Program Goals

Our TAG Program is designed to:

• Encourage and challenge identified gifted students in their areas of specific abilities and interests by providing them with opportunities for in-depth learning in their area(s) of talent and interest.

• Develop the thinking dispositions and affective skills necessary for students to become lifelong, independent learners. These include curiosity, risk taking, and motivation.

• Develop the academic potential of identified gifted learners.

• Encourage opportunities for interaction with academic peers to develop self-awareness and self-efficacy.

• Develop social and leadership abilities, while fostering a sense of societal responsibility.

• Encourage creative productivity through the development of higher order thinking skills such as problem solving, decision-making and critical thinking skills.

• Foster ongoing professional development to support classroom differentiation of content, process, and product.