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Cleveland School District Gifted Program

The Cleveland Gifted Education Program strives to produce students who possess the skills needed,, both cognitive and affective, to successfully meet new situations through exploration.

Paulette Howze Bell Academy Elementary Pam Maxwell Cypress Parks/Nailor Elem. Allyson Hardy Hayes Cooper Center Amy Chudy Hayes Cooper Center Janella Sampolesi Hayes Cooper Center Amy Plummer Parks Elementary Tonya Longest Pearman Elementary

Our Teachers

 Intellectually Based Program  INSPIRE classes meet one time per week per grade level  (Pull Out)  Five hours per day  Unit Based Curriculum

Career Explorations Affective Skills Self-Directed Learning Research Communication Group Dynamics Creativity Thinking Skills

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Highly gifted children tend to be those who demonstrate various rates of development. Due to their high cognitive abilities and high intensities they experience and relate to the world in unique ways. These children are often found as a result of extremely high on an individually scored IQ test, generally above the 12o IQ Score Others may be prodigies in areas such as math, science language and/or the arts. There is NO FEDERAL DEFINITION Varies by state

What is “Gifted”

• Thinking is Abstract, Complex, Logical and Insightful
• Rapid Learner
• Excellent Memory
• Unusually Large Vocabulary
• Advanced and Complex Thinking
• Deep, intense feelings and reactions
• Highly Sensitive
• Vivid Imaginations
• Self-Taught
• Preoccupied with own thoughts-daydreamer

Resource: National Association for Gifted Children

Commom Characteristics of the Gifted Child

Gifted Students Don’t Need Help; They’ll do fine on their own. Truth: Gifted students need guidance from well-trained teachers who challenge and support them in order to fully develop their abilities.

MYTHS about Gifted Children

All Children are Gifted

Truth: All children have strengths and

positive attributes, but not all children are gifted in the educational sense of the word. Gifted children have an advanced capacity in various areas, which requires modifications to the regular curriculum to ensure these children are challenged and learn new material.

MYTHS Cont…

That Student can’t be gifted, he/she is receiving poor grades.

TRUTH: Underachievement describes a discrepancy between a student’s performance and his actual

• ability. The roots of this problem differ, based on

each child’s experiences. Gifted students may become bored or frustrated in an unchallenging classroom situation causing them to lose interest, learn bad study habits, or distrust the school

• environment. Other students may mask their

abilities to try to fit in socially with their same-age peers.

MYTHS Cont…

Gifted Students are Happy, Popular, and Well Adjusted in School.

TRUTH: Underachievement describes a discrepancy between a student’s performance and his actual ability. The roots of this problem differ, based on each child’s

• experiences. Gifted students may become bored or

frustrated in an unchallenging classroom situation causing them to lose interest, learn bad study habits, or distrust the school environment. Other students may mask their abilities to try to fit in socially with their same-age peers.

MYTHS Cont…

Gifted Students are Happy, Popular, and Well Adjusted in School.

TRUTH: Underachievement describes a discrepancy between a student’s performance and his actual ability. The roots of this problem differ, based on each child’s

• experiences. Gifted students may become bored or

frustrated in an unchallenging classroom situation causing them to lose interest, learn bad study habits, or distrust the school environment. Other students may mask their abilities to try to fit in socially with their same-age peers.

MYTHS Cont…

This Child Can’t be Gifted, He Has a Disability Truth: Some gifted students also have learning or other disabilities. These “twice exceptional” students

• ften go undetected in regular

classroom because their disability and gifts mask each other, making them appear “average.”

Myths Cont:

Gifted or High Achievers

Intellectually Gifted

Ask Questions Highly Curious Mentally and Physically Involved Wild Silly Ideas Plays Around yet Tests Well Discusses in Detail Beyond Top Group Strong Feelings/Opinions Already Knows Constructs Abstractions

Academically Gifted

Knows the Answers Interested Attentive Has Good Ideas Works Hard Answers the Questions Top Group Listens with Interest Learns with Ease Understands Ideas

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal Law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education (ww2.ed.gov).

MAGC-Mississippi Association of Gifted

Children www.mde.k12.ms.us www.hoagiesgifted.org www.nagc.org www.prufrock.com www.code.org.

Program Affiliation and Resources