RISE
Lafayette County C-1 Gifted Education
Lafayette County C-1 Gifted Education
Reaching for Intellectual Skills and Enrichment
The goal of the District is to take into full account the learning characteristics of gifted students and to provide a range of learning opportunities commensurate with their abilities.
Gifted children have unique learning needs. These include the need to:
Acknowledge and understand their gifts
Develop problem-solving skills that will enable them to cope with complexities and influence change
Learn methods and techniques that will assist them in developing their ideas and products.
The RISE program provides instruction in content areas that are not normally covered in the regular classroom curriculum. If the area is covered briefly in the regular classroom, the RISE students may pursue a deeper and longer study of that subject. The curriculum content planned by the RISE teacher is unique and based on the interests of the RISE students.
RISE Program Standards
_________GT01- Critical Thinking Skills: Student uses higher order reasoning, demonstrates the use of analytical approaches in making decisions, and reflects upon their thinking.
_________GT02- Creative Thinking Skills: Student exhibits an ingenious, inventive, and imaginative thought process. Their unique ideas are effectively communicated or demonstrated.
_________GT03- Quality Work: Student plans and uses time well, follows directions, completes tasks on time, and produces quality work.
_________GT04- Problem Solving: Student recognizes the need for and uses systematic problem-solving techniques with competency and proficiency.
_________GT05- Risk Taking: Student is eager to explore topics in breadth and/or depth. They embrace difficult tasks. They recognize failure as an opportunity to learn and persevere when failures happen.
_________GT06- Interpersonal Relationships: Student is an effective, thoughtful, and cooperative participant in group dynamics. They accept and internalize evaluative input and are sensitively aware of others’ interests and/or needs.
_________GT07- Self-Discipline: Student exhibits appropriate behavior in most situations. They understand boundaries and use self-control. They demonstrate respect, responsibility, and reliability.
_________GT08- Motivation: Student is self-directed and attempts challenging work with enthusiasm. They demonstrate outstanding effort, persistence, and application on purposeful tasks.