Office of Gifted Education
Welcome to the gifted and talented education section of the CDE website. We hope that at this site, you will find answers to many of your questions and the support you need for working with highly-able students.
"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 programming needs. Children under five who are gifted may also be provided with early childhood special educational services. Gifted students include gifted students with disabilities (i.e. twice exceptional) and students with exceptional abilities or potential from all socio-economic and ethnic, cultural populations. Gifted students are capable of high performance, exceptional production, or exceptional learning behavior by virtue of any or a combination of these areas of giftedness:
- General or specific intellectual ability.
- Specific academic aptitude.
- Creative or productive thinking.
- Leadership abilities.
- Visual arts, performing arts, musical or psychomotor abilities.
- Mission and Vision
- Gifted Education Vision 2012-2016 (PDF)
What's New?
- Trainer of Trainers (ToT) Courses 2012
- The Association for the Gifted Annual Symposium (PDF)
- NAGC Conference Scholarships for teachers in Title 1 schools
Information
Application and two letters of recommendation due May 15, 2012 (PDF) - Colorado Academy of Educators for the Gifted, Talented and
Creative
2012-2013 Scholarship Application-Due November 2, 2012
• Application for educators working on a degree or endorsement in gifted education (PDF)
CDE Sponsored Gifted Education Listserv
Colo-GT provides local, regional, state and national information and discussion for Colorado educators and other interested persons concerning gifted and talented student education.
- Directions to Subscribe (PDF)
The Challenger
Regional News
- East Central (PDF)
- Metro (PDF)
- North Central (PDF)
- Northeast (PDF)
- Northwest (PDF)
- Pikes Peak (PDF)
- San Luis Valley (PDF)
- Southeast (PDF)
- West Central (PDF)
- West Southwest (PDF)
