Don’t miss our upcoming P.A.L. Workshop Series on G&T Education in partnership with New York Family Magazine:
A Roundtable Discussion About Gifted & Talented Education and Programming in New York City this Tuesday, October 16 from 6:30-8 pm at the Downtown Community in Tribeca.
We’ll have parent and school reps from many of the G&T programs throughout New York City. Parents will share experiences that will help those contemplating G&T education for their children, as well as provide some details about the new changes to the G&T admissions process. Strengths of the various programs and useful resources that support this population of learners will be discussed.
Limited seats remain, so register now at http://palworkshopsnyc.eventbrite.com
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 @ 6:30 pm- 8 pm
Downtown Community Center at 120 Warren Street between Greenwich Street and West Street in Tribeca.
And if you’re applying for schools, the new DOE G&T Program Handbooks are available:
New York City Department of Education Gifted and Talented programs provide challenging instruction to children with exceptional academic capacity. In G&T programs, students are grouped together in a class with similar students and receive appropriate instruction in all content areas. The DOE’s recommendation is for teachers assigned to G&T programs to differentiate instruction, provide appropriate enrichment opportunities, compact the curriculum, and/or accelerate the content.
Important Dates to Know for the 2012-2013 Admissions Process-
NOV 9, 2012– Deadline to submit Request for Testing (RFT) Forms
OCT 15-NOV 9– Community Info Sessions
JAN 7-Feb 8, 2013– Current K-2 Public School Students, G&T assessments administered at school sites
JAN 5-Feb 3, 2013– Current DOE Pre-K Students & Non-public School Students assessments at select sites
APRIL 2013– Score reports and applications with available G&T programs communicated to eligible students
APRIL 19, 2013– Applications due
Week of May 20, 2013– Placement offers communicated to families
Week of June 3, 2013– Deadline for families to accept/decline placement offers
Some changes to the G&T Admissions process this year:
• a composite score in which the NNAT2, Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test will account for 2/3 of the total G&T test score• changes to the sibling policy
• Due to extreme competition and growing numbers of eligible applicants, students scoring in the 99th percentile will not be guaranteed placement in the most popular G&T programs
2012-2013 Schools with G&T Classes
[Please note that not all schools with G&T programs in 2012-2013 will have a G&T program next year, and some schools not listed may start new G&T classes in 2013-2014.]
