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Definition:
The New Jersey Department of Education and the New Jersey Association for Gifted Children define gifted and talented students as: “Those students who possess or demonstrate high levels of ability, in one or more content areas, when compared to their chronological peers in the local district and who require modification of their educational program if they are to achieve in accordance with their capabilities.”
Philosophy:
It is the goal of the Alloway Township Board of Education that the district’s Gifted & Talented programming shall ensure that curriculum and instruction are designed and delivered in such a way that students identified as gifted and talented are able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills specified by the New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NJSLS) while ensuring that appropriate instructional adaptations relative to content, process, products and learning environment are designed and delivered in an effort to enable these students to achieve to their high levels of ability. To achieve this outcome, as outlined in regulation by the New Jersey Department of Education and the New Jersey Association for Gifted Children, Alloway Township School District:
● has a board-approved gifted and talented program.
● compares students with their peers in the district.
● makes provisions for an ongoing K-8 identification process for gifted and talented students that include multiple measures, including but not limited to, achievement test scores, grades, student performance or products, parent, student and/or teacher recommendation, and other appropriate measures.
● ensures that the identification methodology used is developmentally appropriate, non discriminatory, and related to the programs and services offered (e.g. use math achievement to identify students for a math program).
● provides appropriate K-8 educational services for gifted and talented students; therefore, the identification process and appropriate educational challenges must begin in kindergarten.
● develops appropriate curricular and instructional adaptations for gifted students with programs addressing appropriate content, process, products, and learning environment.
● references the curriculum frameworks for each NJSLS; for, they provide general, as well as content-specific information on gifted education (e.g. terminology, examples of appropriate practices).
Appeals Process:
Parents should contact the school should they have a question regarding their child’s eligibility for the program. The student’s profile and the Gifted Program criteria will be reviewed with the parent.
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Director of Curriculum/Vice Principal Heather Principe
856-935-1622 x 100
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