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In Mid-Del, we believe
That students who are gifted are children first
That they need an alternative learning environment with differentiated curriculum modified in pace, breadth, and depth.
That they need activities to develop creative, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
That they need the opportunity to share learning and socialization experiences with others of equal intellectual ability.
That not all students who are gifted are high achievers, but they all must be motivated to use their higher cognitive skills.
That they must be educated about their giftedness and learn how to channel that giftedness appropriately.
Elementary students who are gifted are served through a pull-out program, differentiated curriculum in their regular education courses, and access to extracurricular activities that facilitate critical thinking and problem solving.
Middle school students who qualify for gifted programs are enrolled in an elective course specially designed to provide opportunities for exploration, creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving as well as through accelerated courses in math and English and Language Arts.
High school students have the opportunity to enroll in a variety of honors and Advanced Placement courses, fine arts courses, and to be involved in various extracurricular activities that promote advanced thinking and problem solving, creativity, and leadership.
In Oklahoma, each district creates a Gifted Education plan that is submitted to the Oklahoma State Department of Education. You can find a copy of Mid-Del’s Gifted Education Plan below.
Resources:
Gifted and Talented Department Contact Information
Nina Coerver, K-12 Social Studies, Gifted and Talented, Advanced Placement Instructional Facilitator
405-737-4461, ext. 1336
ncoerver@mid-del.net
What is social studies?
According to the National Council for the Social Studies, social studies is “the integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. Within the school program, social studies provides coordinated, systematic study drawing upon such disciplines as anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology, as well as appropriate content from the humanities, mathematics, and natural sciences. The primary purpose of social studies is to help young people develop the ability to make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world (NCSS, 1993).”
Walter Parker, a prominent social studies theorist, stresses that social studies is where “students learn to see and interpret the world.” Not only do students experience the world through social studies, but they are taught “to understand it, to care for it, to think deeply and critically about it, and to take their place on the public stage (Parker, 2015).”
Resources:
Social Studies Department Contact Information
Nina Coerver, K-12 Social Studies, Gifted and Talented, Advanced Placement Instructional Facilitator
405-737-4461, ext. 1336
ncoerver@mid-del.net