Maryland State Advisory Council

on Gifted and Talented Education

Maryland Gifted & Talented Education

September 24, 2018

Agenda

•Welcome, Announcements, and Updates

• Sub-committee Work

Welcome, Introductions,

Announcements, Updates

Officers

•Co-chair: Penny Zimring

•Co-chair: Dennis Jutras

•Secretary: Julie Skolnick

New Members

• Alex Clough: McDaniel College

• Carrie Crawford: Frederick County Teacher

• Jolyn Davis: Anne Arundel County Regional Assistant Superintendent

• Kurshanna Dean: Montgomery County Gt Supervisor*

• Linda Diasgrandos: Prince George’s County PTA*

• Monica Gaines: Prince George’s County Principal*

• Michelle Gluck: Montgomery County PTA*

• Yvonne Golczewski: MCGATE President*

• Robin Hawley-Brillante: Baltimore City GAL Resource Teacher

• Theresa Jackson: Prince George’s County TAG Supervisor*

• Dennis Jutras: Baltimore City GAL Coordinator*

• Bertha Knight: Baltimore City Community & School Coordinator*

New Members

• Rae Lymer: Baltimore City GAL Specialist

• Sherry Miles: MD MENSA Vice-President*

• Andy Moore: Notre Dame of MD University Assistant Professor*

• Monica Rastegar: Baltimore City Teacher

• Tara Recor: Harford County GT Resource Specialist*

• Jessica Reinhard: Washington County GT Supervisor*

• Katherine Rigler: Montgomery County Consultant*

• Chris Stecklair: Talbot County GT Teacher

• Ainsley Tetreault: Anne Arundel GT Identification Resource Teacher*

• Rick Tyler: Maryland PTA*

• Sheree Whitby: Howard County BSAP Achievement Specialist

2018-2019 Meetings

• November 28, 2018 (Time: 10:00 - 1:00)

• January 16, 2019 (Time: 10:00 - 1:00) • (SNOW DATE: January 23, 2019)

• April 11, 2019 (Time: 10:00 - 1:00)

Mission

To encourage and support the education of students who

are identified as gifted and talented and twice

exceptional (2e) in accordance with the Annotated Code

of Maryland, Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR)

17.04.07: Gifted and Talented Education, the Maryland

Criteria for Excellence: Gifted and Talented Program

Guidelines, as well as the National Association for

Gifted Children (NAGC) 2013 standards for gifted

programming through education, advocacy, and

recognition in order to ensure identification and services.

2018-2019 Goals

• Increase public awareness of the role and purpose of gifted and talented education and recognize the contributions of outstanding individuals and organizations in the field.

• Provide support of professional learning in gifted and talented education; support and recognize schools for the development of gifted and talented programs and services that are aligned with the Maryland Criteria for Excellence and COMAR 13A.04.07.

• Provide support for districts to improve their G/T Programs through a process of reflection, data collection, and self-evaluation.

• Increase public awareness of the role and purpose of gifted and talented education and recognize the contributions of outstanding individuals and organizations in the field.

Summer GT Committee Work

• Enhancements to GT COMAR

•GTAC Advocacy to the Kirwan

Commission

MEGS Update

Penny Zimring

www.megsonline.net

The 2018 Maryland State Conference

on Gifted and Talented EducationFriday, October 19, 2018

New Town High School

Owings Mills, MD

What Works: Using Problem-Based Learning to Find and

Serve All Gifted Children

Dr. Shelagh A. Gallagher

Update

Yvonne Golczewski

www.mcgate.org

MSDE Updates

• June 11 GT Equity Symposium

• ESSA Update and Resulting Revisions in

GT Identification

• Javits Grant – Year 2

• Hybrid Primary Talent Development

Program and OER Commons

• EGATE Updates

Sub-committees

• EGATE and Awards (Ainsley Tetreault)

• LEA Publicity and Recruitment (Don Counts)

• Program Improvement (Jessica Reinhard)

• Criteria for Excellence – COMAR Language for School Level (Theresa Jackson)

Criteria for Excellence

MSDE Updates

Bruce Riegel

Maryland Gifted & Talented Education

“The State intends to take steps to

add ‘gifted and talented students’

as an additional student group by

the end of school year 2017-2018.”

Jacob Javits Grant

Sub-committee Work Session

Turn In All Notes & Name Badges