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1. Utilize a differentiated program which will meet the diversified, unique needs of identified gifted and talented students.

   1. Use an appropriate model and maintain a comprehensive program by using all available information concerning the philosophy, needs, purposes, methodologies, and structures.

   2. Assure all students equal opportunity to be screened and identified as talented/gifted and to be placed in appropriate programs that meet their unique needs and requirements.

2. Develop a valid identification process, using multiple and specific criteria, to identify the talented/gifted students n the grade levels under consideration.

   1. Screen and select through the prescribed procedures those students identified as talented/gifted.

   2. Set up a personal information file on students who are both considered and selected for the program.

3. To help participating talented/gifted students gain a realistic and healthy concept of themselves, their strengths, weaknesses, potentialities, and a positive attitude toward self-improvement.

   1. Provide opportunities for the talented/gifted staff to confer with students and parents.

   2. Provide activities for self-discovery and evaluation.

   3. Provide opportunities for talented/gifted student to share their expertise in a leadership roe with other students and community groups.

   4. Develop within talented/gifted students a desire for excellence and a sense of responsibility to the school community and to a changing society.

4. Provide a learning environment which will develop skills in higher orders or intellectual activity such as originality, flexibility, creative thinking, and abstract reasoning.

   1. Develop the skills for initiating, planning, and conducting independent research.

   2. Allow students to accept a guided responsibility for determining and planning their course of study and investigation.

   3. Expose students to wider intellectual horizons which can be pursued throughout their learning careers.

   4. Utilize the cultural, instructional, and industrial resources of the region.

5. Provide for staff and community understanding of and involvement in the status and operation of the talented/gifted program.

   1. Provide effective ongoing staff training activities for the district personnel.

   2. Keep the public will-informed about the talented/gifted program.

6. Provide ongoing evaluations for continuation of the talented/gifted program in terms of student progress and program administration.

   1. Utilize staff and parental input concerning overall program effectiveness to institute necessary changes.

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