ADVANCED LEARNER PROGRAMMING (ALP)
Gifted and Talented through the RtI Framework
Introduction and Overview
All Cedarburg schools are dedicated to providing inclusive programming that fosters talent development in all students. The Cedarburg School District focuses on talent development programming rather than a talent development program. The District uses its RtI / MTSS - Universal Screening Process as a vehicle to gather information about students with gifts and talents and to monitor their progress. The aim and intent of programming is broader and more powerful than a program and is based on student need, readiness, interest, and learning profiles/individual differences. Appropriate programming also requires ongoing assessment of student needs, progress, and skill development.
We are committed to developing, implementing, and monitoring programming and supports necessary to fully develop students’ identified capabilities, needs, and potential in one or more of the following areas: Intellectual, Specific Academic, Creative, Artistic, or Leadership. More information here.
O ur philosophy moves beyond the concept that students are either gifted or not gifted, that they are either “in” or “out” of a gifted program. Instead, our philosophy embraces the reality that children develop at different rates, and that potential and ability are dynamic. It further focuses on determining and programming for student needs that cannot be met in the regular classroom. A complete Advanced Learner Resource Guide is available here.
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Cedarburg School District Board Policy 2464 - 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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WI Department of Public Instruction Definition of Terms
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
Federal Definition of Gifted and Talented
"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))
- See more at: http://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources
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