** If you believe you child demonstrates any of the following characteristics, please contact the GT Resource Teacher at the school your child attends.

Areas of Identification:

Intellectual

Definition:  Either the potential or demonstrated ability to perform at an exceptionally high level in general intellectual ability, which is usually reflected in extraordinary performance in a variety of cognitive areas, such as abstract reasoning, logical reasoning, social awareness, memory, nonverbal ability and the analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of information.

Specific Academic

Definition:  Possessing either potential or demonstrated ability to perform at an exceptionally high level in one (1) or very few related, specific academic areas significantly beyond the age, experience or environment of one's chronological peers.

Creativity

Definition:  Creative or divergent thinking ability means possessing either potential or demonstrated ability to perform at an exceptionally high level in creative thinking and divergent approaches to conventional tasks as evidenced by innovative or creative reasoning, advanced insight and imagination, and solving problems in unique ways.

Leadership

Definition:  Psychosocial or leadership ability means possessing either potential or demonstrated ability to perform at an exceptionally high level in social skills and interpersonal qualities such as poise, effective oral and written expression, managerial ability, and the ability, or vision to set goals and organize others to successfully reach those goals.

Visual and Performing Arts

Definition: Visual or performing arts ability means possessing either potential or demonstrated ability to perform at an exceptionally high level in the visual or performing arts and demonstrating the potential for outstanding aesthetic production, accomplishment, or creativity in visual art, dance, music, or drama.