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Hannan's Gifted Teachers

Kindergarten- Mrs. Thomas

First- Mrs. Mose and Mrs. Knobloch

Second- Mrs. Pfeffer and Mrs. Robershaw

Third- Mrs. Waites and Mrs. Garmon

Fourth-  Mrs. Lacy

Fifth- Ms. Garner

Program Overview-

The curriculum for the "Program for Gifted and High Achieving Students" is anchored in the Georgia Performance Standards. However, realizing that meeting minimum competency in the GPS is not sufficient for able students, the curriculum has been differentiated to meet the needs of these students. The curriculum also meets the standards of the content area' National Standards Projects as well as the National Curriculum Standards for Gifted Education. The curriculum has been developed to provide both more rigor and complexity than is provided by the "regular" curriculum.

While teachers will use adopted textbooks as guides, supplementary units and resources have been selected that better meet interests and academic needs of talented learners. These resources are the Integrated Curriculum Model (VanTassel-Baska, 2003) designed for gifted learners. This model is comprised of three interrelated dimensions that are responsive to different aspects of the gifted learner. These dimensions:

1) Emphasize advanced content knowledge that frames disciplines of study

2) Provide for higher level thinking and processing

3) focus learning experiences around major issues, themes, and ideas that define both real-world applications and theoretical modeling within and across areas of study

Instructional resources used to teach the curriculum also demonstrate the use of key design features of curricular reform advocated by the National Standards Project. Thus, the curriculum for the Hannan Academy Program for Gifted and High Achieving Students employs the following emphases:

- meaning-based

- higher order thinking and reasoning

- intra-disciplinary and interdisciplinary connections

-metacognition

- habits of the mind

- inquiry-based learning and problem-solving

- new technologies as tools for the learning process

- learner outcomes of significance

- authentic assessment

- multicultural and global concerns

- multiple resources and materials

- substantive content

The curriculum is made more effective for gifted learners by ensuring these additional emphases:

- provisions for accelration and compacting of content

- advanced reading level of materials employed

- opportunites  for students to developed advanced products and

- opportunites for independent learning based on student capacity and interest

Implementation of curriculum for the Hannan Magnet Academy Program for Gifted and High Achieving Students addresses the specific characteristics of talented learners and provides a flexible and supportive environment for learning.

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