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Brydseed explains the content imperatives

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Brydseed explains the content imperatives

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Timing is everything...how about a year? 

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Timing is everything...how about a year? 

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Ready to plan you're own? Here's the master template. 

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Ready to plan you're own? Here's the master template. 

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Be sure to check "Sample Forms" under each Grade's dropdown.  These are the forms you would send home and use in the classroom.

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Be sure to check "Sample Forms" under each Grade's dropdown.  These are the forms you would send home and use in the classroom.

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Well, there are four areas. Enjoy!

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What do you mean "Project"?  This site helps define the term project in the TPSP

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What do you mean "Project"?  This site helps define the term project in the TPSP

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Promotional Materials (if you're doing the TPSP and want to communicate it well)

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Promotional Materials (if you're doing the TPSP and want to communicate it well)

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Link to the TEA site with Texas State Plan

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Link to the TEA site with Texas State Plan

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Welcome to the gifted/talented (G/T) education webpage. The state's goal for G/T students is to ensure that those students who participate in G/T services demonstrate skills in self-directed learning, thinking, research, and communication. G/T students develop innovative products and sophisticated performances that reflect individuality and creativity and are targeted to an audience outside the classroom.

A gifted/talented student is a child or youth who performs at or shows the potential for performing at a remarkably high level of accomplishment when compared to others of the same age, experience, or environment and who

exhibits high performance capability in an intellectual, creative, or artistic area;

possesses an unusual capacity for leadership; or

excels in a specific academic field. (Texas Education Code §29.121)

Texas State Plan

Proposed Draft of the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students

The draft was developed by the Commissioner Advisory Council for Gifted/Talented and input from Education Service Centers and Gifted/Talented stakeholders. The document is the clean version of the draft of recommendations if the recommendations were to be approved.

Draft of the Texas State Plan (Approved June 2019)

Proposed Changes to the State Plan details the changes from the current edition to the draft.

You may provide feedback to GTED@tea.texas.gov.

The State Plan provides requirements for and guidance to districts as they meet the unique needs of the gifted/talented population in Texas.

The Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students (State Plan) - revised 2009
English Version (PDF, 160 KB) Spanish Version (PDF, 181 KB)

For a print-ready file allowing you to produce an English-Spanish flip version of the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students, please e-mail gted@tea.texas.gov.

Gifted/Talented Frequently Asked Questions provides information relating to the State Plan and should not be construed as TEA rules. The PDF version of the G/T FAQs (PDF, 69 KB) are available.
Join the Texas Gifted/Talented Education mailing list
For further questions or inquires email TEA at gted@tea.texas.gov.

Guiding Questions for Program Review (PDF, 187 KB)

Guiding Questions for Program Review Recommended (PDF, 143 KB)

Guiding Questions for Program Review Exemplary (PDF, 124 KB)

This tool for G/T program review serves as a resource to the State Plan and provides guided questions to assist districts in their efforts to meet the compliance guidelines.

Professional Development

The 30 hours of G/T foundational training, 6 hours of update, and administrator/counselor training is coordinated by the local district.

Required Gifted/Talented Teacher Training (PDF, 16.9 KB)

School board training and other trainings are available through the regional Education Service Centers (ESCs).

Related Links

The Texas Education Code on Gifted/Talented Education, TEC Subchapter D. Educational Programs for Gifted/Talented Students §29.121-§29.123 and §42.156

The Texas Administrative Code on Gifted/Talented Education (TAC) §89.1-§89.5

Distinguished Achievement Program (DAP) Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 30KB)

Reading Strategies for Advanced Primary Readers (PDF, 12,811KB)

The Texas Performance Standards Project (outside source)
Texas AP/IB Incentive Program
Equity in G/T (outside source)

Texas Association for Gifted and Talented (outside source)

National Association for Gifted Children (outside source)

Gifted/Talented Education Resources

The following links provide support for G/T instruction and program services.

Texas G/T Program Implementation Resource (outside source)

The Texas Performance Standards Project (outside source)

Equity in G/T Education (outside source)

Gifted/Talented Teacher Toolkit I (outside source)

Gifted/Talented Teacher Toolkit II (outside source)

Estudios, A J. K. Javits Grant Program (outside source)

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Welcome to the gifted/talented (G/T) education webpage. The state's goal for G/T students is to ensure that those students who participate in G/T services demonstrate skills in self-directed learning, thinking, research, and communication. G/T students develop innovative products and sophisticated performances that reflect individuality and creativity and are targeted to an audience outside the classroom.

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Continuum of Learning Experiences (plus D&C Definitions)

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Continuum of Learning Experiences (plus D&C Definitions)

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Definitions, suggestions for modification and differentiation.

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A website created by TEA with the purpose of creating equity for the GT program (Low SES, ELLs, 2e).

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The goal of the Equity in Gifted/Talented Education project is to encourage equitable representation of student populations in G/T programs throughout the state. This site provides tools and resources for districts that can be used to inform local policies and assess and modify current services to meet community needs.

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"Guide to Success" Implementation Guides for TPSP (includes links to the Gifted Toolbox)

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"Guide to Success" Implementation Guides for TPSP (includes links to the Gifted Toolbox)

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Copy of Fran's Depth and Complexity Posters.pdf

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Kaplan explaining one way to introduce the stems

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Kaplan explaining one way to introduce the stems

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Introduction to the Prompts of Depth and Complexity - Project Linking Learning

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I love this video of kids applying the D&C icons to their own story. 

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I love this video of kids applying the D&C icons to their own story. 

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Some fit better than others, but you can see the conscious effort the teacher has given to have the kids think at a deeper level.

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A Math Teacher using Depth & Complexity (you can see the struggle bus, but it works!)

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A Math Teacher using Depth & Complexity (you can see the struggle bus, but it works!)

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