COMPREHENSIVE GIFTED PROGRAM

Nathan Hale 2015-2016 School Year

COMPREHENSIVE GIFTED PROGRAM (CGP)

The Comprehensive Gifted Program is offered in selected

magnet, magnet cluster, and open enrollment schools

throughout the Chicago Public Schools system. It is

designed to provide a challenging, accelerated program of

study for the advanced students in grades 1-8 in each

participating school. The CGP promotes curriculum

acceleration and differentiation for its targeted students.

The Comprehensive Gifted Program at Hale is designed to provide students who possess advanced intellectual, academic and/or creative capabilities with an educational opportunity that reflects interdisciplinary studies, academic rigor and critical and creative thinking.  It is the goal of the CGP to provide a comprehensive program that is responsive to the academic and affective needs of advanced learners within their community.

Hale’s Comprehensive Gifted Program (CGP) will begin Fall of 2015 in grades 1-4 and will continue to grow the continuum until the year 2020.

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

Students in the CGP program

receive accelerated instruction that

is one year above grade level.

CGP gifted coordinators commit to monthly professional developmentMonthly professional development information is shared and discussed during monthly CGP Committee meetings.

CGP leaders establish community partnerships at the local level to maximize resources beneficial for students’ learning.

The program is aligned

with the Illinois State

Code for establishing

and maintaining gifted

and talented programs.

Units of Study are

designed in alignment

with the Common Core

Standards.

ELIGIBILITY

Primary students demonstrating

advanced academic achievement as

measured by district or state

assessment.

QUALIFYING DETERMINANTS

•Chicago Abilities Test (CAT)

•NWEA

•Standardized Test Data

•Academic Achievement

Teachers in the CGP are

highly trained, highly

qualified candidates who

have participated in a

myriad of training.

The Office of Magnet, Gifted

and IB programs offers

teachers training in

curriculum and instruction in

best practices or gifted and

talented learners.

TRAINING

Teacher training is also offered through Gifted Education Seminar and Best

Practice Workshops.

Visit our CGP Website

http://halecgp.weebly.com/