasingly more complex and abstract levels.

The CogAT is administered in 2nd grade. More information will be shared by your child's classroom teacher as testing takes place in the classroom. 

3rd Gifted Program

ALL THIRD GRADERS receive GT lessons on a bi-weekly basis. 

TALENT DEVELOPMENT lessons are presented which provide students with exposure to the types of tasks that are included in the gifted portfolio assessments.

GIFTED PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENTS are taught during GT lessons and collected. These portfolio pieces are used in the third grade evaluation in spring. 

The COGNITIVE ABILITIES TEST is administered in 2nd grade, except if your 3rd grade child has transferred to LCPS and does not have a test on file. The GT Department uses the scores for the third grade evaluation in the spring. 

MAP (Math and Reading) Fall/Spring assessments will be administered by the classroom teacher. All information about the MAP tests will be shared by your child's teacher. The GT Department uses the scores for the third grade evaluation in the spring.

GIFTED EVALUATION takes place in the spring of 3rd grade. The student's MAP, CogAT, and Portfolio are then evaluated by a committee. Notification of eligibility status will be sent in late May or June by the LCPS Gifted Supervisor Wendy.King@lcps.org. 

4-5 Gifted Programs

GENERAL INTELLECTUAL ABILITY (GIA) identified students will participate in a critical thinking program once a week. They will also receive one lesson of DCI Math and DCI Reading per week. 

4th meets on Tuesdays

5th meets on Thursdays

DIFFERENTIATED CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION (DCI) MATH identified students participate in one lesson a week in an intensive math course. Students identified for this program demonstrated strong mathematical skills in both the MAP and CogAT. 

DIFFERENTIATED CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION (DCI) READING identified students participate in one lesson a week in an intensive reading course. Students identified for this program demonstrated strong ELA (English/Language Art) skills in both the MAP and CogAT.

EDGE program  (Empowering Diversity through Gifted Education)

The EDGE program is designed to nurture and challenge students with advanced academic potential from groups historically underrepresented in LCPS advanced academic and gifted programs. The program provides additional academic challenges for students designed to develop students' individual potential. Classroom teachers and GRTs work together to nurture academic potential in our younger learners and prepare them for more challenging and rigorous academic pathways. If you feel your child meets the criteria for EDGE, please contact Ms. Sutter. 

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