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The program for gifted services at the middle school level combines the features of the resource model and the cluster model.  By utilizing features of each design, VBCPS "clusters" the identified intellectually gifted students into 1-2 core teams at each grade level.  Cluster cores as they are called, work regularly with the GRT to differentiate for the needs of the gifted.  The clustering of the gifted ensures that these students have the opportunity to spend at least part of their school day with their intellectual peers, promotes self-esteem, productivity, creativity, and seeks to help students reach their full potential. The presence of the GRT in planning and implementation of lessons, activities, and units assists our classroom teachers in meeting the needs of the gifted population.

This year's goals for the Salem Middle School Gifted Program focus on assisting teachers in the implementation of differentiated instruction and building depth and complexity into the curriculum.
  Program opportunities include:
·Monthly staff development offerings

Team planning with the GRT

Lesson, project, and unit development with the GRT

Strategies modeling

Team teaching and peer coaching

Quarterly Newsletter publication

"Open" resource sessions every Monday morning

Throughout Salem Middle School, you will find examples of students, teachers, and parents taking advantage of the Resource Model. 
Stock Market Game
24 Challenge
Lego Dacta
Science Fair
Socratic Seminars
Integrated Instruction
Bloom's Taxonomy Training
Simulations
Multiple Intelligences Theory
Cooperative Learning
Shakespeare with the Folger's
Problem Based Learning Units
S.A.L.E.M. WAVE!   Students Achieveing and Learning Enrichment Model
Independent Research Opportunities

VBCPS Gifted Program Website (Includes the following:)

*Referrals
*Applications
*Deadlines

*Other Parent Information

You can check out the vbschools opportunities for gifted students at

http://www.vbschools.com/curriculum/middle/gifted.asp

Stop by the Resource room today and become involved in the effort to develop the potential of all through the Gifted Resource Program !
~Ms. Perry, Gifted Resource Teacher

 

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