Gifted in the Classroom

Your student's classroom teachers already work very hard to differentiate within the classroom for every student. Assessments done in class each year help teachers discern how to group students, how to better differentiate, and how to reach different learning styles.  A student who was identified as gifted isn't always necessarily gifted in all areas. In Kindergarten through fourth grade Mme Datta assists teachers with differentiation as needed by offering resources and ideas. In fifth through eighth grade Mrs. Libowsky will assist teachers with differentiation as needed by offering resources and ideas.

Collaboration is an important and integral part of teaching at The GLOBE Academy. Ms. Datta (Lower School) and Mrs. Libowsky (Upper School) will work to collaborate and be a support as needed. Some teachers are gifted certified and already have advanced knowledge in supporting advanced learners. Therefore collaboration will vary from class to class. 

Building lessons, projects, or units that follow and enrich what the students are already doing will be a primary goal of collaboration as a support for high level learners. 

We will work toward goal setting in terms of social and emotional learning for students who may struggle in specific areas. Please see the SEL section of this website for more information on this aspect of giftedness.

At the upper campus, The GLOBE Academy has implemented the “W.I.N. Block,” where students will benefit from differentiated instruction that occurs during 40-minute daily WIN time (“what I need”) that includes reteaching, remediation, or extension activities for Math, Literacy, ESOL, and Social-Emotional Learning. The “W.I.N. Block” is used to provide students with additional learning opportunities that are at their instructional level in math and reading. 

At the lower campus, Gifted students will be pulled out during their daily Social Studies/Science period to engage in a variety of projects, hands-on activities, and tasks that foster critical thinking and logic in science, math, their target language, and ELA. Our goal is for each student to find fulfillment—whether through the topics explored or the methods used to learn about them.