GTCC Sample Gifted & Talented Curriculum

PHILOSOPHY

The school district acknowledges the responsibility to provide services that meet the needs of all students to develop their potential.

Highly capable students have special needs, as a result of a wide range of abilities and talents.

The school is committed to providing these students with a learning environment, flexible enough to allow diversity of options in order to maximize their potential.

The school will provide a program that is qualitatively differentiated from the regular program, varied in depth, breadth, complexity and pace.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

PROGRAM GOAL

The Gifted and Talented Program will provide in-service and training for staff members, parents, and community members.

Objective A	To provide a well thought out and planned system of on-going inservice training that takes into account the needs of those receiving the training.
	Guidelines: 1. Collaborative teaching.
Objective B	To provide training for staff members so that skills are developed in interventions, adaptions, and strategies for gifted/high ability students.
	Guidelines: Particular attention should be given to:
	1. Use of cross-disciplinary teaching. 2. Development of skills in curriculum compacting. 3. Use of collaborative teaching so that efforts are coordinated between the classroom teacher and gifted and talented teacher/coordinator. 4. Use of technology in the classroom. 5. Developing a differentiated curriculum for the high ability students. 6. Use of Interest Inventories to assist in gifted/talented program planning. 7. Ability to extend the regular curriculum. 8. Understanding the social/emotional needs of the gifted/higher ability students. 9. Use of higher order thinking skills within the regular curriculum.
Objective C	To provide training so that skills are developed in recognizing and nurturing the special needs and characteristics of high ability students.
	Guidelines: Particular attention should be given to:
	1. Special/emotion needs for gifted/high ability students and teaching styles.  (See objective E)
Objective D	To provide training and information for parents and community members regarding the gifted and talented program.
	Guidelines: Particular attention should be given to:
	1. What the program is about. 2. The configuration of the program. 3. Rationale regarding activities of the program.
Objective E	To provide training and information for parents regarding the special needs and characteristics of gifted/high ability students.
	Guidelines: Particular attention should be given to:
	1. Social and emotional needs of gifted/high ability students.  (See program goal regarding this)
Objective F	To provide input and direction to institutions of higher learning regarding pre-service preparation of teachers.
	Guidelines: Particular attention should be given to:
	1. Required course work in gifted/talented theory and practice. 2. Field experience with current educators working within the gifted/talented field.
Objective G	Socratic Questioning, Brain Based teaching, The Thoughtful Classroom.
Objective H	Technology used in the classroom.
	Guidelines: New and train in present.
Objective I	Training in evaluation.

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