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Pinellas County Gifted Program Mission |
Pinellas County Schools Gifted Program Mission Statement
To provide a positive learning environment in which all students have the opportunity to reach their highest potential as citizens who can meet the challenges of a changing global society.
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Pinellas County Schools Gifted Program Goals
1. Provide students with the opportunity to fully master the knowledge and skills that are part of Pinellas County Schools Student Expectations
2. Provide students with a learning environment conducive to developing and expanding their individual areas of giftedness
3. Provide a differentiated learning environment for students which emphasizes and expands their thinking abilities and independent learning skills
4. Provide a program which allows opportunities for students to expand their understanding and acceptance of self and others
5. Provide students with opportunities to solve real-life problems and to develop products and information that will be communicated to others
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Identification and Eligibility
Students may be referred to the school team for screening by classroom teachers, school personnel, guidance counselors or parents. A student is then evaluated through a screening process using the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT). Those students who demonstrate outstanding potential are further referred to the school psychologist for an individual psychological evaluation using the Stanford-Binet V , the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition, the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales, the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test, or similar test.
According to the State of Florida criteria for gifted, students must score at least two standard deviations above the mean on the individually administered standardized test of intelligence. In addition, a student must demonstrate a majority of the characteristics of a gifted student according to a standard checklist and show a need for programming beyond the regular classroom.
Pinellas County Schools Gifted Program website: http://www.pinellas.k12.fl.us/gifted/home.html
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