Amber Reinecke is the Cross-Curricular Systems Program Manager and Gifted and Talented (GT) Specialist at ESC Region 13. She has experience as an elementary classroom GT teacher, as well as six years of experience as a Gifted and Talented Pull-out Teacher and Instructional Coach. She has a passion for working with the gifted community in order to advocate for student needs.
Gifted and talented (GT) program coordinators are tasked annually with keeping your school board and district leadership informed and engaged in GT. Among those responsibilities are two key requirements in the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students centered on your...
Conducting a Gifted and Talented (GT) program evaluation is essential for ensuring that your services meet the needs of the gifted students in your district. This...
Learning breaks can be difficult for children. The longer the break, the more learning loss occurs. Research on “summer slide” or “summer lag” shows that children can...
You receive a letter from the school asking permission to test your child for the gifted and talented (GT) program. Or maybe you requested to have your child tested...
Every year, districts across the state are required to identify students who will participate in Gifted and Talented (GT) programs. This GT identification process has...
The Texas Performance Standards Project (TPSP) is a Texas Education Agency (TEA) created website providing teachers across Texas with free standards-based tasks to use...
Everyone wants to do what’s best for students. It can feel overwhelming to meet the training requirements for the gifted and talented program. However, these are...
Gifted and Talented (GT) Programs vary across campuses, districts, and the state. Do you know your gifted and talented program goals? Are you meeting these goals...
Project Based Learning (also known as PBL) is a method of instruction that encourages students to learn through the use of projects and problem-solving. Project based...
STEM activities integrate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math into lessons in order to teach students 21st century skills through problem solving. Let’s...
