Gifted Education Specialist
gmurphy@gc.k12.va.us
Coordinating programs and services for identified high-ability and advanced students in Kindergarten through Grade Twelve.
The program provides a continuum of services to Gloucester's youth in three areas:
General Intellectual Ability
Specific Academic Aptitude -- Language Arts/Verbal
Specific Academic Aptitude -- Mathematics
Gloucester County Public Schools Mission Statement
Students need curricula and instructional strategies designed to enhance the quality of their own lives and to help them make significant contributions to society. Gloucester County Public Schools will provide appropriately differentiated educational services in accordance with the abilities and aptitudes of identified students from kindergarten to graduation. Identified students will be provided with opportunities to think abstractly, work at various rates and levels of complexity, and pursue tasks independently while learning with others of like abilities and interests, as well as developing social and academic relationships with students of all abilities and interests. In accordance with state regulations, the Office of Gifted Education Services is governed by our Local Plan for the Education of the Gifted. The Current Local Plan is for the 2021-2026 time period.
GCPS Division Statement of Philosophy for Education of the Gifted
Students need curricula and instructional strategies designed to enhance the quality of their own lives and to help them make significant contributions to society. Gloucester County Public Schools will provide appropriately differentiated educational services in accordance with the abilities and aptitudes of identified students from kindergarten to graduation. Identified students will be provided with opportunities to think abstractly, work at various rates and levels of complexity, and pursue tasks independently while learning with others of like abilities and interests, as well as developing social and academic relationships with students of all abilities and interests.
In accordance with state regulations, the Office of Gifted Education Services is governed by our Local Plan for the Education of the Gifted. The Current Local Plan is for the 2021-2026 time period.
Gifted Education Forms
Please complete form and save to return as an email attachement.
Gifted Resources for Teachers-Questions That Make Kids Think
Gifted Resources for Teachers-Creating Sequences of Questions
Introduction to Puzzlements
Opportunities
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Resource Directory
This website includes a directory of summer programs and helpful advice for choosing summer activities for your child.
Students in Kindergarten through grade 9 may apply for enrollment in the Saturday/Summer Enrichment Program courses. These courses are offered each year at the College of William and Mary during winter, and summer sessions. This enrichment program enables students to explore specialized topics not typically studied in the regular classroom. In addition to the enrichment courses of the SEP Program, the Center offers a Focusing on the Future conference each January. This conference is a daylong career and academic planning event for high-ability students in grades 6-12 and their parents.
Virtual Summer Enrichment Programs (Spring SEP registration is closed!) | W&M School of Education
SEP is an academically challenging program with an emphasis on inquiry-based learning for students. The program is not meant to supplant the regular school curriculum; rather, it recognizes the importance of allowing able youngsters to explore additional specialized areas of science, mathematics, humanities, and arts.William and Mary Super Saturday
Choose from two enrichment activities:
Grades 3-5 Engineering, Grades 2-3 Science MysteriesTechnology Exploration Saturdays for 7th & 8th grade students.
