Advanced Academics Northwest ISD

Advanced Academics The Advanced Academics Department provides direction, leadership and support to K-12 programs that help meet the needs of gifted and academically advanced students.

Advanced Academic Programs Gifted and Talented Educational Services (GATES) Advanced Placement (AP) Pre Advanced Placement (Pre-AP) Credit by Examination for Acceleration (CBE) Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) Academic UIL Destination Imagination (DI) Academic Decathlon (Ac Dec)

Program Description GATES Grades K-12 The GATES program provides curriculum differentiation for students who perform at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared to others of the same age.

GATES cont. Identification Process Student Referral - teacher, parent, counselor, or the student himself may refer a student Student is assessed in the areas of intellectual and specific academic abilities using both test scores and checklists. A committee of 3 people review the data and make academic recommendations (All kindergarteners and 2 nd graders are automatically screened.)

Advanced Placement (AP) High School AP courses are open for any student wishing to enroll. The AP program was created by College Board in 1955 to provide students with college-level work in high school. AP exams are offered during May of each year. Students may earn college credit for their AP exam scores.

Pre Advanced Placement (Pre-AP) Grades 6-11 Pre-AP courses are open for any student wishing to enroll. Pre-AP courses are academically advanced classes designed to challenge motivated students to experience rigorous content.

Credit By Examination for Acceleration Grades K-12 An exam to earn credit for an academic course for which the student has no prior instruction. (See Student Handbook p. 31 for additional information.)

Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) Grades 4, 5, and 7 A program sponsored by Duke University that recognizes students who demonstrated high performance in TAKS.

Academic UIL Grades 2-12 Academic UIL - Extra-curricular competitions that provide students an opportunity to excel in activities beyond the classroom.

Destination Imagination (DI) Grades K-12 DI is a competitive program that helps young people develop skills in time management, teamwork, creative and critical thinking, as well as problem solving.

Academic Decathlon (Ac Dec) High School Academic Decathlon is a team competition where students compete against other schools in 10 categories: art, economics, essay, interview, language and literature, mathematics, music, science, social studies and speech.

Campus Contacts Campus Instructional Teacher (CIT) GT Specialist – Elementary GT Teachers – Secondary