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Radnor Gifted Program

Mary Bolenbaugh, Supervisor of Instruction, Gifted K-12
610-386-4152

Program for Gifted Learners

Gifted Support Philosophy

Radnor Township School District believes that individuals identified as gifted possess strengths and needs which must be addressed in order for them to realize their academic potential.

School-based Gifted Individualized Education Plan (GIEP) teams determine the extent and nature of gifted support as defined by the identified strengths and needs of the student. The GIEP document is reviewed annually to accommodate the changing needs of the learner. Radnor Township School District currently offers a continuum of services to meet the unique needs of identified gifted learners. A child may:

• Remain in the regular education program with no changes
• Remain in the regular education program with differentiated instruction
• Participate in enrichment experiences in certain subjects
• Receive gifted support services in the regular education program with differentiated instruction
• Participate in an academic program which supplants some or all of the regular education program
• Receive differentiated instruction beyond what is provided in the regular classroom in the areas of communication, critical thinking, research, and problem solving

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Goals

• Enable the provision of appropriate specially designed instruction based on the student’s need and ability. 

• Ensure that the student is able to benefit meaningfully from the rate, level, and manner of instruction. 

• Provide opportunities to participate in acceleration or enrichment, or both, as appropriate to the student’s needs. 

• Provide opportunities to work with intellectual peers, in order to extend talents and develop interests.  

Evaluation should be ongoing and focused to assure that programming for gifted learners is in compliance with PA Chapter 16 – Special Education for Gifted Students. 

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Timeline

• The Gifted Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation (GMDE) must be completed within 45 school days after receiving parental permission for an initial evaluation or after notifying the parents of a reevaluation or after receiving an order of a court or hearing officer to conduct a multi-disciplinary evaluation. 

• The Gifted Written Report (GWR) must be written within 10 school days after the GMDE is completed, and a copy of the GWR must be given to the parents within 5 school days after it is completed.  (22 Pa. Code §16.22(j)(1)(2)(3))

• The GIEP must be done 30 calendar days after the GWR is written.  (22 Pa. Code §16.2(g)(1))

• The Invitation to GIEP Meeting must be sent 10 calendar days before the GIEP meeting.  (22 Pa. Code §16.2(d)(6))

• A Notice of Recommended Assignment (NORA) is presented to parents at the GIEP meeting or by certified mail within 5 calendar days after the completion of the GIEP meeting.  (22 Pa. Code §16.2(f) and §16.62(4))

• The GIEP must be implemented no more than 10 school days after it is signed or the start of the following school year if the GIEP was developed fewer than 30 days before the last school day of the year.  (22 Pa. Code §16.2(g)(2))

• The parents have 10 calendar days to respond to a notice of recommended assignment (NORA) sent by mail or 5 calendar days to respond to a NORA presented at the conclusion of the GIEP meeting.  (22 Pa. Code §16.62(5))

• If the parents receive the NORA in person and approve the recommended assignment within 5 calendar days, the school district may not implement the GIEP for at least 5 calendar days, to give the parents an opportunity to notify the district within the 5 day period of a decision to revoke the previous approval of the recommended assignment.  (22 Pa. Code §16.62(5))

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