Academic Component

6th Grade Program
Gifted students, as well as students identified as demonstrating advanced skills in language arts, will be scheduled into an accelerated English class. This class will be designed to meet the needs of gifted students and fifth grade students transitioning into sixth grade with highly advanced skills in language arts.

7th Grade Program
Gifted students, as well as students identified as demonstrating highly advanced skills in 6th grade English, will be scheduled into an accelerated English class. The curriculum will be consistent with the teaching strategies, curriculum and resources presented in the 6th grade accelerated component. Dr. Anderson will provide professional development for seventh grade English teachers to integrate appropriate curriculum, teaching strategies and resources for the accelerated learner as well as to understand the effective implementation of differentiated instruction.

Enrichment Component

6th, 7th and 8th Grade
Three content specific gifted resource teachers (math, science and creative arts) will rotate every eight weeks to a middle school building to provide enrichment programs in a specific content area based on student interest and need.

Students are scheduled by the gifted resource teacher on a rotating schedule. The enrichment activities will change from the present program of enrichment activities being grade specific to a program that supports students meeting cross grade (6th-8th grade). Current Probe enrichment activities will be reviewed to be included with the enrichment program for next year as determined by the enrichment teachers.

Building administration on each school has identified a room that will serve as the gifted resource room to provide the enrichment activities.

The gifted resource teacher will modify the GIEP next year to reflect the student participation in specifically select or all enrichment program options.

Cost
Charges reflected above incur no additional staffing.