A Definition of Gifted and Talented
"Gifted/Talented" refers to those children
who are identified by professionally qualified persons
to be capable of high  performance, and includes those
with demonstrated achievement and/or potential ability
in one or more of the following areas:
- General intellectual ability
- Specific academic aptitude
- Creative and productive thinking
- Leadership
- Visual and performing arts
The Boise School District focuses on academic and intellectual
giftedness.
Criteria
for Placement in the Gifted & Talented
Program
Elementary (K) Services
Students in kindergarten are identified and served
in the regular classroom in collaboration with a gifted
and talented facilitator. Kindergarten students may
be referred for testing to determine qualification
for 1st grade programs for the following year.
Elementary (1-6) Services
GATE Pull-out Program
The GATE Pull-out Program is one part of an array
of services to students in our District, serving academically
and intellectually gifted/talented students in grades
1-6. Students can be referred for
evaluation by parents or teachers through the gifted
facilitator, or full time gifted classroom teacher,
in their home school. Referrals begin by contacting
the child's teacher.
Gifted and Talented personnel provide
direct services to these students in part-time pullout
programs and coordinate other activities for them.
Schools are arranged into gifted pods with one facilitator
and one classroom per pod. Busing is provided between
schools.
Students may also be accelerated
if
the
school
and parents decide
the
child
would be
more
appropriately
served (physically, emotionally, socially, and intellectually)
at a more advanced grade level.
Curriculum for the GATE Pull-out Program
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- Leadership Training
- Leadership in the classroom
- Community Service Projects
- Public Speaking
- Debate
- Affective Education
- Social/Emotional Needs
- Learning Styles
- Introvert/Extrovert
- Goal Setting
- Careers
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- Critical Thinking / Writing / Reading
- Relationships, Analogies, Inductive/Deductive
- Sequencing, Inferences, Logic
- Expository Writing, logic, exposition,
persuasion, argument
- Research Methods
- Primary Research Skills
- Secondary Research Skills
- Library Skills
- Technical Writing Skills
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- Independent Study
- Planning
- Investigate/Gather Data
- Communicate Information
- Evaluation
- Mathematics / Problem Solving
- Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry,
Probability
- Problem Solving Process
- Arts / Sciences
- Art Appreciation
- Art History
- Creativity
- Scientific Methodologies
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In some cases, focus classes may
be offered based on the interests of students.
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GATE is not provided as an honor nor a reward,
but as an educational intervention for students who
need it.
 Full time Gifted Classrooms
Full time, multi-age settings for gifted students
are available in classrooms in at least one school
in each quadrant of the District. Enrollment in these
classrooms is on
an
open enrollment, space available basis and students
must meet the criteria for the Gifted Program. Parents
should
inform
the home
school facilitator and then contact the principal at
the school where they wish to enroll their child.
Curricula for students in these classrooms is based
on the Boise School District's adopted curriculum in
each of the subject areas. These curricula are differentiated
to accommodate the students' needs for an accelerated
pace of instruction, academic rigor and individual
strengths and differences.
 Highly Gifted Program
Highly gifted children are those whose intelligence
is at the extreme end
of the spectrum. Highly gifted children are often performing
many years above their peers in subject matter and
are usually early readers.
The Highly Gifted Program is an extreme intervention
for students whose intelligence is so far above the
norms for their age, that it is difficult to meet their
needs through other gifted services. The student expectations
in this program include the development of independent
learner skills. The curriculum emphasizes research,
making connections, methodology of various disciplines,
and clearly stating and supporting your assertions.
The Highly Gifted Program is located at Collister
Elementary for grades 1-4 and at Hillside Junior High
for grades 5-8. Busing is provided.
Highly Gifted Program Curriculum & Instruction information
(pdf format)
Rita Hoffman, Supervisor
854-4157 Fax 854-4012
E-mail:
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