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Gifted Education |
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Giftedness
appears in many different forms in every cultural group at every
level of society.
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Schools
must provide varied and challenging learning opportunities matched
to the needs and talents of students with high potential. |
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Student
identification should be based on multiple measures. |
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Assessment
of students should continue over time. |
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Gifted
students require differentiated learning experiences, K–12. |
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Differentiation
should occur along a continuum of curricular options, instructional
approaches, and resource materials. |
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Gifted
students have unique patterns of social and emotional development. |
DoDEA is
committed to providing an educational program that gives students
the opportunity to be fulfilled, productive, and contributing
members of society. To this end the Department of Defense Dependents
Schools (DoDDS) Pacific offers varied and challenging learning
opportunities that are matched to the needs and talents of students
with high potential.
DoDEA
Gifted Education Program Guide
The purpose of the DoDEA Gifted Education Program Guide is to update and provide DoDEA areas, districts, and schools with information to assist them in identifying and providing services for gifted students.
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Emphasis is placed on procedures and strategies that meet high standards for gifted programs within the framework of the total education program. Students may be referred through a variety of ways. Some of these include: screening, nomination, transfer records, and assessment. A variety of indicators are used to help determine eligibility. Some examples are: qualitative data (observations, anecdotal evidence, narratives, interviews) indicative of highly unusual ability or achievement), achievement or ability test scores, rating scales cores from two or more educators combined with specific evidence in written narratives, and very strong indicators of gifted behaviors as noted in parent or self ratings and narratives.
Services Options
A description of service options is included in the chart below. Schools may select program services from the following:
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Elementary School |
Middle School |
High School |
Regular classroom with differentiation |
Regular course with differentiation of instruction |
Regular course with differentiation of instruction |
Regular classroom with cluster grouping and differentiation |
Regular course with cluster grouping and differentiation |
Regular course with cluster grouping and differentiation |
Regular classroom with grade acceleration of content |
Advanced section of a course |
Advanced class section of a course |
Resource sessions outside the classroom |
Interdisciplinary course |
Interdisciplinary course |
Grade acceleration for specific content |
Grade acceleration for specific content |
Advanced Placement/Honors/IB |
Grade acceleration |
Grade acceleration |
Individual services |
Individual services |
Individual services |
Additional opportunities |
Additional opportunities |
Additional opportunities |
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