GATE - Gifted and Talented Education
Philosophy
The GATE program of Oklahoma City Public Schools is an integral part of our commitment to provide for the unique needs, interests, skills, and talents of all students. We believe that identified gifted and talented students need differentiated instructional strategies, materials, and expectations which take into account their special abilities and potential. The GATE program should contribute to each student’s development in the areas of talents and abilities, self-concept, social acceptance, and skills related to independent study, research, creativity, performance, critical thinking, and problem solving. GATE is intended to enhance and enrich experiences in the regular classroom, as well as allow for an expansion of the existing curriculum.
OKCPS GATE Goal:
Develop within the student a desire for excellence, a compassion for others, and a sense of individual responsibility to self, to the school, to the community, and to a changing society.
Definition of Gifted and Talented Students
"Gifted and talented students" are defined as those students identified as having demonstrated potential abilities of high performance capability and needing differentiated or accelerated education or services. For the purpose of this definition, "demonstrated abilities of high performance capability" mean those identified students who score in the top three percent on any nationally standardized test of intellectual ability. Said definition may also include students who excel in one or more of the following areas:
creative thinking ability
leadership ability
visual / performing arts ability (may be subject to audition)
specific academic ability
"Gifted and talented students" are defined as those students identified as having demonstrated potential abilities of high performance capability and needing differentiated or accelerated education or services. For the purpose of this definition, "demonstrated abilities of high performance capability" mean those identified students who score in the top three percent on any nationally standardized test of intellectual ability. Said definition may also include students who excel in one or more of the following areas:
creative thinking ability
leadership ability
visual / performing arts ability (may be subject to audition)
specific academic ability