While you wait . . .
 Please let me know you were here by signing the list on
the table.
 Take a handout of tonight’s presentation; it’s great for
taking notes.
 Also, take a note card to write down any questions you
might have during the presentation—I will collect
them and answer them after the presentation.
Level IV Services
Referral and Screening Process
Flint Hill Elementary School
Cee Stephens
Advanced Academic Resource Teacher
Cee.Stephens@fcps.edu
Level IV Services
at Flint Hill
Full-Time
Advanced Academic
Level IV Program
Grades 3, 4, 5, and 6
Level IV Services Referral and
Screening Process
 http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/level4.shtml
 Grades 3-6
— Parent referral (NO automatic screening)
 Grade 2
— Pool (automatically screened)

Established by FCPS using test scores from the
Naglieri Nonverbal Abilities Test (NNAT) and the
Cognitive Ability Test (CogAT)

Notified by letter
— Parent referral
Screening Process: Step 1
Parent Referral deadline:
—February 3, 2014, 4:00 p.m.
—No exceptions
Second grade pool candidates are
automatically screened. No referral
is necessary.
Screening Process: Step 2
REQUIRED MATERIALS
Referral form or pool candidate
 Ability test scores
 Progress reports
 Gifted Behaviors Rating Scale with
commentary (GBRS)
 Achievement test scores if applicable
 Student work sample provided by school

Screening Process: Step 3
OPTIONAL MATERIALS: DUE 2/3/14
 Parent/Guardian questionnaire
 Student work samples (maximum of 4 pages, singlesided, letter-size)
 Certificates/awards/letters (maximum of 5 pages,
single-sided, letter-size)
 Additional testing
 Private testing (NOT GMU) requires 2 copies of
license
Screening Process: Step 4
LOCAL SCREENING COMMITTEE
 Consists of teachers, administrators,
specialists, and AART from the local
school
 Reviews documents submitted for files
 Prepares GBRS
 AART prepares files for submission
Screening Process: Step 5
CENTRAL SCREENING COMMITTEE
 Central screening committee reviews files
and makes decisions in March/April
 Oversight committee reviews all decisions
in April
Screening Process: Step 6
NOTIFICATION
 Parents notified by letter end of April.
 Parents may appeal ineligible decisions in
June
 Appeals decisions mailed in July
Referral Deadline
ALL PARENT REFERRAL FORMS AND
OPTIONAL MATERIALS ARE DUE
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014
4:00 P.M.
NO EXCEPTIONS
Parent Information Packet
http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/
www.fcps.edu/FlintHillES
???Questions???
Please contact me:
Cee Stephens
Advanced Academic Resource Teacher
Cee.Stephens@fcps.edu
703-242-6112
We pursue excellence every day in a respectful
environment.