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  • ALPHA is an educational enrichment program designed to meet the needs of intellectually gifted 桃花社区视频s in the 桃花社区视频 Public School 桃花社区视频. The curriculum incorporates both group and individual strategies, focusing on thinking skills, creativity, information literacy, communication skills, affective skills, and success skills. ALPHA currently serves intellectually gifted 桃花社区视频s in second through sixth grades in a gifted “pull-out” program. Services are provided by a teacher with gifted endorsement for a minimum of five hours per week. 

                                                                                                   
    The identification process utilizes several different measures to identify gifted 桃花社区视频s. The process begins at the school level. A 桃花社区视频 can be referred for testing by a gifted teacher, a classroom teacher, a parent, or by him/herself. When a 桃花社区视频 has been referred, his/her teachers fill out published checklists of gifted behaviors, standardized test scores are recorded, and a group intelligence test is given. Any 桃花社区视频 that meets the school level requirements moves on for individual IQ testing at the district level by a licensed psychologist/psychometrist. A score in the 90th percentile on an individual IQ test is required for entering the Gifted Education Program.

                                                                          
    The major emphasis of the Gifted Education Program is the process of learning rather than content; divergent thinking rather than convergent; exploration of ideas through creative problem solving; and reasoning abilities. This is evidenced in the Mississippi Department of Education, Gifted Education Program, Outcomes.


    The curriculum is composed of six outcomes. The Mississippi Gifted Education Outcomes are Thinking Skills, Creativity, Informational Literacy, Communication Skills, Affective Skills, and Success Skills, along with opportunities for Self-Directed/Autonomous learning. These areas are in coordination with the State Department of Education's Outcome Areas for Gifted Students and MAGC's (Mississippi Association for Gifted Children) Recommended Curricular Elements.