Gifted and Talented Program
To transform the potential of gifted students through challenging and meaningful learning experiences so that the students may become creative producers and responsible problem solvers in a multicultural world.
There is no better advocate for a gifted child than a knowledgeable and active parent.
The links below provide information you need to work effectively with your child's school and to support your child at home. Additional information can be obtained from your school's Gifted and Talented Building Liaison, who is the liaison between your school and the district Gifted and Talented office. They will have the most recent information and updates.
“Gifted and talented children” means those persons between the ages of five and twenty-one whose abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment are so exceptional or developmentally advanced that they require special provisions to meet their educational needs. Gifted and talented students are capable of high performance, exceptional production, or exceptional learning behavior by virtue of any or a combination of these areas:
- General or specific intellectual abilities
- Specific academic aptitude
- Creative or productive thinking
- Leadership and human relations ability
- Visual arts, performing arts, spatial or musical abilities
- Psychomotor abilities
- Colorado Department of Education: Gifted & Talented
- Jefferson County Association for Gifted Children (JAGC)
- Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented (CAGT)
- National Association For Gifted Children (NAGC)
- Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
Shannon Rood
GT Secretary
303-982-6650s
GT Resource Teachers Contact Information
GT Resource Teachers Arranged by School