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Gilbert Unified District outlines plan to expand K–12 gifted services and endorse more teachers
Summary
District leaders described a plan to scale gifted services across K–12, increase teacher endorsements, double capacity at Highland Junior Highand create vertical alignment into Highland High School to provide sustained support for identified gifted students.
The Gilbert Unified District (4239) governing board heard a detailed presentation on Sept. 23 about expanding the district—s gifted-education program and training more teachers to provide specialized services.
Assistant Superintendent Jared Ryan introduced Brent Gardner, the district—s coordinator of advanced learning, and Jordan Hall, an advanced learning specialist, who outlined steps to reach a more coherent K—12 gifted continuum. Gardner said the district currently identifies about 11.1% of students as gifted, well above the 3% benchmark used for comparison, and called meeting that level of need a challenge "because it's a very large number of students." The presenters described a two-part approach: endorsing more existing teachers through a 90-hour…
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