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Gifted and Talented Program and
Young Scholar's Initiative

 

Ms. Patty Settel

The goal of the School wide Achievement Model at Groveton is to provide an exciting educational program that recognizes the unique needs, talents and interest of each student.

In K-3, response lessons are taught in the classrooms. These open ended lessons designed to tap students' potential critical and creative thinking ability. Process lessons, which introduce different thinking strategies at each grade level, are modeled in Grades 4-6. In grade 4, strategies include fluency and flexibility, mind mapping and plus- minus-interesting lessons. In grade 5, point of view, originality and elaboration, and visualization lessons are taught. Encapsulation, decisions and outcomes, and analogies are taught in grade 6.


Young Scholar's Initiative

Working together to nurture, guide, and support the academic
potential of young students

GOALS:

Our goal is to identify students with high academic potential who traditionally may not be considered for gifted programs using current methods of identification.

Our goal is to increase the academic challenge provided to students in grades K-3.

Our goal is to nurture the student's potential and develop the skills necessary to engage in challenging subject matter and rigorous courses in upper elementary school and beyond.

PLANS:

To nurture, guide, and support young scholars through:

  • clustering young scholars together
  • multiage grouping
  • flexible grouping according to the child's academic needs
  • looping with the same teacher

Ongoing Staff Development:

  • Co-teaching: GT resource teacher and classroom teacher co-planning and collaborating
  • Differentiating according to students' needs
  • Designing curriculum that challenges young learners

Characteristics:

The Young Scholars Initiative:

  • Builds on current programs and structures already in place to support and nurture the academic potential of young students.
  • is based on the most current research related to the needs of young children with high academic potential.
  • Brings together the expertise of school staff, administrators, classroom teachers, gifted and talented resource teachers, guidance counselors, school psychologists, parents, guardians, and the community to develop each student's academic potential.

 

Curator: Adam Fisher