Shelbyville Central Schools Corporation .:. Programs for Gifted/Talented   Highly Ability Students
Welcome to a very large caring community of parents, students, teachers and administrators whose overall goal is to ensure that students who demonstrate high ability or potential are enriched and accelerated in their school experience.

Betsy Larrabee - AE Coordinator

Programs for Gifted/Talented High Ability Students
Our Children Our Future

Shelby County Schools Mission Statement
To provide a quality education and educational leadership to the community.

Philosophy

All students are of value with the right to achieve the highest level of academic development. Students who possess the potential and/or demonstrate the capacity to excel academically require a differential educational environment which challenges, enriches, and accelerates beyond the core curriculum.

Goals of the Programs

Gifted/talented students (top 1-3%) and high ability students (4-20%) need special educational opportunities to meet their academic needs.

The programs shall:

  • Accelerate and/or compact the mastery of curriculum skills
  • Differentiate and enrich curriculum
  • Develop higher order thinking skills
  • Develop research and problem solving skills
  • Allow for in-depth learning and independent study
  • Nature leadership potential
  • Foster students' awareness of their responsibilities to self, school, community, and society

Identification Procedure

The identification committee offers thess programs to students who qualify based upon the following criteria:

Elementary Identification for the AE Program (3rd-6th)

  • Ability Measure: CSI (Cognitive Skills Index) score on group test or individual I.Q.
  • NWEA: Reading, Language Arts, Math
  • Naglieri Nonverbal Test
  • Teacher Rating Scale
  • Writing Sample (optional)

Middle School Identification for the AE Program (7th-8th)

  • Ability Measure: CSI (Cognitive Skills Index) score on group test or individual I.Q.
  • NWEA: Reading, Language Arts, Math
  • ISTEP+ (English and Math)
  • Algebra Aptitude Test
  • Grades
  • Teacher Rating Scale
  • Writing Sample
  • Pre-requisite Classes

High School Identification for the AP Program (9th-12th)
  • Pre-requisite Classes
  • Teacher recommendations

Student Objectives

The students in thess programs will:

  • Maintain an appropriate level of basic skills
  • Maintain average grades during curriculum acceleration
  • Demonstrate a competent level of higher order thinking skills
  • Exhibit a competent level of research and independent study skills
  • Exhibit a competent level of task commitment