arrow A teacher and a student at Mosaic Pre-K Center NYC Mayor's Office New York City’s controversial Gifted and Talented program for toddlers will move to a teacher-administered interview and lottery model, after a contract to administer the traditional test was defeated by the city’s educational policy panel last month. The new plan, which rolls out on March 8th, will include parents alerting their preschools that they are interested in participating in the G&T program. Then an educator from the child’s preschool will administer a questionnaire that will then determine if the student will be eligible to enter a random lottery for the approximately 2,500 available G&T kindergarten seats.