Four Levels of GT Services |
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Level 1 |
Services for all students – In grades K-5, the GTS models lessons which are connected to the POS and are designed to teach all students higher order thinking skills and develop critical and creative thinking. The Strategies Lab allows students to develop problem-solving strategies, develop creativity and reasoning skills and to encourage students to accept responsibility for their own learning. |
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Level 2 |
Services for many students – Differentiated services are offered to students who have specific academic strengths. The GTS collaborates with classroom teachers to support differentiated instruction and provide additional challenges within the general education curriculum. |
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Level 3 |
Services for some students – Each year, the local GT screening committee screens all students in grades 2-5 for GT services. These students are provided in a full-time academic placement. The lessons, models and strategies used in this classroom are designed to challenge and enrich the Program of Studies in the four core subject areas. (Yung, Fran, and Tracey can give you specific details about the texts, strategies, and curriculum used in the classrooms) | |
Level 4 |
Services for a few students – These students have been found eligible for a GT center. Eligibility is initiated through the local screening committee; however the final decision for eligibility is determined by the central selection committee | |
Young Scholars Program |
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The Young Scholar model is designed to find and nurture gifted potential in underrepresented students beginning in Kindergarten. The GTS works with classroom teachers to strengthen basic skills, increase background knowledge and to develop gifted potential in young learners. |
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Other Programs |
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The Breakfast Club invites Young Scholars and students receiving differentiated services to participate in curriculum based projects designed to challenge students, build background knowledge and develop critical and creative thinking skills. The projects change each quarter: |
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1st Quarter |
On the Road to the |
A William and Mary Concept Development based unit focusing on our US government and the election process. |
2nd Quarter |
Math Olympics |
A problem solving unit where multiage teams of students compete in timed math events. |
3rd Quarter |
Enchanted Castle |
A Language Arts unit where students journey through the land of multicultural fairy tales and fables, building critical and creative thinking skills along the way. |
4th Quarter |
The Egg Drop Contest |
The Egg Drop Contest: A scientific unit allowing students to design experiments to test hypothesis; culminating in an Egg Drop Contest. |