This is a website dedicated to the growth of our Brevard County Gifted programs. Please make sure to visit our Parent Corner for more information to support your students at home and in the community. I would also like to make sure that all who visit know that this site also shares information about enrichment programs that ALL students can participate in throughout our district. I hope that you find support in this website.
WHAT IS GIFTED?
• While there is no universal definition of giftedness, it is generally accepted that gifted students:
– Demonstrate outstanding levels of aptitude in areas of interest (potentially one or more domain)
– Possess high levels of creativity and curiosity
– Have potential for high levels of achievement
• What gifted is not – gifted students are not guaranteed to be successful, chatty, well-behaved, put-together, organized, or superior
WHY DOES GIFTED MATTER?
• Gifted students are often our highest risk students in high school with a high chance of dropping out
– ~18%-25% of gifted students drop out of high school
– Average dropout rate is 7.4%
– Students may be ill-equipped for the rigors of an advanced class
– A disinterested gifted student can create a huge behavioral issue in the classroom
CHARACTERISTICS:
Differentiation for Gifted Learners
a strong desire to learn
intense, sometimes unusual interests
uncommon ability to communicate with words, numbers, and symbols
effective and often inventive strategies for identifying and solving problems
exceptional ability to retain and retrieve information, resulting in deep knowledge of particular topic or subjects
extensive and unusual questions, experiments, and explorations
quick understanding of new concepts., deeper understanding
ability to make connections: "This is like this... because..."
logical approaches to finding solutions
ability to produce unique, original ideas
keen, unusual sense of humor