Gifted Education and Governor's Schools
Donna L. Poland, Ph.D.
Specialist, Governor's Schools & Gifted Education
Office of Middle and High School Instruction
Virginia Department of Education
P.O. Box 2120
Richmond, VA 23218-2120
Voice: (804) 225-2884
Fax: (804) 786-5466
e-mail: Donna.Poland@doe.virginia.gov
Ruth Grillo, Specialist
Gifted Education Access
and Equity Project Coordinator
Project PROMISE
Maggie L. Walker
Governor's School
1000 N. Lombardy Street
Richmond, VA 23229
Voice:
804-359-0440
Fax: 804-354-6939
e-mail:
Ruth.Grillo@doe.virginia.gov
The Commonwealth of Virginia provides services to identified students, kindergarten through grade twelve. The Virginia Board of Education adopted the current Regulations Governing Educational Services for Gifted Students, which outline the requirements of the local plan for the education of the gifted that school divisions must submit to the Department of Education for approval. Currently, local plans for the gifted are renewed every five years.
Each division is required to submit an annual report, "Programs for the Gifted," to the Department of Education. The requested information relates to numbers of students served by grade and program area. The annual report requests information on the number and ethnicity of students referred for gifted services as well as information about the school division's teachers of the gifted and the training they have received. Information contained in the division's annual report or its local plan may be obtained from the local gifted education coordinator.
From this page, the reader may access a variety of information related to the services in support of gifted students.
Gifted Education:
- Annual Report for the Education of the Gifted
- Project PROMISE is a collaborative and integrated model for teaching and learning in the primary grades (K-3) developed for students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds for gifted education services.
- Local Plan for the Education of the Gifted (Word)
- Local Plan for the Education of the Gifted Peer Review Guidelines
- Reference Guide for Local Gifted Education - Plan Development and Evaluation (2.7mb)
- Local School Division Gifted Education Coordinators
- Regulations Governing Educational Services for Gifted Students
- The Virginia Advisory Committee for the Education of the Gifted
- The Virginia Plan for the Gifted (1996)
Virginia Governor's Schools: