“Our goal is to encourage all children to succeed to their maximum potential regardless of their starting point.”
Overview of Gifted Services
Arlington Public Schools is dedicated to maximizing the strengths and potential of all students so they may become self-confident, well-rounded, responsible and productive citizens.
Believing that each and every individual has merit, Arlington Public Schools recognizes that certain learners within the school population have unique abilities, interests, needs and potential for accomplishment. These characteristics necessitate systematic, continuous services to present unique and appropriately differentiated curricula and learning opportunities responsive to individual learning rates, styles, and interests.
Gifted students need opportunities to think abstractly, work at various rates and levels of complexity, and pursue tasks independently. In addition, students eligible for gifted services need opportunities to learn with others of like abilities, as well as opportunities to develop social relationships with others of all abilities.
The Office of Gifted Services follows a local plan which complies with Virginia Regulations Governing Educational Services for Gifted Students based on the following concepts:
- Giftedness is developmental; it is potential which must be nourished.
- Gifted students share some characteristics with all other children.
- There is variability among the gifted.
The gifted services eligibility process identifies students in the following areas:
- Specific Academic Aptitude – students with specific aptitudes in the academic areas of mathematics, science, English, social studies.
- Visual/Performing Arts Aptitude in grades 3-12 – Students with specific aptitudes in visual art and/or instrumental or vocal music areas.
Las Escuelas Públicas de Arlington reconocen que ciertos alumnos poseen habilidades, intereses, necesidades y potencial únicos para el éxito. Estas características hacen necesario que se provean servicios sistemáticos y continuos para que se puedan presentar programas de estudio únicos y apropiadamente diferenciados, que respondan a la agudeza mental y al interés individual de los alumnos. Los alumnos dotados necesitan oportunidades para pensar de una manera abstracta, trabajar a diversos ritmos y niveles de complejidad, y para cumplir con tareas independientemente. Además, los alumnos dotados necesitan oportunidades para aprender juntamente con otros con sus mismas habilidades, y para desarrollar relaciones de tipo académico y social con el resto de los alumnos.
La Oficina de Servicios para Alumnos Dotados refleja esta filosofía y da cumplimiento con las regulaciones que gobiernan los Servicios Educativos para Alumnos Dotados basada en los siguientes conceptos:
- El talento se desarrolla; es un potencial que debe ser nutrido.
- Los alumnos dotados comparten algunas características con todos los otros niños.
- Existe una variabilidad entre los dotados.
El Proceso de Identificación de los Servicios para Alumnos Dotados es usado para identificar a los alumnos en las siguientes áreas:
- Aptitud académica específica: alumnos con aptitudes específicas en las áreas académicas seleccionadas: matemáticas, ciencias, inglés y estudios sociales, grados K-12.
- Aptitud en artes visuales/interpretativas: alumnos con aptitudes específicas en áreas seleccionadas de arte visual y/o música, grados 3-12.
