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Three Key Shifts
Three Key Shifts
• Shared, collaborative responsibility for advanced learning.
• Shared, collaborative responsibility for advanced learning.
• An inclusive Levels of Service (LoS) approach with a continuum of direct and indirect services.
• An inclusive Levels of Service (LoS) approach with a continuum of direct and indirect services.
• Emphasis on developing potential, identifying and meeting students’ advanced learning and affective needs, and matching them to services, beginning in kindergarten.
• Emphasis on developing potential, identifying and meeting students’ advanced learning and affective needs, and matching them to services, beginning in kindergarten.
Rationale
Rationale
Gifted students are considered to be those whose advanced abilities differ from their peers to such a degree that differentiated educational opportunities must be provided to further affirm and develop their potential. Through a broad-based curriculum focused on the DoDEA College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS), Advanced Academic Programs and Services (AAPS) addresses the unique needs, potentials, and strengths of each student. DoDEA is committed to providing challenging learning experiences that build on individual strengths and promote growth for all students. In order to meet the needs of a broad range of advanced learners, DoDEA offers a continuum of advanced academic services available to all elementary grade students beginning in kindergarten. This continuum of services provides increasing levels of challenge and is designed to emphasize the importance of matching services to student needs with flexible entry points. All children have the opportunity to work at a level of challenge that promotes continuous intellectual and socialemotional growth.
Gifted students are considered to be those whose advanced abilities differ from their peers to such a degree that differentiated educational opportunities must be provided to further affirm and develop their potential. Through a broad-based curriculum focused on the DoDEA College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS), Advanced Academic Programs and Services (AAPS) addresses the unique needs, potentials, and strengths of each student. DoDEA is committed to providing challenging learning experiences that build on individual strengths and promote growth for all students. In order to meet the needs of a broad range of advanced learners, DoDEA offers a continuum of advanced academic services available to all elementary grade students beginning in kindergarten. This continuum of services provides increasing levels of challenge and is designed to emphasize the importance of matching services to student needs with flexible entry points. All children have the opportunity to work at a level of challenge that promotes continuous intellectual and socialemotional growth.
“Giftedness appears in many different forms in every cultural group at every level of society…Yet, it remains a potentiality until it has been discovered and developed. In coming to grips with more effective approaches to identify giftedness, the promise is that educators will better understand how to identify and nurture the potential of all learners” (Passow & Frasier, 1996).
“Giftedness appears in many different forms in every cultural group at every level of society…Yet, it remains a potentiality until it has been discovered and developed. In coming to grips with more effective approaches to identify giftedness, the promise is that educators will better understand how to identify and nurture the potential of all learners” (Passow & Frasier, 1996).
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