“A mind when stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.” — Anonymous
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The collective perspective of the Germantown Steering Committee, representatives from all K–12 content areas, has identified the following beliefs in regards to our Gifted and Talented population.
- “Gifted and Talented children” refers to children who demonstrate high ability in intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership, or specific academic areas
- All children deserve the opportunity to cultivate their potential
- GSD is accountable for communicating to all stakeholders our talent development (TD) criteria, K–12 systematic and continuous programming and identification process, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of our programming
- All stakeholders in a child’s school and community must have a collaborative voice in a systematic integral process for each child’s social, academic, and emotional success
- In a systematic identification of the abilities and potentials of all students
- Some students have exceptional talent in one or more of the following areas: creative thinking & production, performing arts, general intelligence, academic subjects, and leadership
- The need to provide professional development opportunities to address the social-emotional as well as the academic needs of students
- The need to utilize data-driven decision making to ensure that our courses and academic offerings meet the needs of our student population
- All students have unique strengths and needs, recognizing that some students have extraordinary abilities and potential
- GSD must provide gifted and talented students with systematic, continuous identification and programming designed to nurture and develop their skills and abilities so that they, too, can achieve success
- We must have a high-quality curriculum with high expectations for all students, delivered by high-quality staff because this is foundational to programming that supports talent development
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