R2464 GIFTED AND TALENTED PUPILS

A.	Identification and Selection

	1.	Classroom teachers will be familiar with the criteria for identifying gifted 			and talented pupils and will be alert to pupils who exhibit those criteria.  			The identification methodology will be developmentally appropriate, 			non-discriminatory, and related to the programs and services offered by 			the district.

	2.	The Director of Guidance, the guidance counselors and the Department 			Supervisors will review the cumulative files of all grade nine through grade 		twelve pupils against the criteria for identifying gifted and talented pupils.  			The review will include consideration of department criteria, classroom 			achievements, the results of local assessments, and teaching staff 				member recommendations.

	3.	The Department Supervisors will confer with past and present teachers of 			any pupil identified in the review of files and of any pupil recommended for 		selection.

	4.	A committee comprised of the Director of Guidance, the Department 			Supervisors, the Director of Curriculum and Instruction, and the Building 			Principal will receive the recommendations of the Department supervisors 			and will select those pupils who should participate in the programs for 			gifted and talented pupils recommended by the department supervisors. 

B.	Selection Criteria

	Pupils will be considered for participation in the gifted and talented program when 	compared to their peers within the district.  A pupil will be considered for 			participation in the program for gifted and talented pupils who:

	1.	Meets the identification criteria established within each department;
	2.	Completes and submits a student profile;

	3.	Is recommended by a faculty member at High Point.

C.	Program

	1.	When a pupil has been identified a gifted or talented, the pupil’s guidance 			counselor will:

		a.	Interview eac selected pupil for additional information about pupil 				and guide the pupil in recommending an enriched educational 				program for the pupil;

		b.	Confer with the Department Supervisor, Faculty Advisor, member of 			the community and/or any other organizational representative 				concerning an appropriate educational program for the pupil; and

		c.	Prepare and present to the student a written exceptional learner 				plan.  A copy of the plan will be kept in the student’s file in 					guidance.

	2.	The enrichment needs of gifted and talented pupils can be met through a 			wide variety of activities and teaching strategies including appropriate 			curricular and instructional modifications which will be developed for gifted 		pupils.  The program will address appropriate content, process, products 			and the learning environment.

	3.	Each pupil’s program will seek to involve the pupil in areas that can 				provide growth and stimulation in higher cognitive processes such as 			interpretation, extrapolation, translation, application, analysis, synthesis, 			and evaluation.

	4.	No enrichment program will replace the basic instructional program 				appropriate to the pupil’s grade level.

	5.	The enriched educational program for a gifted and talented pupil may 			consist of:

		a.	Additional classroom studies and assignments;

		b.	Out-of-class sessions within the community;

		c.	After-school sessions supervised by the faculty advisor;

		d.	Recommended activities and general information, as well as 					content-specific information, as provided for in the curriculum 				frameworks developed by the New Jersey Department of 					Education.

D.	Exit Procedures

	1.	Pupil identified as gifted and talented will be reviewed annually by their 			guidance counselor and by the department supervisor for the continuing 			appropriateness of his/her enriched program.  Assessment will include:

		a.	Interviews with the pupil, the pupil’s teacher and department 					supervisor;

		b.	Review of the pupil’s file, including relevant test assessment; and

		c.	Review of the pupil’s work in the preceding school year.

	2.	The pupil may be withdrawn from the gifted and talented program when:

		a.	The pupil’s academic and/or arts/talents record indicates a decline 				in performance;

		b.	The pupil wishes to withdraw and his/her parent(s) or legal 					guardian(s) consents to withdrawal; or

		c.	The pupil’s parent(s) or legal guardian(s) requests withdrawal.

	3.	A decision to withdraw a pupil from the gifted and talented program will be 			made by the department supervisor, the pupil’s teacher, or the pupil’s 			counselor.

Date Adopted:	12/18/95
Date Revised:	8/18/03