Gifted & Talented
The Gifted and Talented Program at Morris Brandon
The Gifted and Talented Services at Morris Brandon
2024-25 Gifted Contact
Mrs. Carla Kendall, Ed. S
Gifted Lead Teacher
Testing Manager
cckendall@apsk12.org
Please visit the Atlanta Public Schools Gifted and Talented website for more information. You will find answers to frequently asked questions about how we identify, serve, enrich, and support gifted students:
https://www.atlantapublicschools.us/Page/20890.
Our Vision
Gifted and Talented Education in Atlanta Public Schools will architect globally competitive, critical, and creative thinkers of the 21st Century.
Mission
Through advocacy and innovation, gifted and talented students’ unique needs will be recognized, valued, and nurtured so their inspired minds are equipped to change the world.
The Georgia State Board of Education defines a gifted student as “…a student who demonstrates a high degree of intellectual, and/or creative ability(ies), exhibits an exceptionally high degree of motivation, and/or excels in specific academic fields, and who needs special instruction and/or special ancillary services to achieve at levels commensurate with his or her abilities.”
Atlanta Public Schools provide services for identified gifted students at all levels. The gifted program is designed to meet the particular needs of these students and extend competencies in cognitive skills, learning skills, research and reference skills, communication skills, and metacognitive skills beyond the regular classroom experience.
The Georgia State Department of Education governs the procedures for identifying and placing students in the gifted program.
Gifted and Talented Education in Atlanta Public Schools (APS) provides differentiated instruction for intellectually advanced and creatively gifted students. Gifted services are available for students at Morris Brandon in first through fifth grade who are actively enrolled in APS school. Students in Atlanta enrolled in private schools or home study programs are not eligible for APS gifted testing and services.
Morris Brandon’s gifted delivery models are Collaboration and Cluster Grouping. They are the only approved models that align with the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Program (PYP).
In the Collaboration Model, gifted students are served daily within their homeroom through targeted instructional collaboration between the homeroom (content-certified) teacher and a gifted-endorsed teacher.
The Cluster Grouping model is when the teacher of record is gifted-endorsed, so students receive services daily from their homeroom teacher.