Gifted Program Review Timeline Madison School District Governing Board Meeting September 4, 2012

Mission Statement/ADE Champion the academic, intellectual, social and emotional development of Arizona’s gifted and advanced learners through ensuring gifted learners in Arizona receive an appropriate gifted education commensurate with their abilities and potential.

Madison Gifted Programs  Program for Advanced and Challenging Enrichment (PACE) K-2 Language Arts and/or Mathematics Cluster Model Enrichment and/or Acceleration Logic, Creativity, Nonverbal Reasoning, and Critical Thinking

Madison Gifted Programs  Academic Enrichment Program (AEP) 3-8 Language Arts and/or Mathematics Cluster and/or Pullout Replacement Model Enrichment and One Year Acceleration Critical Thinking, Verbal Reasoning, and Creativity

Madison Gifted Programs  Rigorous, Enriched, Accelerated Curriculum (The REACH Center) 1-8 Highly Gifted Self-Contained Model Two Year Acceleration (generally) Differentiated Educational Plan

Gifted Committee  Current Research Gifted programs should be an integral part of the school day, and include modification and extensions of core curriculum appropriate for gifted learners

Gifted Committee  Committee Tasks Review the elements of the Gifted program Review the curriculum Review the instruction Review the professional development of administrators Review the professional development of teachers Recommend the design of the Gifted programs (based on the review)

Gifted Program Review Timeline Madison School District Governing Board Meeting September 4, 2012