Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools Gifted Education Program Delivery Models From school to the world: All students prepared for productive futures

Georgia Law Georgia law mandates the identification, programs, and services for each gifted student. They also provide money to school districts for these gifted students. Children are required to receive a minimum of 5 segments per week. This may be accomplished through resource, cluster, collaborative, and/or advanced content delivery methods.

Methods of Service for GEP Resource (grades 1-5) Cluster Services (grades 1-8) Collaborative Services (grades 1-8) Advanced Content (grades 1-8)

RESOURCE Grades minutes 4 days a week Resource Teachers a. 1 st - Whitney b. 2 nd – Harris and Sullivan c. 3 rd – Matthews d. 4 th – Larroude e. 5 th – Hoffman Enrichment Activities

Cluster Services Gifted certified classroom teacher Contract developed (with the GEP resource teacher and based on student strengths) a. Methods for differentiation b. Assessments Classroom teacher delivers

Collaborative Services Same features as the Cluster Model, requires contracts Exception- Teacher is not gifted certified, but meets weekly with a gifted certified teacher for support

Advanced Content Homogeneously grouped- a. 1 st -5 th = 21 b. 6 th -8 th = 25 Advanced and more sophisticated levels Gifted endorsed teacher No contracts

Continuation Policy All gifted students must maintain an 80% average in ALL areas where they receive gifted services. The grades are checked in January, after the first semester of each year.

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