GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMMING
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The Cedarburg School District is deeply committed to providing all students with access to an engaging, relevant, and Cedarburg standards-aligned curriculum. The District utilizes a universal screening process for 4K-12 students, which prompts internal conversations around performance towards grade-level standards. At times, a student’s academic needs show evidence of high-performance capabilities in intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership, or specific academic areas, and they may require services or activities not ordinarily provided in a regular school program. As a result, considerations for gifted and talented programming may be initiated by the school, parent/guardian, or the student to initiate a conversation to explore giftedness programming further.
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Programs for Gifted and Talented Students: In accordance with the philosophy of the School Board to develop the special abilities of each student, the Board requires that appropriate instructional programs be conducted to meet the needs of gifted and talented students. The Board shall provide access, without charge for tuition, to appropriate programming for students identified as gifted or talented as required under ss. 118.35(3) and 121.02(1)(t), Stats. The Board shall provide an opportunity for parental participation in the identification and resultant programming. Gifted and talented students are those who give evidence, through valid assessment, of high performance capability in intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership, and/or other academic areas and who need services or activities not ordinarily provided in the regular District program in order to develop such capabilities.
The learning outcomes of a program for gifted and talented students shall be related to:
- Expansion of academic attainments and intellectual skills;
- Stimulation of intellectual curiosity, independence, and responsibility;
- Development of originality and creativity;
- Development of positive attitude toward self and others;
- Development of desirable social and leadership skills;
- Career exploration and awareness.
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From the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction:
Statutes and Rules for Gifted Education
Wisconsin Statute 121.02(1)(t): Each school board shall provide access to an appropriate program for pupils identified as gifted and talented.
Wisconsin Statute: s. 118.35, Wis. Stats. Programs for gifted and talented pupils.
- In this section, "gifted and talented pupils" means pupils enrolled in public schools who give evidence of high performance capability in intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership, or specific academic areas and who need services or activities not ordinarily provided in a regular school program in order to fully develop such capabilities.
- The state superintendent shall by rule establish guidelines for the identification of gifted and talented pupils.
- Each school board shall: a) Ensure that all gifted and talented pupils enrolled in the school district have access to a program for gifted and talented pupils.
- From appropriations under s. 20.255(2)(FY), the department shall award grants to nonprofit organizations, cooperative educational service agencies (CESAs), institutions within the University of Wisconsin System, and the school district operating under ch. 119 for the purpose of providing to gifted and talented pupils those services and activities not ordinarily provided in a regular school program that allow such pupils to fully develop their capabilities.
Administrative Rule 8.01(2)(t)2. Each school district shall establish a plan and designate a person to coordinate the gifted and talented program. Gifted and talented pupils shall be identified as required in s.118.35(1), Stats. This identification shall occur in kindergarten through grade 12 in general intellectual, specific academic, leadership, creativity, and visual and performing arts. A pupil may be identified as gifted or talented in one or more of the categories under s. 118.35(1), Stats. The identification process shall result in a pupil profile based on multiple measures, including but not limited to standardized test data, nominations, rating scales or inventories, products, portfolios, and demonstrated performance. Identification tools shall be appropriate for the specific purpose for which they are being employed. The identification process and tools shall be responsive to factors such as, but not limited to, pupils' economic conditions, race, gender, culture, native language, developmental differences, and identified disabilities as described under subch. V of ch. 115, Stats. The school district board shall provide access, without charge for tuition, to appropriate programming for pupils identified as gifted or talented as required under ss. 118.35(3) and 121.02(1)(t), Stats. The school district board shall provide an opportunity for parental participation in the identification and resultant programming.
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Access. An opportunity to study through school district course offerings, independent study, cooperative educational service agencies, or cooperative arrangements between school district boards under s. 66.30, Stats., and postsecondary education institutions (from PI 8.001, Wis. Admin. Code).
Appropriate program. A systematic and continuous set of instructional activities or learning experiences which expand the development of the pupils identified as gifted and talented (from PI 8.01(2)(t), Wis. Admin. Code).
Gifted and talented. Pupils enrolled in public schools who give evidence of high performance capability in intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership, or specific academic areas and who need services or activities not ordinarily provided in a regular school program in order to fully develop such capabilities (from s. 118.35(1), Wis. Stats.).
NAGC Definitions of Giftedness
"The term ‘gifted and talented,” when used with respect to students, children, or youth, means students, children, or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in such areas as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services or activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities."
(No Child Left Behind Act, P.L. 107-110 (Title IX, Part A, Definition 22) (2002); 20 USC 7801(22) (2004)
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