GEMS(Goals+for+Excelling+and+Motivated+Students)



This is the form to be completed each year for each student to guide them as they continue in the Focus Program throughout MS/HS.

**Goals for Excelling and Motivated Students **
 * NAME:**


 * ANNUAL GOAL:**


 * SHORT-TERM LEARNING OUTCOMES:**


 * Short Term Objectives:**


 * Objective Criteria:**


 * Assessment Procedures:**


 * Timelines--**
 * Projected Date for Initiation:**

__ Daily __ Weekly __ Monthly __ Quarterly __ Annually
 * Anticipated Frequency:**

__ Regular Education Classroom __ Gifted Classroom __ Alternative Building __ Community
 * Location:**

__ All days school is in session For ___Week(s) __ For Nine Weeks __ For the Semester __ Entire School Y ear
 * Anticipated Duration:**

//(Include this information for each annual goal).//
 * //POSSIBLE SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION TO BE PROVIDED TO THE STUDENT.//**

•Provide partnership or internship experiences •Implementation date for GEMS •To be determined after consultation with parent, student, gifted support teacher and professional •Facilitate learning in a variety of settings (business, museums, hospitals, etc) •Implementation date for GEMS •Minimum of two opportunities during the year --To be determined after consultation with parent, student, gifted support teacher and professional •Provide methodological assistance for research and investigation

•Provide opportunities for alternative assignments •Facilitate learning in a variety of settings (museum etc.) •Use a variety of grouping procedures such as cluster grouping, flexible grouping and ability grouping •Offer accelerated instruction (by lesson, unit) through effective use of (pre and post) assessment(s) •Integrate technology and the curriculum •Provide for participation in advanced courses or college placement with differentiation for the students who are gifted •Communicate homework expectations to parents •Offer opportunities to advance through levels–dually or concurrently •Provide internship or shadowing experiences (this is an example of SDI that may not align with a particular subject or teacher) •Offer enriched curriculum courses (tasks are more complex, independent, abstract and multifaceted) •Provide managerial assistance for students to reach goals •Provide challenge and require complex responses •Provide methodological assistance for research and investigation •Employ professional standards for end products •Provide learning opportunities with other talented and gifted peers •Investigate real problems and solutions •Study major issues, themes and concepts •Provide opportunities to emphasize leadership abilities •Provide learning seminars and enrichment programs (multi-thematic units) •Provide independent study opportunities through learning contracts with clearly defined outcomes •Provide student choice with clearly defined outcomes ªProvide opportunities for service learning/community projects •Provide student with a variety of presentation options •Offer Advanced placement or honors course with differentiation for gifted students •Provide opportunities for on-line or distance learning •Facilitate problems-based or inquiry learning •Consider the pros and cons of a specific career choice •Pair direct instruction with coaching to promote self-directed learning
 * Potential Specially Designed Instruction for Gifted Students:**

Students who are gifted require modifications in the curriculum content, the learning processes and the performance or product expectations. Examples of content modifications are abstractions, complexity and subject-based acceleration. Examples of process modifications are critical thinking skills, creative problem solving, open-ended questions, pacing and flexibility. Examples of product modifications are solving real world problems with real audiences to demonstrate what the students have learned.
 * Note:** Specifically Designed Instruction may be implemented in a variety of settings such as the regular education classroom, the gifted support classroom, the guidance office or the community. Specifically Designed Instruction extends above and beyond the regular education classroom curriculum that is ordinarily provided. This does not mean that the regular education curriculum cannot be differentiated to meet the needs of gifted students.