Grades 2-8 Gifted Cluster Classrooms
Students identified as gifted in superior cognitive ability or in reading or math are provided gifted services through gifted clusters. With a gifted cluster, three or more students are placed in a classroom with a teacher who participates in high quality professional development in gifted education.
Grades 3-5: Gifted Math
In grades three, four, and five, students who are identified as gifted in both superior cognitive ability and math will receive gifted services in a replacement math class, meeting with the gifted intervention specialist each day for the math period. The gifted intervention specialist is the mathematics teacher of record and will assign the grade.
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In third grade replacement math, students will participate in a third grade curriculum that works at a faster pace and greater depth to challenge students.
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In fourth grade replacement math, the grade-level curriculums for fourth grade and the first half of fifth grade will be compacted into one year.
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Students in fifth grade replacement math will study the second half of the fifth grade curriculum and all of the sixth grade curriculum.
While there are no replacement math classes at the middle school level, students who complete elementary Gifted Math 5B/6 may continue to follow an accelerated math curriculum. This may include Honors Geometry for students who complete Algebra I. For additional information on the options for accelerated math at the middle school level, please see the Mathematics section of the Middle School Program of Studies.
Grades 5-8: Gifted ELA / Concilium
In grades five through eight, students who are identified as gifted in both superior cognitive ability and reading are eligible to enroll in a replacement English language arts (ELA) class, meeting with the gifted intervention specialist each day for the ELA period. The gifted intervention specialist is the ELA teacher of record.
Grades 9-12
At the high school level, students who are identified as gifted in superior cognitive ability or in a specific academic area, creative thinking ability, and/or the visual and performing arts may be provided gifted services via the following courses:
These courses are open to all students regardless of gifted identification but are considered to be gifted service settings by the Ohio Department of Education provided the following conditions are met:
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students' areas of gifted identification match the content of the course;
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students have Written Education Plans;
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course teachers participate in high quality professional development on gifted education (visual/performing arts and CCP instructors are exempt from this requirement).
