Gifted

Identification
Schools must identify and provide services for gifted students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. A student may be referred for screening for gifted by a parent/guardian, a teacher or other staff member, the student, or any other individual with knowledge of the student.

Pembroke Pines Charter Schools universally screen all second-grade students for gifted with the CogAT.

The State of Florida defines a gifted student as “one who has superior intellectual development and is capable of high performance.”

Curriculum
Curriculum differentiation is incorporated to provide flexibility in instruction. Strategies used may include:

• Acceleration of instruction
• Advanced content
• Variety in content, process, and/or product

Gifted Program Models
Once a student has been identified as gifted, PPCS schools develop and implement an education plan (EP) to meet the needs of the student as outlined in the Broward County Public Schools Procedural Guide for Gifted Education.

Services are provided in the core content areas, depending on students’ needs. 

Teachers of the gifted must be appropriately endorsed by the State of Florida, on an out-of-field waiver or working towards endorsement. 

For more information regarding Gifted education, contact your school's ESE Specialist.