MISSION
The Beaver Dam Unified School District is committed to ensuring all students achieve at the highest levels. This includes providing rigorous educational opportunities that meet the needs of all students. Advanced Learning Support is an extension of this philosophy to meet the needs of students identified as gifted or talented in cognitive ability, a specific academic area, creativity, leadership, and/or visual/performing arts.
Advanced Learning Support ensures gifted and talented students are provided a rigorous experience, ensuring these students have an opportunity for continued growth and achievement.
PHILOSOPHY
In the area of gifted and talented, the Beaver Dam Unified School District seeks to provide:
- professional learning opportunities for educators in meeting the needs of gifted and talented learners.
- supports educators in meeting the needs of gifted and talented learners.
- extension, enrichment, enhancement and other differentiated opportunities for students in their classrooms.
- secondary course selection planning assistance to meet academic needs of students.
- various opportunities in and outside of the school day that support student interest.
- ongoing communication with students and families to ensure the student is continuing to grow and plans are meeting the needs of the student.
Advanced Learning Identification Criteria
As required by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, support that is not typically provided through the regular education classroom should be provided to public school learners who have demonstrated exceptional potential or performance ability in intellectual, specific academic areas, Intellectual, creativity, leadership, or visual and performing arts. To be considered for entrance into the Advanced Learning Support, it must be evident in one or more of the listed capacities.
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