GIFTED AND TALENTED 6108
PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION INCLUDING STATED NEEDS AND MEASUREABLE OBJECTIVES,
At
all levels in the districts of Big Timber Elementary, Sweet Grass County High
School and Greycliff and Melville rural schools, it is recognized that there
are students whose abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment are so
outstanding that they require “services or activities not ordinarily provided
by the schools.” The PIL seeks to
provide the opportunities to enable these students to develop their abilities
to the fullest. These services are
outlined in a district plan which includes:
- Identification of targeted
students according to a 6-step selection process
- Providing identified students with
curriculum options reflective of their needs
-Providing support for the emotional
and social needs of these students
-Providing support, training and
materials/resources for all district teachers
-Promoting parent and community
involvement to expand opportunities for students
- Program evaluation and consequent
modification.
Within
the school population, there are students who have outstanding ability in any
one or more of five areas: academic
subject areas, the visual and performing arts, creativity in thought and
expression, intellect/language ability, and leadership. The unique characteristics and needs of
students with high potential are with them continuously. Since some students spend most of their time
in “regular classrooms,” the most effective and efficient way to teach to their
giftedness is by integrating “gifted programming” into the “regular education
program.” This will allow for daily and
even hourly exposure of their talents to gifted programming rather than waiting
for special blocks of time to meet those needs.
Although emphasis is on curriculum modification to meet individual needs
of high potential students, gifted programming recognizes that additional
services and projects outside of the existing curriculum an/or classroom may
also be appropriate. We believe that
gifted programming based primarily upon classroom modification, but
supplemented with out-of-class enrichment will maximize the potential of gifted
and talented students.
Adopted
5/13/98