Gifted

Referral Process

• Identification of the student's need for a special instructional program and current functioning level in school.

• Completion of a checklist of characteristics of gifted students.

• Statement of need.

Eligibility

• Need for a special program.  
  A majority of characteristics of gifted students according to a checklist.
  Superior intellectual development as measured by an intelligence quotient of two standard deviations or more above the mean on an individually administered standardized test of intelligence.

• The student is a member of an under-represented group and meets the criteria specified in an approved school district plan for increasing the participation of under-represented groups in programs for gifted students.

Support Services

• District Exceptional Education Gifted Program Specialist

• FDLRS consultation, materials and inservice

• Martin County Teacher Education Center: resource and materials

• Field trips

• Consultants

• DOE Program Specialist for the Gifted

Curriculum

The Martin County School District Gifted Curriculum has four goals, including developing higher level thinking skills, developing research and communication skills, increasing self-understanding and engaging in exploratory activities.  The program is designed to challenge the students through special curricula, enrichment activities, accelerated course content, and development of the higher cognitive and affective processes.  The units of study offered depend upon the state curriculum mandates and students ages, talents, needs, interests, and intellectual potential.

Training

Martin County School District Inservice is available to all teachers of the gifted.  Inservice depending on the needs of the teachers of the gifted is offered twice a year specifically for them.