Advanced Learning Plan (ALP)

Video - "Gifted May Not Be What You Think"

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Hoagies Gifted Education Page

Cognitive Rigor Matrices/ Reading and Writing

Inquiry Based Learning in High School English

Socratic Seminar - Example

COURSERA- Free College Courses (MOOC’s)

EdX - Great MOOC's

Advanced Vocabulary - Gifted Secondary

MCT - Secondary

Website Gifted Teachers Toolbox (The Gifted Guy)

Book: A Teacher's Toolbox for Gifted Education- 20 Strategies You Can Use Today to Challenge Gifted Students (Stanley, 2022)

Website: Genius Hour- Serving and Identifying Gifted Learners through Purposeful Passion Projects

Book: Genius Hour: Passion Projects That Ignite Innovation and Student Inquiry

Even Gifted Students Can’t Keep Up

Byrdseed - Math Resources

Open Middle - Challenging Math Problems Worth Solving

American Mathematics Competitions

Depth and Complexity in Social Studies_Content Imperative Cards

Social Studies Units: The College of William and Mary

Finding Mentorship:  Gifted Students Need Guidance

Post Secondary Planning for Gifted

SENG

Living With Intensity

Parenting Gifted Children

Perfectionism

Science Teacher Inquiry Rubric

SciFri

Narrative NonFiction - 

Science Books by Mary Roach

Specific Academic Area

Mathematics, Reading, Writing, Science, Social Studies, World Languages 

Dance

Dance Characteristics

Dance Referral 

Music

Music Characteristics

Music Referral

Performing Arts

Performing Arts Characteristics

Performing Arts Referral Forms

• General K-2

• General 3-5

• General 6-12

Visual Arts

Visual Arts Characteristics

Visual Arts Referral

Creative or Productive Thinking

Creative or Productive Thinking Information

Already Completed through Initial Referral 

Leadership

Leadership Information

Already Completed through Initial Referral 

Psychomotor

Psychomotor Information

Already Completed through Initial Referral 

• Advanced Learning Plans: ECEA Rules Guidance

• Advanced Learning Plan Review (Accessible) 2023

• Writing Colorado Standards-aligned Advanced Learning Plans (ALPs)

Possible Standards for ALP Development include but are not limited to:

• Colorado Academic Standards

• National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Pre-K - Grade 12 Programming Standards

• Frameworks, Competencies, Standards, and Guidelines - CASEL

• National Core Arts Standards

• Career and Technical Education | CDE

General Intellectual Ability (GIA) is exceptional capability or potential recognized through cognitive processes, which may include memory, reasoning, learning speed, spatial reasoning, problem-solving, and handling abstract ideas.

Specific Academic Aptitude

Specific academic aptitude refers to exceptional skill or potential in a particular subject area. This includes a strong knowledge base or the ability to ask thoughtful questions in key academic areas such as reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and world languages.

Specific Talent Aptitude

Specific talent aptitude is the exceptional capability or potential in:

• Creative or productive thinking - the unique abilities used for tasks like problem-solving and original thinking.

• Leadership - the ability to inspire and empower others through skills like communication, social awareness, and responsibility.

• Talent areas - dance, music, performing arts, visual arts, psychomotor. 

In Colorado, identifying gifted students begins with a referral based on observed or documented information. A referral is a request to evaluate a student for potential gifted services.

By the end of the 2025-2026 school year, teachers and staff members will be able to identify and implement at least three different strategies to increase cognitive engagement for students across different levels of Bloom’s taxonomy.

Staff will learn the essential elements of writing an effective prompt to create a lesson plan using AI.

Cognitive Engagement: igniting curiosity and wonder through personalized interactions that foster safe and valued connections that inspire and instill self motivation to investigate, apply, evaluate, justify and create learning.