Gifted and Talented Education
Albury Public School has a responsibility to educate all students to their potential.
Albury Public School is committed to high quality educational
outcomes for all gifted and
talented students who attend our school.
Definitions
This policy adopts definitions of giftedness and talent based on Gagné’s (2003)
Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent (DMGT).
Gifted students are those whose potential is distinctly above average in one or
more of the following domains of human ability: intellectual, creative, social and
physical.
Talented students are those whose skills are distinctly above average in one or more areas of human performance.
(Policy and implementation strategies for the education of gifted
and talented students 2004 NSW DET)
At Albury Public School we aim:
to establish a process through which to identify gifted and
talented students.
to identify gifted and talented students through a variety of
means.
to develop appropriate whole school and classroom programs
for our gifted and talented students.
to encourage access to appropriate professional development
through inservice training, internet research,
professional reading and community resources.
to foster collaborative home school partnerships to support
gifted and talented students at our school.
Implementation
Identification
The identification of gifted and talented students must:
allow for the identification at any stage of the students
development
allow for the highly gifted and talented to emerge from the
larger identified group
ensure that the identification of students from disadvantaged
and culturally diverse groups is not overlooked
be ongoing and dynamic.
Whole school programs
Programs that contribute to meeting the needs of the gifted and talented students in our school include:
Ø selective 5/6 class
Ø ability groups in literacy and numeracy
Ø opportunities for like-minded students to work together
Ø acceleration in subject areas (see school policy for acceleration)
Ø opportunities in creative arts
Ø sporting opportunities
Ø public speaking
Ø leadership opportunities
Ø mentoring
Ø challenging competitions
Ø systematic process of retaining and communicating progress and needs of gifted and talented students as they progress through the school.
Ø Recognition of high level achievements in out of school activities.
Classroom strategies
Students who have been identified need learning experiences that
will allow them to achieve their potential.
Some form of program differentiation or modification is
required.
Gifted and talented students require modification of:
content (what is learnt)
process (methods and thinking processes)
product
(medium of expression) and
learning environment.
Extension and Enrichment
Whole school programs designed to extend and enrich students.
| KLA | Programs/Activities |
| Academic | International Competitions and Assessments for Schools Public Speaking - Multicultural Perspectives/Apex Special Forever Nestle Writing Maths Olympiad PhosWatch Chess (also Playground chess) |
| Sporting/PDHPE | PSSA Teams (Cricket/Football/Hockey/Basketball) Class Buddies |
| Creative/Performing Arts | LOTE Festival Ensemble Excursions to the Albury Art Gallery and Museum School Arts Festival Visiting Performances |
| Environmental | Clean Up Australia Tree Planting Bug Watch Excursions to Wonga Wetlands & Water Filtration Plant |
