GT SERVICES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Mrs. Karen Espegren
Naviance software familiarization: this is the primary platform used in Eagle County Schools for college and career planning (ICAP)
Supporting students in the writing of Advanced Learning Plans (ALPs): Post-secondary goal setting and monitoring, beginning with articulating a broad post-secondary goal, working through narrowing the focus, and ending with a specific action plan, as students move through each grade. Goals are set and monitored via a Naviance survey, and focus on college/career and personal (social/emotional/identity) areas
Student college/career advising/planning meetings: either individually or in small groups, and possibly together with school counselors, depending upon schedules and student needs.
Information sharing and collaboration with relevant school counselors in relation to college and career planning with GT students
Support for students in advocating for their individual academic and/or social-emotional needs with school staff: outlining a specific plan for effective communication between GT students and their teachers
Student EDGE group meetings: informal, as needed, either during both lunch periods (EVHS) or before school late-start (BMHS)
Providing professional learning support and resources for teachers in meeting the needs of advanced and gifted students in their classes: staff presentations and co-planning
Liaising with the ECS College and Career specialist to share information about GT student needs, and opportunities for advancement such as Early College High School
Referring students with specific questions in relation to subject/class choice and pathways at their school to the counselor
Maintaining a High School GT website to post relevant information for families
Maintaining a GT Schoology page to post relevant information for students
Declining GT Services:
Parents may decline gifted services by completing and signing a GT Exit Form. Please contact Mrs. Espegren for more details. Please note that:
The student’s GT identification with Eagle County Schools is preserved
Exit is from GT services only
After three contacts have been initiated with students to complete an ALP goal-setting document with no response, students and families will be considered to have declined gifted services