Gifted Education Program

Philosophy
DoDDS is committed to providing an educational program in which students may grow to be fulfilled, productive, and contributing members of society according to their promise. The unique worth, ability, and dignity of each student should be recognized and cultivated. Children need a school environment that helps them realize their potential and instills in them a desire to develop their talents and abilities. To encourage optimum achievement, the school must provide varied and challenging learning opportunities matched to the needs and talents of students with high potential.
Programs are available for students who meet the DoDDS identification criteria for talented and gifted. In-coming students must meet the DoDDS criteria by providing evaluative evidence from previous schools that is consistent with the DoDDS criteria. Instructional programs are provided by fully-qualified gifted resource teachers and the regular classroom teachers.

DoDEA Gifted Education Services
Students found eligible for gifted education services have demonstrated areas of unusual strength. Services are provided because the identified students have a documented need for changes in their instructional program so that they will learn new things at school every day. Differentiation of instruction provides academic challenges and social-emotional support to assure the continued growth and development of identified students.
DoDEA schools determine the most effective ways to meet the needs of students identified for gifted education services. Selecting from a list of gifted education service options, schools consider their current educational resources and make choices based upon the anticipated needs of their gifted learners. No matter which choices for service delivery are made, each school has in place several different ways eligible students may receive support. Each school’s Gifted Review Committee considers individual strengths in matching students to services because each student has a unique profile of strengths. Some students require more intensive services than others.
Gifted Education in DoDEA schools is guided by program standards that designate the level of performance all DoDEA school programs should receive. DoDEA Gifted Education Standards guide school personnel in making decisions that support the continuous growth and development of gifted learners.

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