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{Apple}                 MRS. RADER               {Apple}

ELEMENTARY GIFTED SUPPORT

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Students in the gifted program will be pulled out of their regular classrooms for a two-hour enrichment class, one time per week. Here, they will have the opportunity to work with their gifted peers in the following areas of our enrichment curriculum: creative thinking, communication, critical thinking, problem solving, self-awareness, and research. Above is the relative schedule, so you know when and where the students will be meeting with me.

PROGRAM GOALS
Also found in the Williamsport Area School District Gifted Education Brochure

Students participating in the elementary gifted support enrichment programs will:

*Explore and develop potential interest areas.
*Demonstrate knowledge of the kinds of communication and tools that enhance communication.
*Understand and apply the skills of creative thinking.
*Use sequential thinking processes and develop confidence in analytical thinking skills
*Develop and strengthen research skills by locating and selecting appropriate resource materials from libraries and other sources and use that information to develop reports, prepare projects and make oral presentations.
*Combine the skills of creative and critical thinking and apply to problem-solving situations.
*Develop social and leadership skills.
*Develop enhanced computer and multi-media skills through the use of specialized software.
*Use flexible pacing in math where appropriate.

{Book} Click on "Renzulli's Enrichment Triad Model". This page will provide a clear   description of our program's basic outline and activities.

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Please contact me at arader@wasd.org.


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"The necessity of special provisions for the gifted can be understood most clearly when this population is perceived as a legitimate part of special education. Without the shield of special education, it is difficult to justify why gifted children should have differentiated programs. Exceptional children of all types are significantly different from the norm; therefore, they fail to thrive without modifications. The purpose of special provisions for exceptional children, whether educational or counseling, is to respond to their unique needs. Although it is relatively clear that children in every other branch of special education have unique needs, this assumption has not been widely endorsed for the gifted and has to be made explicit."

Linda Kreger Silverman, Counseling the Gifted and Talented